"The standardization of world culture, with local popular or traditional forms driven out or dumbed down to make way for American television, American music, food, clothes and films, has been seen by many as the very heart of globalization."

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Source : Fredric Jameson (2009). “Valences of the Dialectic”, Verso Books

Fredric Jameson

#Heart Quotes #Clothes Quotes #Culture Quotes

“In your pomp and all your glory, you're a poorer man than me.”
“Every other start-up wants to be another United or Delta or American. We just want to get rich.”
“science is the most revolutionary force in the world.”

Source : George Sarton (1952). “A Guide to the History of Science: A First Guide for the Study of the History of Science, with Introductory Essays on Science and Tradition”
“Testing of self is a regular part of our own lives, so it seems natural to make it a part of the lives of my characters, as well, albeit on a much different level.”
“Everybody should have a shelter dog. Its good for the soul.”
“I can only build if I tear the walls down, even if it breaks me I won't let it make me frown, I'm falling but no matter how hard I hit the ground, I'll still smile”
“Of my fifty-seven years I have applied at least thirty to forgetting most of what I have learned or read. Since then, I have acquired a certain ease and cheer which I should never again like to be without. (...) I have stored little in my memory, but I can apply that little, and it is of use in many and varied emergencies. I keep it in order, but resist every attempt to increase its dead weight.”
“If I designed a computer with 200 chips, I tried to design it with 150. And then I would try to design it with 100. I just tried to find every trick I could in life to design things real tiny”

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