#cult

If architecture had nothing to do with art, it would be astonishingly easy to build houses, but the architect's task - his most difficult task - is always that of selecting. ↗

— Arne Jacobsen

#architect #architecture #art #astonishingly #build

In most of the European countries - France stands out in its resistance to this particular form of American cultural imperialism - the national film industries were forced onto the defensive after the war by such binding agreements. ↗

— Fredric Jameson

#agreements #american #binding #countries #cultural

The problem is that it is difficult to translate. ↗

— Elfriede Jelinek

#problem #translate

However difficult it may be to bring it about, some form of world government, with agreed international law and means of enforcing the law, is inevitable. ↗

— John Boyd Orr

#agreed #bring #difficult #enforcing #form

It's very difficult in France to get access to castings when you don't have any relationships. ↗

— Berenice Marlohe

#any #difficult #france #get #relationships

The overall strength of Chinese culture and its international influence is not commensurate with China's international status. The international culture of the West is strong while we are weak. ↗

— Hu Jintao

#chinese #chinese culture #commensurate #culture #influence

Making the City Of Joy gave me the best political education of my life. It became a wrestling match between an Englishman who had gradually ceased to be a Marxist, and a culture that was becoming more Marxist by the day. ↗

— Roland Joffe

#becoming #best #between #ceased #city

There have been some friendships lost over this. That's the most difficult for me. I find it very uncomfortable to know that I was at one time close friends with someone, and because of jealousies and misunderstandings and so on, these friendships have dissolved. ↗

— Donald Johanson

#been #close #close friends #difficult #dissolved

We met The Cult and were talking to them for a while. We went a few places with Offspring. ↗

— Daniel Johns

#few #met #offspring #places #talking

I'm very low-key. I don't really blend in, so it's difficult to go out in public. I like to do things that are kind of quiet, whether it's a dinner at my house or a restaurant, or a movie night at home. ↗

— Dwayne Johnson

#difficult #dinner #go #home #house