Quotes About Culture

Living country is more about your values and beliefs than cowboy hats or living on a farm.

Tea-shops were to become my favourite haunts in England.

I think that I've tried many times to get Cuba in my writings, especially Havana, which was once a great and fascinating city.

So I do not consider myself a chronicler of my fatherland or even a chronicler of Havana.

Brazilians love to seduce, to have fun, to dance, to charm. We like a little bit of attention.

'Ratchet' has a lot of meanings. You can be a bad ratchet or a good ratchet. You can have fun, be ghetto, and get ratchet.

New Haven is really cool.

I like having a good time. It's probably my mother's Brazilian genes in me - party, party.

Hawaii is a beautiful place to bring up a family.

Hawaii is a small, close community.

The biggest difference from Hawaii and Alabama would probably be there's no beaches. But other than that, the people are very nice.

Beating the drums for Hawaii is not hard to do... the place just grows on you.

I grew up in Hawaii and I think it was easier because we did not have cliques at high school.

Moana is definitely a Disney character, which is something that I totally love. She's totally bad butt: really awesome. I think she really embodies it because I, as someone who has grown up, been born and raised on the island of Hawaii - so, the Big Island - I love my culture.

The first time I ever went to Hawaii, I was listening to island music, thinking, 'I could've been born here, and I'm pretty sure I would never play that.'

In Hawaii, after somebody introduces themselves, the next question is, 'What high school did you go to?' From there, it's either 'Oh, OK, it's cool, I know some family,' or it's trash-talking to the max, like 'my school is better than your school.' This is how it kind of is back there.

I was born and raised in Hawaii.

That is the great thing about Hawaii. We're so culturally diverse and we inner-marry and appreciate each other's cultures.

It never happens in Europe, and I'm not sure how often it happens here in Australia, but in Hawaii and all over the United States nobody knows what a fast lane is.

I am from Hawaii. But I am not Hawaiian. I am full Samoan.

Although it shouldn't be, men behaving badly is sort of an occupational hazard for those working in Washington.

The employer generally gets the employees he deserves.

It seems to me that, in every culture, I come across a chapter headed 'Wisdom.' And then I know exactly what is going to follow: 'Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.'

Somewhere along the way, New York became all about money. Or rather, it was always about money, but it wasn't all about money, if you know what I mean. New York's not Geneva or Zurich yet, but we're certainly heading in that direction. London is, too.