Roman Jakobson Quotes

Amalgamation is a good word that I like to use - musically and in every way.

I assure Romanians that once I return... I will try and generate a sentiment of reconciliation in society. Divisions in society must be stopped, they must be annihilated, because Romania needs all its energy to... integrate into the civilized world.

Unification is not our present goal. That is a future program.

E Pluribus Unum [One out of many]

To create greater convergence, we need more intergration.

We are the only country in the world that has taken people from so many different backgrounds, which is a great achievement by itself, but an even greater achievement is that we have turned all of that variety and diversity into unity.

Individuality is only possible if it unfolds from wholeness.

The idea is to have global standards. There is so much travel that if you just had a regional standard, it would probably ultimately have to be changed.

We live in a fractured world. I've always seen it as my role as an artist to attempt to make wholeness.

Brown v. Board helped unite us all, and gave us all great pride knowing we all are truly E Pluribus Unum - one people out of many.

Now we have black and white elected officials working together. Today, we have gone beyond just passing laws. Now we have to create a sense that we are one community, one family. Really, we are the American family.

Nonetheless, I sense that it will be the task of the future to somehow synthesize the sheer diversity of our present resources into a more organic and well-ordered procedure.

Unification or Death

I will make them one nation in the land.

E Pluribus Unum, the Latin phrase on the great seal of the United States literally translated means one from many. We need to reattach pluribus to unum—the many to the one.

Our country's motto is e pluribus unum: out of many, we are one. Will we stay true to that motto?

In sports, a team is surrounded with people with different backgrounds, with different races, and with different religions. In order to win, everybody comes together. I feels like that's what the U.S.A. represents. Everyone just has to come together in order to win.

I love it when people come from all over the place in separate vehicles, and they all come to this venue and become one energy. When that happens, it's a very magical thing. I think that helps the world go around, and it's what we do as performers - bring people together.

A small squad means everyone feels part of it and integrated.

The Accenture culture is the same worldwide.

The national team is the best example that integration can work.

That's very important when you're doing an ensemble piece, that you give it a variety of levels so it doesn't get too homogenous.

I try not to think of my life in terms of separation.

My life is a mosaic, and there's no room in between pieces at all.

The most successful of the nations of the world are those who do not fall into the lure of secession but who, through thick and thin, forge unity in diversity.