Quotes about "Global & Cultural Wisdom"

I've never had a very closely connected family. My parents split up when I was young and I was living with my mom for a little while, then I was kind of just on my own really young. It wasn't some kind of global tragedy, it was just never really a very close-knit family. So there was support in the sense that they didn't stand in my way. ”

In order to keep anything cultural, logical, or ideological, you have to reinvent the reality of it. ”

You accumulate emotional wisdom as you get older. You know, when you're 25, you go on blind dates with people that, when you're 50, you know to stay away from. ”

Without effective states working with active and involved citizens, there is little chance for the growth that is needed to abolish global poverty. ”

I discovered my path to independence through technology as well as the potential for a global lifeline for trans people around the world who were looking for the same. ”

As a 7-year-old child, I saw the Wall being erected. No one - although it was a stark violation of international law - believed at the time that one ought to intervene militarily in order to protect citizens of the GDR and whole Eastern bloc, of the consequences of that - namely, to live in lack of freedom for many, many years. ”

It's true that it's within the realm of cultural politics that young people tend to work through political issues, which I think is good, although it's not going to solve the problems. ”

I grew up pretty peacefully, in that Eastern way. You easily solve problems, believe in harmony. Reduce conflicts, take orders until one day you give orders. ”

I don't have incredible knowledge about films or of filmmaking history; I'm not that kind of person. ”

My cultural roots are something illusive. ”