"I'm more of a culture hummingbird."

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"On this matter I'm inclined to agree with the French, who gaze upon any personal dietary prohibition as bad manners."

Charles Dickens, English Novelist

Culture, Diet, Opinion, Social

"The problem with our culture is we cling to so many different truths. Yet, the truths that we cling to also depend on our point of view. Maybe, the journey to a truth that can be free of hatred, bias and injustice requires a journey of the soul to see all view points."

Shannon L. Alder, American Author

Culture, Truth, Wisdom, Life, Power

"There is no society that does not highly value fictional storytelling. Ever."

Orson Scott Card, American Writer

Culture, Society, Storytelling, Tradition

"Why are we so afraid of silence? Teenagers cannot study without their records; they walk along the street with their transistors. Grownups are as bad if not worse; we turn on the TV or the radio the minute we come into the house or start the car. The pollution of noise in our cities is as destructive as the pollution of air. We show our fear of silence in our conversation: I wonder if the orally-minded Elizabethan's used "um" and "er" the way we do? And increasingly prevalent is what my husband calls an articulated pause: "You know." We interject "you know" meaninglessly into every sentence, in order that the flow of our speech should not be interrupted by such a terrifying thing as silence."

Madeleine L'Engle, American Novelist

Culture, Silence, Fear, Conversation

"The pure modernist is merely a snob, he cannot bear to be a month behind the fashion."

Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer

Culture, Fashion, Snobbery, Identity

"Of the big horror movies of the '70s, you have 'The Omen,' 'The Sentinel,' 'Rosemary's Baby,' 'The Stepford Wives,' 'Burnt Offerings' - these are all romantic fatalist movies where there's a sort of glimmer of hope... but darkness wins."

Chuck Palahniuk, American Novelist

Culture, Horror, Darkness, Hope, Romance

"Without the library, you have no civilization."

Ray Bradbury, American Writer

Culture, Civilization, Knowledge, Learning

"Reticence was clearly a national characteristic, even if the other person spoke French."

Sara Sheridan, Scottish Author

Culture, Reticence, Language, Identity

"My mom loved rock n' roll. My father hated it. We couldn't play it when he was around. He liked classical music and Duke Ellington."

Patti Smith, American Musician

Culture, Music, Preference, Family, Conflict

"Rationally, factory farming is so obviously wrong, in so many ways. In all of my reading and conversations, I've yet to find a credible defense of it. But food is not rational. Food is culture, habit, and identity."

Jonathan Safran Foer, American Novelist

Culture, Food, Ethics, Habit

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"Just because you are out doesn't make you the poster boy for the gay community."

Community

"I know I'm on a small cable reality show. I'm realistic where I stand in the scheme of things."

Reality

"When Queer Eye hit, the church told my mom they were praying for me. She said, God loves him too. And I support him 100 percent."

Mom

"I consider myself gay because at the end of the night, that's who I want to cuddle with. But when I go out, I go to straight clubs."

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"I had said to some pastor that I was having thoughts, and the church turned on me. They went to my mom and said, So sorry about your son."

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"I've been looking forward to doing an album, but it's really sad to see how many doors have been closed because of the gay thing. I thought it was about the music."

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"On this matter I'm inclined to agree with the French, who gaze upon any personal dietary prohibition as bad manners."

"The problem with our culture is we cling to so many different truths. Yet, the truths that we cling to also depend on our point of view. Maybe, the journey to a truth that can be free of hatred, bias and injustice requires a journey of the soul to see all view points."

"There is no society that does not highly value fictional storytelling. Ever."

"The pure modernist is merely a snob, he cannot bear to be a month behind the fashion."

"Of the big horror movies of the '70s, you have 'The Omen,' 'The Sentinel,' 'Rosemary's Baby,' 'The Stepford Wives,' 'Burnt Offerings' - these are all romantic fatalist movies where there's a sort of glimmer of hope... but darkness wins."

"Without the library, you have no civilization."

"Reticence was clearly a national characteristic, even if the other person spoke French."

"My mom loved rock n' roll. My father hated it. We couldn't play it when he was around. He liked classical music and Duke Ellington."

"Rationally, factory farming is so obviously wrong, in so many ways. In all of my reading and conversations, I've yet to find a credible defense of it. But food is not rational. Food is culture, habit, and identity."

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"Just because you are out doesn't make you the poster boy for the gay community."

"I know I'm on a small cable reality show. I'm realistic where I stand in the scheme of things."

"I have no apologies."

"I like bringing smiles to people's faces."

"I have to stay humble. I'm just a normal human with a job that is televised."

"My mother thought me being gay was a death sentence."

"When Queer Eye hit, the church told my mom they were praying for me. She said, God loves him too. And I support him 100 percent."

"I consider myself gay because at the end of the night, that's who I want to cuddle with. But when I go out, I go to straight clubs."

"I had said to some pastor that I was having thoughts, and the church turned on me. They went to my mom and said, So sorry about your son."

"I've been looking forward to doing an album, but it's really sad to see how many doors have been closed because of the gay thing. I thought it was about the music."