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"Retro is a symptom of a generation that is too lazy to innovate."
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"Anyone who has used that comforting phrase 'a nice cup of tea' invariably means Indian tea."
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"Our culture has bred consumers and addicts. We eat too much, buy too much, and want too much. We set ourselves on the fruitless mission of filling the gaping hole within us with material things. Blindly, we consume more and more, believing we are hungry for more food, status, or money, yet really we are hungry for connection."
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"The Frenchman works until he can play. The American works until he can't play; and then thanks the devil, his master, that he is donkey enough to die in harness. But the Englishman, as he has since become, works until he can pretend that he never worked at all."
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"To breathe Paris is to preserve one's soul."
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"I see Lord Buddha in the 21st Century across national borders, across faith systems, across political ideologies, playing the role of a bridge to promote understanding to counsel patience and to enlighten us with tolerance and empathy."
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"Culture, religion, and education, are conspiracies to standardize worldviews."
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"Confession. Years ago, I was invited to a cocktail party for an Asian-American networking group. As I introduced myself to a Japanese businessman, I reached out and firmly shook his hand. Much to my embarrassment now, I automatically took my other hand and wrapped our hands in a "hand hug. This is a common gesture of friendship in the South. As his wife approached, however, she appeared appalled and felt disrespected that I was touching her husband. Our cultural differences were marked. Despite this cultural mishap, I was able to redeem myself. We all moved past it and delighted in an interesting conversation. Physical touch is a touchy topic (pun intended), especially when various cultures are involved."
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"The nation that honors a dancer more than a scholar is no more a nation."
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"Culture is a symbolic veil with which we hide our animal nature from ourselves - and other animals."
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"I used to date Latoya for awhile, I was a close freind of the family."
Family
"I was signed when I was 19 years old, in 1980. I went to Germany and France. Seeing the world at that time was just an awesome experience for a teenager."
Experience
"The Bronx is famous for two things. Hip-hop, and 26 world championships."
Famous
"Hip Hop is thee dominant youth culture in the world right now."
Culture
"Yeah when I was 7 or 8 my moms would have little parties, and I would play the music."
Music
"Well I was always a hustler... I ran numbers; I wasn't a stick up kid, but I was a fence for them. I used to sell weed; and was kicked out of Music and Art for that."
Art
"My first jam was at Hotel Diplomat opening for Hollywood."
First
"Pete Dj Jones was the first person that I saw with 2 turntables. This was 1972."
First
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