Quotes about "Indigenous Wisdom"

Conventional wisdom tells us we'll only be happier after a divorce if the marriage itself was a war zone. ”

I'm the most communal person that exists and a very solitary person. So I think writing is a form of getting to the community and being alone, and it's the best of both possible worlds. ”

Mainstream media tend to just mouth the conventional wisdom, to see everything through the filter of right and left. ”

The biggest thing I lost when I left religion was that sense of community and the culture. It was an unexpected kind of free-falling. When I was in it, I didn't understand how much the community was a part of my life. ”

Why do Tea Party backers oppose abortion at higher rates than their traditional GOP cohort? Religion. ”

I think hip-hop has always been political because this is a community that doesn't have any other choice. ”

Only a few bloggers have the audience and credibility to effectively break stories, pressure the traditional media, incubate new ideas, or raise real money. These influential bloggers are usually sharp, opinionated, and focused on the world 'offline.' They refuse to view events through the solipsistic blinders of their own websites. ”

I went through a little hippy dippy program at Brandeis and was bat mizvahed by the rabbi who married my parents. We celebrated the High Holidays and had the traditional Rosh Hashanah dinner. ”

I'm such a theater geek. Most of my friends are in this community, and it's really important for me to keep doing it. It takes the ego out of acting, whereas movies tend to involve it. ”

I donate heavily to the church and various churches in the Detroit community and food banks. ”