Quotes About Cultural

The turban is an inextricable part of the Sikh identity. Sikhs say you may take off their head but not the turban.

I found out that I was illegal when I was 16. I'm gay. I'm Filipino.

I think that ageism is a cultural illness; it's not a personal illness.

I'm a first generation immigrant.

There are a lot of things that immigrants, especially Chinese-Americans, want to share with their children, but there are a lot of things they don't want to share.

Laws matter. With effective implementation and enforcement, good laws can nudge forward positive changes in social and cultural mores.

Our diaspora has an important role in building bridges between India and the world.

Women's empowerment, whether through legal, financial, or cultural routes, will tend to increase their agency and their ability to take part in activism.

We are increasingly recognising and accepting, respecting and celebrating, our cultural diversity.

I was 7 years old when the '80s began and 17 years old when they ended, so it was an incredibly formative decade for me.

Alex, who I play on 'Quantico' - that part wasn't written for an Indian girl. So they changed her background to make her half Indian and half Caucasian.

I'd never do a film that would hurt anyone's sentiments, be it Indian or not.

I do think that my Indian classical audiences thought I was sacrificing them through working with George; I became known as the 'fifth Beatle.' In India, they thought I was mad.

Independence was enriching, but most often it meant loss, isolation, and cultural deprivation

made the mistake of asking Waris why she wore a headscarf Yazz looked up from her muesli expecting to see Waris kick off, instead, she dug her spoon in her thick porridge and said in a surprisingly mild voice that it's Number One – cultural, Number

Murdering anything is just plain criminal, but a Southerner murdering a magnolia? Well, that's an unforgivable sacrilege against nautre and the South.

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Yes. Some of the children call them See-Pees; some of the adults, too, I'm sorry to say. Nate prefers they be called Napowesipe or Neshnabek, which are their tribal names. I do, too. Shortening their names to See-Pees is as shameful as having our ancestors' beautiful names changed to things like Toby.

His interest in India was too acquisitive; he felt he owned it by dint of his own efforts and suffering, and that partial ownership conferred upon him a benevolent proprietorship. Like certain missionaries who combined selflessness and spiritual arrogance, Hedges found himself dissatisfied with both sides, neither of which manifested the pure essence of their cultural selves. The Indians, especially the "Zentoos," meaning Hindus, were already losing their integrity.

Any kind of cultural change comes slowly, and the powerful transformation to be fueled by adoption of the Dream principle is no exception. If your company is large and if old attitudes and methods are firmly entrenched, it may take three to five years for the new culture to take permanent root. However, we have worked with organizations that began realizing improvements in service and productivity within a few months.

But it is illegitimate to allow fear to keep us from pursuing a deeper experience with God! Embracing such fear causes a failure to the other extreme, which is culturally more acceptable, but significantly worse in eternity.

Some foods you may say, 'Oh wow, this is not food.' People actually eat that somewhere. I just want people to really understand that and really appreciate it.

Everywhere I go, the styles are different. When you wrestle in Japan, it's more strong style. When I go to Mexico, it's definitely more high-flying. And in my matches I've had with Taya in Impact, it's been a lot more ground-based.

I could fall in love with a sumo wrestler if he told stories and made me laugh. Obviously, it would be easier if someone was African-American and lived next door and went to the same church. Because then I wouldn't have to translate.