Quotes About Culture

From alternative to Brazilian to hip-hop to old R&B, that's what we listen to. And we don't just listen to it only if somebody plays it. We actually go out and buy these types of things and support different forms of music because we love them.

Marriage has changed Himmanshoo in some ways. Throughout our 10 years of courtship, he was more liberal. But after marriage, he has become a typical Indian husband.

When you objectively observe the most spiritual area to which modern people devote themselves, the religions, ask yourself if the basis of modern culture, particularly in religion, is not human self-interest. It is typical of modern sermons that the preacher criticizes people for their selfishness.

I've had a somewhat typical experience in that many of the contemporary writers I was exposed to early on were white and often male.

I feel like I have a very typical west African physique, and that is part of my blackness!

It's typical of Italian culture that we only start to feel emotional about something when we have the possibility to see it in front of us. By February, Italy will have Olympic fever.

My accent is not very refined as it has the typical U.P. touch. So I am trying to overcome that.

I've gotten to really, really like being back in the States. It's so easy being in your own country, and I really like Americans - typical American towns and provincial college towns are my ideal place to be.

People look at me and they don't see what they think is a typical Aboriginal.

I was always the flamboyant one and the one who wanted to be really bubbly and wanted to perform in a big way, but it's not very typical in Finland.

I was a typical teen growing up in the 1960s, when everybody was into gurus and meditation.

When artists who are not associated with the typical infrastructure get recognition, that becomes a cultural movement.

I drink a lot. More or less 10 or 12 coffees a day, both typical Italian and espresso.

People look at me, and they don't see what they think is a typical Aboriginal. I always thought I'd be the white person in a black play.

I come from a typical family.

When people see a Spanish last name, they have an image in their head of what the typical Latina looks like. I think it's important on television to have different representations of people. And I'm so proud of being Latina. I love it.

It took me a long time to square with the fact that none of my experiences are typical - I'm not a typical American, but I'm also not a typical Muslim.

It's no secret that Cuba is a typical Latin American culture in that it has a fair amount of homophobia. Homosexuals have been notoriously persecuted under Fidel's government.

I'm not too fond of the typical Australian activities or culture. I'm not into surfing - that's what I'm trying to say.

I'd love to find a really good Brazilian project, an up and coming director or something. I wouldn't want to do the typical favela story, Brazilian cinema has a lot more to offer than just that.

Though born in Los Angeles, U.S.A., I am a typical Tamil girl.

When I am running, I like listening to typical Punjabi music. It is just who I am. It comes to me very naturally.

I am a typical Telugu boy dominated by all the qualities of a Hyderabadi because I was born and brought up here.

I grew up in a typical Ashkenazi household. My bubbe actually lived with us. She'd make us the traditional colorless, beige, heavy foods: chicken soup, kreplach, gefilte fish, tzimmes.