Quotes About Culture

Exchanging gifts is an important thing in the steppe culture, a way for them to feel you have become a part of their lives.

I am a proud Indian, it's the land of celebration with all the festivals, vibrance and, most importantly, emotions. That is what I took to Miss World!

We do not seek to impose our way of life on anyone, but rather to let it shine as an example for everyone to follow.

In a sense, every form of expression is imposed upon one by social factors, one's own language above all.

Now, it's almost impossible to go out and do a film about a new form of music.

Of course, clothing fashions have always been impractical, except in Tahiti.

When I was a little kid, I was very impressed with Elvis.

I grew up in a house where language was appreciated and cared about. I'm sure that, although I wasn't aware of it at the time, it must have made an impression on me.

I think everyone has the impression that L.A. is Hollywood and fast lives. That couldn't be further from the truth.

I love to get to Dubai. It's an impressive place, and you can do lots of different things there - beach, shopping, and other fun things.

In my growing-up years in Germany, I attended church in many different locations and circumstances - in humble back rooms, in impressive villas, and in very functional modern chapels.

I'd had a French education for three years, my father being in the army. From 9 to 12, I went to French school. I've been sort of part of the culture, part of the geography, since I was quite young - the imprint was there.

Things improved a little bit in the '80s; there was kind of a revival of alternative comics, but then they went downhill in the '90s.

Actually, until a few years ago, my English was very poor. I wasn't thinking of my American roots at all, until I went to play in an American youth team. From that moment, my English improved, and I started to feel more American.

Foreign football is different and it has helped me evolve and mature, improving my attitude.

A good play can teach so much about culture. One can also improvise a lot with the medium and use it to teach kids.

The ruling ethos of Seattle is forlorn apology for our animal impulses.

Consumer culture needs us to be impulsive, while our political culture fears that we will ever develop discipline.

'The Beautiful Things that Heaven Bears' is very much about America - it just happens to have African and Ethiopian characters, and in fact, it happens to have more characters who are not Ethiopian than who are.

Australia was great. I would advise anybody to go there. In fact, if you couldn't live here, Australia would be the place to live. It's the most Americanized country that I've ever seen in the world.

We get a lot of raps as Americans for being small-minded, but in fact, when you really drill down to the core of the culture, there's an enormous amount of compassion and forgiveness and support.

In fact, I believe that we need better sex education in our own culture, here in America, so that young folk learn about things like venereal disease before they encounter it.

Today, not to take away from any of the present artists, but music has gotten a little shallow, in my opinion. Everybody's talking about the same thing: sex, money, clothes, cheating... I want to open up not necessarily better conversations, but, in my opinion, more important ones, and touch on things that are actually going on.

Criminalizing behavior, if it's part of the heritage of this state, is in my opinion a bad idea.