Quotes About Culture

In American politics, 'Europe' is usually a code word for 'big government.'

I've been told that I wasn't Latino enough, which was code for 'street' enough.

I'm in no way saying that women can't take a tough code review. I'm saying that no one should have to take one in a boy-puerile atmosphere.

I'm Jewish, and so religion, to me, is a kind of moral code and a kind of history.

I understand that flamenco has very specific rules and codes, and there's the weight of tradition, so I can understand when people do not enjoy something that is more heterodox.

On Common Culture, you'll find coffee, clothing, and compilations. So many C's!

The Russians are not as addicted to coffee as the Americans. We should work on that!

It is in many circumstances a troubling thing to belong to the advanced class of a backward nation. One surrenders coherence and begins a difficult process of choice which ends, often, in an eclectic idiosyncrasy.

Helsinki isn't all that bad. It's a very nice city, and it's cold really only in wintertime.

I like Drake, I like Rihanna, I like Beyonce, I like Mumford and Sons, and Coldplay.

It's part of the culture at ILM and at Lucasfilm that the work is better when you collaborate, you know. There's this culture of open exchange, a wonderful ego-free sharing of ideas and talent.

Culture is a collaborative exercise, and I think everybody will do their bit to help it grow.

If someone can't behave with their colleagues and can't be part of the culture, it doesn't matter how good they are at what they do; they have to be asked to leave.

I don't party with my colleagues after work.

I have heard a lot of good stories about the UAE through my colleagues and those who have been here.

I collect and read as many books about music and film as I do fiction.

New York has the biggest, most eclectic collection of people in the world.

My two goals are to read everything Edith Wharton has ever written and to have an art collection.

Every player brings something from their own culture into the collective.

I think culture and art tell you what the soul of a nation is, and if we continue to chip away at the arts we are actually chipping away at our collective soul.

There's something to be said about the art-industrial complex, the collectors who recognize that your work has some sort of future economic value.

Hindutva is an idea where you learn things that schools and colleges do not teach you - to say we are all one because DNA says there is no such thing as Aryan or Dravidian.

In Colombia, we have a lot of passion.

I'm Colombian-American. My father wanted me to have American citizenship, but he wanted to raise me in Colombia.