Quotes About Culture

France has been mired in people's minds for years. In reality, our children are taught that they have every reason to criticize her, to see only the darkest historical aspects.

As far as reading is concerned, I like historical and political books and works of art.

I love being educated by historical novels.

Cultural concepts are one of the most fascinating things about historical fiction.

I went to a historically black college.

Historically, in the world of architecture, enormous amounts of care and energy have been lavished on things that are almost a cliched idea of culture.

Comics and music have historically had a pretty dicey relationship.

You can't erase history.

If you forget your history, you forget who you are.

I think really, China, Chinese, I think they really have a long history of civilization, rich culture.

Man, it seems to me, is not in history: he is history.

When I was in school, all our history books were American, so we learned American history, not Canadian history.

Television and film are our libraries now. Our history books.

I think it's that thing of growing up all the time watching American movies and listening to American music. It hits you in a way that's a lot purer because you are not in that culture that you're watching.

Rock and roll came into my life when I was about 12, 13, when Little Richard and Chuck Berry had just started hitting the shores of England.

When I started out, no one would talk to young people about HIV or AIDS. I looked around and radio looked like a powerful way to shape culture in a healthy way.

I hadn't grown up with 'The Hobbit;' I hadn't grown up with 'Lord of The Rings,' anything like that.

I love listening to hip-hop and going to concerts with Jerome Boateng; it's my hobby.

I think Bengalis would relate to my love for music more than anyone else, as for them, music is not just a hobby, not even a passion, but the way of life.

I'm proud to be Russian. We have probably the best country in the world. Everything is the best: hockey players, cars, girls.

Canada is hockey.

In Canada, it's beer, hockey, and then everything else.

Would you believe I never went to a hockey game when I was living in Canada?

Canadians see the Americans as cousins. We love the same sports: Canadians are crazy about baseball and basketball, and our beloved game of hockey is played all over the U.S.