#village

Totem poles and wooden masks no longer suggest tribal villages but fashionable drawing rooms in New York and Paris. ↗

#fashionable #longer #masks #new #new york

In that sense, I became politicized because the people in the coal mining villages who were involved in the struggle knew why they were there. But they couldn't understand why some pop star from London would want to be there. ↗

— Billy Bragg

#because #coal #i #involved #knew

In the globalized world that is ours, maybe we are moving towards a global village, but that global village brings in a lot of different people, a lot of different ideas, lots of different backgrounds, lots of different aspirations. ↗

— Lakhdar Brahimi

#backgrounds #brings #different #different backgrounds #different people

I had rather be first in a village than second at Rome. ↗

— Julius Caesar

#had #i #rather #rome #second

I first heard African drum rhythms and chants at the movies. Then, when I had the opportunity to go to Africa and visit the villages, I heard the real, raw, true rhythms and realised the origins of the old Negro spirituals I grew up with in the South. ↗

— Isaac Hayes

#african #drum #first #go #grew

Having covered some half a hundred cities, towns, villages, and wide spots in the road during the last tow years, George and I fairly wallowed in the comfort of our own home base. ↗

— Martin Milner

#cities #comfort #covered #during #fairly

In the villages in Europe, there are still healers who tell stories. ↗

— Yannick Noah

#healers #still #stories #tell #villages

You arrive at a village, and in this calm environment, one starts to hear echo. ↗

— Yannick Noah

#calm #echo #environment #hear #starts

Yes, in my books I do edit myself to keep from becoming the Village Explainer. ↗

— Thomas Perry

#books #edit #i #i do #keep

South Africa has all the tools to compete in the new global village - an eager workforce, ready to take on any challenge. ↗