Quotes About Culture

Vivir en el extranjero era una enfermedad respiratoria.

Siempre existe un modo e obedecer.Esto es lo que los cerebros occidentales deberían comprender. -Quizás el cerebro nipón sea capaz de obligarse a sí mismo a olvidar un idioma. El cerebro occidental carece de ese recurso. [...] -Inténtelo de todos modos. O, por los menos, hago como que lo intenta. He recibido órdenes al respecto. ¿Me ha comprendido?

Tout s'expliquait : à la compagnie Yumimoto, Dieu était le président et le vice-président était le Diable. Fubuki, elle, n'était ni Diable ni Dieu: c'était une Japonaise.

Ciò dimostra che al giorno d'oggi la mancanza di pedanteria viene scambiata per furto deliberato.

Podría parecer que en los USA la mentira sea el mal por excelencia, si puedo expresarlo así. Sin duda soy muy europea: la mentira sólo me ofusca si perjudica a alguien. En este caso, no veo a quién puede perjudicar. Algunos

La lectura no es un placer sustitutivo.

I cinesi hanno dovuto imparare a mangiare l'immangiabile, e di qui la raffinatezza ineguagliata della loro arte culinaria. Esiste una civiltà più brillante e ingegnosa? I cinesi hanno inventato tutto, pensato tutto, compreso tutto, osato tutto. Studiare la Cina è studiare l'intelligenza.

No se trata aquí de establecer una jerarquía entre los pueblos. Al contrario. Se trata de mostrar que el hambre es su mayor seña de identidad. A los países que nos dan la lata con el carácter supuestamente único de su población, hay que decirles que toda nación es una ecuación que se articula alrededor del hambre.".

Paris est la seule ville au monde où il n'est pas nécessaire d'être heureux.

Le maquillage est un culte à mystère.

Cuéntame cosas de las japonesas. (...) -Tú estás aquí, me estás mirando. Ellas, en cambio, siempre están preguntando si gustan. Solo piensan en sí mismas. (...) A mis amigos y a mí, nos parece que para esas chicas solo somos espejos.

One had said, 'You say you come from Ghaanna? Then we have a lot in common!' Sissie didn't know what to do with the statement, uncertain of whether it was a threat or a promise. 'We had chiefs like you,' the Scot went on, 'who fought one another and all, while the Invader marched in.' Sissie thanked her, but also felt strongly that their kinship had better end right there.

History shows that when the church accommodates culture, it weakens it.

Maybe it's a cultural thing, being Korean, but my first reflex has always been to exude humility - but it doesn't help you in acting. For acting, humility isn't the best thing. It'll weaken your work.

When a culture is broken, the cracks show - morale is weakened, but so is profit and performance. That's why culture has to be at the core of any business transformation.

If we deny our culture and become nothing and everything, that weakens us.

Asa Briggs was a historian of class history, so he felt obligated to bring in his driver. That's the English class thing that is much weaker now.

In marriage, a woman becomes the weaker sex, even if her husband doesn't want her to be. This happens because of the way society has built the institution.

All my artistic response comes from American things, and I guess I've always had a weakness for heroic imagery.

Here's the American situation - we have moved from a culture of independence to a culture of dependence. We have moved from capitalism into the direction of socialism. We have moved from being a beacon of strength internationally to a position of weakness.

Like all my family and class, I considered it a sign of weakness to show affection; to have been caught kissing my mother would have been a disgrace, and to have shown affection for my father would have been a disaster.

One of the things that's beautiful about New Orleans is how culturally rich we are and how well we have worked together. People call us a gumbo. It's really important that we get focused on the very simple notion that diversity is a strength, it's not a weakness.

'Mrs Funnybones' is based and structured around my columns, and it's about how a modern woman looks at India and how India looks right back at her. Since I have a weakness for illustrations, there are also a few funny illustrations in there as well.

In American culture at large, but especially in African American culture, it's a sign of weakness to ask for help.