Quotes About Culture

If the social evolution leads to jokes, I use them.

On so many issues, California leads the country.

I do not believe that we should create an atheist culture - I think it leads to debauchery, and I think it leads to a spiritual poverty within the soul.

I have a lot of kurtas and Rajasthani-patterned clothes. So I really wanted to do something with an Indian flavour. Shooting the video for 'Lean On' was like a dream come true for me.

My mother learnt Mohiniyattam as a child, and my father loved singing.

My husband comes from a traditional Gujarati family, and loved his food. I learnt to make dal-dhokli, undhiyu and khandvi.

In the States is when I learnt about racism and I started to learn and embrace who I was.

I learnt French in school and can already speak English.

Certain stories, like my mom leaving when I was 15-years-old to go back to China because she didn't quite assimilate like we did, that was a moment that was very sad in my life.

LeBron had never interacted with white people before St. Vincent.

Just because we finally have a Latino family on TV doesn't mean we're up there to lecture people about what it means to be Latino.

I like to think my accent isn't strong enough, but it's funny: I get people coming up to me in America and saying I sound like Mel B. She's from Leeds. They just hear a British accent and probably can't quite work it out.

The women's movement kind of came out of left field in the 1960s and 1970s when they turned on 'Playboy.'

I wanted to establish my musical legacy and honor the classic sound of flamenco in the most traditional sense.

The only legitimate artists in England are the architects.

Trouble is, some accents lend themselves to comedy.

Australia is my lens. I cannot see the world any other way.

Human beings can only make sense of the world through the lens they were socialized to make sense of it through.

Each language is a different lens from through which you view the world. So, learn as much as you can!

A critical lesson I learned is that we have to make sure all our employees, particularly new hires, have a full immersion in our culture.

It's really important that we look after our libraries.

What is more important in a library than anything else - than everything else - is the fact that it exists.

The London Library in Piccadilly is the best place for a sleep.

My father encouraged me to work in the library, just because it was the world that he knew. But I also wanted to do it. I also wanted to work in the library and be part of the library somehow, because it represented a world that really wasn't represented in my home, and I wanted it to be.