Quotes About Culture

Growing up in the middle of nowhere, there was a lot of twangy music around, but it didn't really connect with me then.

Nowhere else, perhaps, is the Quran recited so much and understood so little as in India.

There is nowhere on Earth like Boston for a player.

Nowhere is the same as England and that's why so many players want to come over here. That is why I would like to finish my career over here.

Nowhere in the world will you find a cowboy speaking in Tamil.

I feel I can express the nuances of the Bengali lifestyle and ways of thinking better than other cultures.

If you were to talk to somebody from Georgia you would understand what he's saying, he wouldn't sound like your next-door neighbor in Montana, but other than that it's the same language, just with a few little different nuances. That's just like country and blues, or blues and rock 'n' roll. They're the same music with different accents.

LVMH is not just about numbers. It's about people.

I have English family in Northhampton and have been to England numerous times.

There are brands out there in the world that have an incredible influence on the culture. Numerous ones are badly done.

Oh, I love labels, as long as they are numerous. I'm an American writer. I'm a Nigerian writer. I'm a Nigerian American writer. I'm an African writer. I'm a Yoruba writer. I'm an African American writer.

It's an oversimplication to say that more monks and nuns are the answer to the Joel Osteen-ification of Christianity... but it wouldn't hurt.

I'm an Air force Brat and I've lived all over the world and this country and there were people in my community who were gay - nurses, hairdressers, designers - people who just had a different way about themselves.

A good culture in a hospital can absorb and manage a few bad nurses, but once the culture becomes bad in itself, bad nursing practice is much harder to hide.

I do believe that nurture has a great deal to do with how you end up as a human being.

I was twice-born. I'm Mexican by nature and Hungarian by nurture.

We all have to consciously make efforts to identify our roots and nurture them.

It's nature-nurture, right? I've been nurtured by Californians.

If I were black, I could say I'm proud. If I were Asian, I could say I'm proud. If I were any other ethnicity, I could say I'm proud, because that's how our culture is, but if I'm white and I say I'm proud, the media will go nuts.

Growing up in the neighborhoods I did in Oakland, you don't know the Beatles, but I started learning their songs.

My mom started working at the California Shakespeare Theater in Oakland when I was two years old, so I've always grown up around theater.

Oakland's got a lot of character.

Oakland has always been my muse.

For people who know both New York and the Bay Area, it is a complement to say that Oakland is San Francisco's Brooklyn. It's a complement both to Oakland and to Brooklyn. And, if you look at Brooklyn, Brooklyn is hot; Brooklyn is cool.