Quotes About Culture

I absolutely love Canada, and I wouldn't live anywhere else. It's half American and half European, and I really enjoy that. And the people are just fantastic - nicer than any people in the world.

I still am very street - I just have nicer clothes. I'm not ashamed of that.

New Yorkers are either the nicest or the rudest.

Why would I be embarrassed about being Canadian? I'm very proud. We're just the nicest people. Everyone likes us.

In India, Bollywood music enjoys a mass appeal while independent/non-film music has a niche audience.

I used to have hair so long, my nickname was Pocahontas.

When you look at a lot of the military histories, and even modern military history, everyone pretty much refers to each other by nicknames.

I work predominantly with tailors from Nigeria, Ghana, and Senegal.

My family is from Nigeria, and my full name is Uzoamaka, which means 'The road is good.'

I'm first generation American, and my parents were both from Nigeria.

I was raised in Nigeria, and my mother is white, but I never saw her as white, not until I came to America. She was just my mother. She didn't really have a color.

I was raised well. My parents are from Nigeria; their culture is respectful. Very respectful. But I learnt that you have to be determined. It's not violence or aggression. It's sheer determination.

I'd always been interested in Nigeria's past.

My nickname is 'Chief' because my father was a chief in Nigeria.

I've got Africa stamped on my chest, and I've outlined Nigeria because that's my bloodline.

I haven't been to Nigeria, but my dad and I have talked about going. I have a grandma over there who's been here.

I'm a first-generation American. My parents are from Nigeria. I had this weird last name that looked Japanese, and then people would see me and go, 'Oh. You're not Japanese.'

Whenever I go back home to Nigeria now, I always bring a bag full of Manchester City shirts for the kids.

When I arrived in Manchester for the first time, it took me five seconds to realize that it was a very different place than where I come from. It is cold, yes, but people also do things very differently than we do in Nigeria. The culture was different, and everything looked different.

I feel so British, but people would look at me and see a very African woman - the way I cook is very Nigerian, the way I dress I guess is quite Nigerian.

I think I'm ridiculously fortunate. I consider myself a Nigerian - that's home; my sensibility is Nigerian. But I like America, and I like that I can spend time in America.

I sort of consider myself a Nigerian who spends a lot of time in the U.S.

Brand New Wayo: Funk, Fast Times and Nigerian Boogie Badness 1979-1983' covers a short chunk of time in Nigeria's musical culture - one that might have lasted longer had the label spearheading the movement at the time, Phonodisk, not been so financially mismanaged.

You know, I don't think of myself as anything like a 'global citizen' or anything of the sort. I am just a Nigerian who's comfortable in other places.