Brian Grazer Quotes
I think the global mass culture is either consciously or unconsciously sensitized to how vulnerable we are here on the planet.
Quotes to Explore
-
Culture is mix. Culture means a mix of things from other sources. And my town, Istanbul, was this kind of mix. Istanbul, in fact, and my work, is a testimony to the fact that East and West combine cultural gracefully, or sometimes in an anarchic way, came together, and that is what we should search for.
-
I think bad politics are incredibly dangerous, so it's important to make sure that people are communicating well. Culture and morale are super important. It's best to not force it, but let it happen organically and genuinely.
-
I like a walking culture; I need to be in a city where you can walk everywhere.
-
The music is just so rich and part of the culture there. I suddenly felt like I needed to go on this mission to make sure we save New Orleans because - not that I can save anything - but it's so much part of what this country is, this whole mix of people coming together and doing this thing.
-
Cinema reflects culture and there is no harm in adapting technology, but not at the cost of losing your originality.
-
There are works of literature whose influence is strong but indirect because it is mediated through the whole of the culture rather than immediately through imitation. Wordsworth is the case that comes to mind.
-
I always say the greats just get better.
-
I've always felt very much from a mixed culture – mainly English and French, but also Nigerian, Thai, Mexican. Everything's had its influence on me.
-
Fantasy is sort of a blank slate that everybody can project their own culture onto. Everybody can read it in their own way.
-
Some Christians see the biblical teaching on homosexuality as reflecting the culture and times in which the Bible was written and not reflecting God's eternal perspective on homosexual people. Others believe these scriptures represent God's timeless will for how human beings practice intimacy.
-
I always used to deny this, but I guess what I'm really saying is that I was writing to shock... And I dug deep and dredged up all kinds of vile things which fascinated me at the time.
-
The fictive structure, my work, my imagination, my books are about the details, the huge construction about culture, Islamic culture or modern Turkey. They're all intertwined.
-
When I was sixteen I started acting, and I also started to embrace my tradition and culture. I had a young medicine man interpret for me what it is to be an Indian. He really caught me at a good time because I was really vulnerable after the loss of my parents with all of the feelings of abandonment.
-
St. Petersburg is a gem of world culture and Russia's most European city.
-
I am not attempting to preserve culture, or record actual events or stories. Instead I bow my head in gratitude to those storytellers who have gone before and paved a way for me play in their stomping grounds. Doubtless those who want to be offended, will - allowing me to make them happy, too, which pleases me as much as it pleases them.
-
There isn't a lot written about the motorcycle culture.
-
That culture of frugality and discipline is really important for the Y Combinator mindset.
-
Describing passive violence in this culture is kinda like someone who is drowning in the middle of the ocean giving you the low-down on water. The only way you can really understand passive violence is by going somewhere far, far away from phones, news, TV, the Internet.
-
Our lives and our culture have been significantly changed and improved by hardware, software, and services developed by immigrants.
-
Mercy is what moves us toward God, while justice makes us tremble in his sight.
-
I think Europe is well advised to form a unified economic force to be on par with the U.S. and China.
-
I think the global mass culture is either consciously or unconsciously sensitized to how vulnerable we are here on the planet.
