"America is a noisy culture, unlike, say, Finland, which values silence. Individualism, dominant in the U.S. and Germany, promotes the direct, fast-paced style of communication associated with extraversion. Collectivistic societies, such as those in East Asia, value privacy and restraint, qualities more characteristic of introverts."

-- Laurie Helgoe

#Communication Quotes #America Quotes #Silence Quotes

“A large movement covers a small movement”
“Be prepared to be enlightened, enraged, amused, engaged, and above all provoked.”
“The less versatile you are, the better you have to be at what you do well.”
“I think you know everything at eight. But is is hidden from you, sealed up, in a way you have to cut yourself open to find.”
“My advice is, don't spend money on therapy. Spend it in a record store.”
“It seemed to Alabama that, reaching her goal, she would drive the devils that had driven her - that, in proving herself, she would achieve that peace which she imagined went only in surety of oneâ€™s self - that she would be able, through the medium of the dance, to command her emotions, to summon love or pity or happiness at will, having provided a channel through which they might flow. She drove herself mercilessly, and the summer dragged on.”
“I'm not comfortable with getting a job by being at the right Hollywood party; I'm not a terribly sociable creature.”
“Near counts more than far, familiar more than different. Such is the indictment against the press, that it fails to treat similar tragedies with equal dignity.”

Source : "Is There A Hierarchy Of The Importance Of Death In The News Business?". "Morning Edition", www.npr.org. November 17, 2015.

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