Famous quotes containing the words havel, cultural and/or interests:
“The truth is not simply what you think it is; it is also the circumstances in which it is said, and to whom, why, and how it is said.”
—Václav Havel (b. 1936)
“If in the earlier part of the century, middle-class children suffered from overattentive mothers, from being “mother’s only accomplishment,” today’s children may suffer from an underestimation of their needs. Our idea of what a child needs in each case reflects what parents need. The child’s needs are thus a cultural football in an economic and marital game.”
—Arlie Hochschild (20th century)
“two strangers uniting in the interests of torment”
—Samuel Beckett (1906–1989)