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Culture Quotes
"I grew up in a Hindu household but went to a Roman Catholic school. I grew up with a mother who said, 'I'll arrange a marriage for you at 18,' but she also said that we could achieve anything we put our minds to an encourage us to dream of becoming prime minister or president."
10
"Never tire yourself more than necessary, even if you have to found a culture on the fatigue of your bones."
9
"The choice-obsessed modern West is probably more accommodating to individuals who choose to eat differently than any other culture has ever been, but ironically, the utterly unselective omnivore - "I'm easy; I'll eat anything - can appear more socially sensitive than the individual who tries to eat in a way that is good for society. Food choices are determined by many factors, but reason (even consciousness) is not generally high on the list."
9
"I don't really know much about pirates, or pirate culture. I'd be a contrarian pirate."
8
"Shaft was a pop culture figure along t he lines of, I guess, Dirty Harry - except that he wasn't as much of a racist. So yeah, I was always a fan."
8
"I believe that in a great city, or even in a small city or a village, a great theater is the outward and visible sign of an inward and probable culture."
8
"This is the culture you're raising your kids in. Don't be surprised if it blows up in your face."
8
"There has to be innate circuitry that does the learning, that creates the culture, that acquires the culture, and that responds to socialization."
8
"I'm sad to say that stardom is a commodity in our culture."
8
"When I hear the word culture - I release the safety-catch of my Browning."
8
"The book's always better than the movie."
8
"I need to talk about Chinese culture. We have deep, strong philosophy and culture. I want to share some information, tell the worldwide audience."
8
"Porno is the unconsciousness of culture, the libido of humanity."
7
"The adequate study of culture, our own and those on the opposite side of the globe, can press on to fulfillment only as we learn today from the humanities as well as from the scientists."
7
"Chinese culture has a lot of virtues that are tremendously valuable to not only us as Asian-Americans, but also the world in general."
7
"Goth culture, as mired in the past as it is, even it goes through changes, so Goth when I was growing up is not what it is now. When I think of Goth culture as it is at the moment I think of mall culture."
7
"There are lots of stories about my culture that I think bring a whole other perspective to who we are and where we have been and how we got here that I think need to be done."
7
"I gave up my base in popular culture when I left the Tonight Show."
7
"It is only when you meet someone of a different culture from yourself that you begin to realize what your own beliefs really are."
7
"You can't understand European history at all other than through religion, or English literature either if you can't recognise biblical allusions."
7
"Postman is a media analyst and his theory is that television doesn't influence our culture, but that it is our culture and the presidency and anything that relies on television."
7
"But foremost, I do not subscribe to the view that Islamic culture and democracy cannot be reconciled."
7
"Bankers cannot afford to be concerned with only the economic aspects of projects. There may be serious implications on the natural environment, the urban environment, on human culture."
7
"The best of America drifts to Paris. The American in Paris is the best American. It is more fun for an intelligent person to live in an intelligent country. France has the only two things toward which we drift as we grow older-intelligence and good manners."
7
"I think everyone is very surprised at how 'Matrix' has become the pop culture phenomenon that it is."
7
"Society is commonly too cheap. We meet at very short intervals, not having had time to acquire any new value for each other.We meet at meals three times a day, and give each other a new taste of that musty old cheese that we are. We have had to agree on a certain set of rules, called etiquette and politeness, to make this frequent meeting tolerable and that we need not come to open war. We meet at the post office, and at the sociable, and at the fireside every night; we live thick and are in each other's way, and stumble over one another, and I think that we thus lose some respect for one another."
6
"Movies are a big part of our Indian culture."
6
"There are a lot of wonderful things created in our culture that have been ignored that can speak to them."
6
"I think it'd be useful for parents to know kind of what is the culture of an institution."
6
"I plant a lot of trees. I am a great believer in planting things for future generations. I loathe the now culture where you just live for today."
6
"English is my second language, but in Hong Kong, they don't know that I'm from China. They think I'm from Hollywood because all the films they see are from here. China and Hong Kong are very different places, but they're starting to merge. Still the culture is very different."
6
"Every culture loves scatological humour. That's always a favourite."
6
"Whenever I hear the word culture, I reach for my Browning!"
6
"India is the land of Buddha and Gandhi. Equal respect for all religions must be in the DNA of every Indian."
6
"It was a subtle refinement of God to learn Greek when he wished to write a book " and that he did not learn it better."
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