#cult

The UK is not going to leave the European Union. Of course not. We are inextricably wound up with Europe. In terms of culture, history and geography, we are a European nation. ↗

— Nick Clegg

#culture #europe #european #european union #geography

At least a third of a woman's life is marked with aging; about a third of her body is made of fat. Both symbols are being transformed into operable condition--so that women will only feel healthy if we are two thirds of the women we could be. How can an "ideal" be about women if it is defined as how much of a female sexual characteristic does not show on her body, and how much of a female life does not show on her face? ↗

— Naomi Wolf

#aging #beauty #body-image #cosmetic-surgery #cosmetics

If there is a ground zero in the cultural wars, it is Missouri, a state where pro-life groups are strong and well organized and their agenda dominates local politics. ↗

— Eleanor Clift

#cultural #dominates #ground #ground zero #groups

V-Day…if you need this one day in a year to show everyone else you truly care for “your loved one” I think it’s quite stupid. I hate this commercialism. It’s all artificial, and has nothing to do with real love. ↗

— Jess C. Scott

#books #cool #culture #desire #emotion

It is very difficult for girls. They're told to look one way, but to act another way. ↗

— Glenn Close

#another #another way #difficult #look #told

We have been very conditioned by the cultures that we come from and are usually very identified with the particular gender that we happen to be a member of. ↗

— Andrew Cohen

#come #conditioned #cultures #gender #happen

I'm used to adversity and working really well in difficult situations. It was hard for me to accept the success. ↗

— Paula Cole

#adversity #difficult #hard #i #me

For to change the norms, the very foci of attention, of a cultural system is a difficult task - far more complex than that of changing an individual's attitudes and interests. ↗

— James S. Coleman

#attitudes #change #changing #complex #cultural

My head’ll explode if I continue with this escapism. ↗

— Jess C. Scott

#books #cool #culture #desire #emotion

If you procrastinate when faced with a big difficult problem... break the problem into parts, and handle one part at a time. ↗

— Robert Collier

#break #difficult #faced #handle #into