#cult

Learning has always been made much of, but forgetting has always been deprecated; therefore pedantry has pretty well established itself throughout the modern world at the expense of culture. ↗

— Albert J. Nock

#been #culture #established #expense #forgetting

Japan's alliance with the U.S. will only grow in importance amid the increasingly difficult security situation surrounding our country, thus I think it is necessary to keep the marines in Okinawa, a geographically strategic location from the standpoint of maintaining deterrence. ↗

— Yoshihiko Noda

#amid #country #deterrence #difficult #geographically

But 'Memento' was so successful, such a huge cult hit, almost on the scale of a large film. If that had happened, with all the acclaim, before the next job, I'd have found it very difficult to figure out what to do next. ↗

— Christopher Nolan

#almost #before #cult #difficult #figure

I sometimes think how strange it is that I've got to do exactly what I want, and that is difficult to cope with. You have to remind yourself every few weeks: I'm making this film and this is exactly what I want to do. And suddenly you're happy again. ↗

— Christopher Nolan

#cope #difficult #every #exactly #few

Superheroes fill a gap in the pop culture psyche, similar to the role of Greek mythology. There isn't really anything else that does the job in modern terms. For me, Batman is the one that can most clearly be taken seriously. ↗

— Christopher Nolan

#batman #clearly #culture #does #else

You get more churches burned down in the United States in the last two years than in the last hundred, because of the lack of understanding of culture and diversity and the beauty of it. ↗

— Edward James Olmos

#because #burned #churches #culture #diversity

Family entertainment is really very necessary in our culture. Look how profitable they are. It's almost not discretionary. You need to take your family to the movies. ↗

— Gary Ross

#culture #discretionary #entertainment #family #how

Research can be a big clunker. It's difficult to know how you can make the historical light. ↗

— Michael Ondaatje

#difficult #historical #how #know #light

Countries have lost their culture because what they wanted was money. Money became the running theme in every country and culture was sacrificed. ↗

— Yoko Ono

#because #countries #country #culture #every

I just want to be healthy and stay alive and keep my family going and everything and keep my friends going and try to do something so that this world will be peaceful. That is the most ambitious and the most difficult thing, but I'm there trying to do it. ↗

— Yoko Ono

#ambitious #cult thing #difficult #difficult thing #everything