Quotes about "Indigenous Wisdom"

There are many things that I value, and many of them have nothing to do with my salary. ”

Everyone in the gay community doesn't think alike. ”

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

I'm a big believer in playing truth and not doing things for effect. It's not about whether you look pretty or glamorous. It's about whether people connect. That's important to me in any work I do. For me, the key is always trying to find the connection between the audience and the character I'm playing. ”

You want an audience. If you didn't, you wouldn't be a writer. The biggest motivation to write is the knowledge that someone will read it. ”

We live in an age when the traditional great subjects - the human form, the landscape, even newer traditions such as abstract expressionism - are daily devalued by commercial art. ”

What's great about this country is that America started the tradition where the richest consumers buy essentially the same things as the poorest. ”

Manufacturing and other unskilled professions that were union jobs, that allowed people to live a middle-class life, are disappearing both because unions are disappearing and because of the global nature of the economy. ”

I believe that when people experience an event as a community, it can transcend and change people's lives. ”

I do love nature, but I don't suppose I'd spent more time in zoos as a child than anyone else! ”