Quotes About Culture

Countries like Japan do not have to change their cultures to address their educational shortcomings; they simply have to adjust their policies and practices.

Legacies are built on the practices of your company.

I'm not a practicing Jew but my great-grandparents were. It's part of our family history.

It's very hard to be a practicing Christian in the 21st-century world if you set things up as, 'Everyone is against us. You can't believe modern science, modern media or modern political institutions because they're all conspiring against Christians.'

I'm certainly not a practicing Jew. I would never claim, 'I'm Jewish.' That's not the first and foremost thing in my mind, as far as who I am as a person.

I was never a practicing Muslim. But I do consider myself a Muslim.

I love New Orleans. I love jazz. I grew up practicing jazz piano, and that's just been such a cool genre to me. There's a lot of talent there.

You are not practicing Judaism if you celebrate Christmas.

I wouldn't say I am practicing Muslim - I don't go to the mosque or anything, but it's part of my identity.

My great grandfather was the last practicing Jew in my family. He died in 1982.

I'm not British. I'm not American. I'm not French. Whatever thing they practise, that is their business. I am an African. I am Rwandese.

I'm very much an Arab, although I need to practise my Arabic more.

Prague is a dark place.

I've never been to Prague, and I've never been to Russia.

Prague is not rife in Asian culture.

I still have an accent. But when I return to Prague, I speak the language yet do not know what they are talking about.

If I were to pray in Arabic, I'd pray to Allah. If I were to pray in English, I'd pray to God.

At the end of the day, when I kick back with some barbecue and a CokeZero in front of a blockbuster film playing within the convenience of my fully air-conditioned house, I'll say a small prayer thanking God for the American culture.

It's the perfect environment for prayer. Chanting in Greek... is like a beautiful opera, but way better.

The same group of New York pseudo-intellectuals who've put down prayer are the same ones who put down L.A.

We're so mixed up about religion in this culture. We say the Pledge of Allegiance, 'under God indivisible,' but there's no prayer in the schools. I would be so untethered without my personal faith. I wouldn't be able to go through a day - but that's my own experience.

Before I go to those teams, I say, 'Hey, I'm a Muslim and I have to pray five times a day.' And they respect it so much that they give me a prayer room. So before the game, after the game, before practice, before I fly out, I can go to that room whenever I want and pray.

Even if I had nothing to do with the Canada Council, I'd be praying for it.

Preaching Christian salvation is to preach moral absolutes. Hollywood no likey.