Quotes About Culture

As a kid, I would never have imagined I would live in England for four years. I am very happy and contented that my daughter is growing up in a country as developed as this one.

Growing up in my mother's Pueblo household, I never imagined a world in which I would be represented by someone who looked like me.

Most of us, when imagining an All-American, wouldn't picture a man who looked like me. Not even I would.

When there's an imbalance in terms of what people get to hear, then that's negative. Then blues, jazz, it will die.

The Russians imitate French ways, but always at a distance of fifty years.

The human is indissolubly linked with imitation: a human being only becomes human at all by imitating other human beings.

I love the way girls in London dress; it's so different to the American 'blow-dry and immaculate grooming' thing.

In the world over, the very name of our country is immediately associated with the Parthenon.

The combination of a brand like Cartier and the immense heritage that India holds can go places.

I want to go somewhere where I can be completely immersed in football, and it's not too much about anything but winning - I want to be a part of winning culture, where you feel that all the time. That's all I want.

I've been immersed in manga since I was a kid. I grew up with this culture.

In Toulouse, you immersed yourself in the culture of the place.

American literature has always been immigrant.

I became more interested in the idea of being an immigrant and particularly of being in a country you're not familiar with. And so I began reading migrants' stories. The fact that my father is Chinese - he emigrated from Malaysia when he was about 20 - may have had some bearing on my attraction to the subject.

We just need more complex, important roles that tell our experiences as an immigrant; as someone with an accent, but also American; but also someone who's second or third-generation American, born and raised here who actually don't speak any language other than English.

In many immigrant families, the parents are just talking and talking about the home country until the children are like, 'Oh, don't tell us any more.'

One of the hard things coming from an immigrant family - or any family that doesn't believe in the arts - is that you have to disappoint your parents. That's hard for people to do if you're a good kid.

I'm an immigrant and I will stay an immigrant forever.

I come from an immigrant culture. I'm only a couple of generations away from having been a servant girl myself.

Especially for Haitian immigrant parents, being a musician is not a job.

Considering our history, I can think of nothing more American than an immigrant.

I'm an immigrant and I've always wanted to write something about America.

I'm an immigrant. I came here when I was 3 months old.

We are an immigrant nation.