Quotes About Culture

Belfast is great.

My father was from Belfast; my mother was from Crossmolina. I grew up in Dublin.

Belgium is a safe country.

In Europe, you have very different situation than you do in the United States. In Europe, it's very segregated. And you have the diasporas in Belgium that I saw. And they're being radicalized because they're not assimilated with the culture. I don't think we have that same situation in the United States.

There is nothing wrong in performing rituals according to one's beliefs and culture.

For a while, I called myself an agnostic, which was me wanting to maintain a connection to the culture I was raised in while also undercutting a lot of the beliefs I had.

Sitting in America, we never get to know the other side in any kind of believable way. We have so many movies about Iraq, Afghanistan, and this and that, but there is never a character from that side.

I've learned ballet for seven years and Kathak and belly dancing for some time.

I think belly dancing is very sensuous.

I do think that the modern India does belong to writers who are living in India.

Growing up outside your own country makes you feel that you don't belong when you return, so you feel free to make friends with whomever you like.

I see how people look at me, all around the world. They see something because of the race I belong to. I have to understand that and put it into my music.

I belong to the Bohri community.

I was born in Ambala Cantt., but my parents belong to Palwal.

I belong to a non-filmy background, that is where my friends are from too.

I belong to a very conservative family.

Since I belong to Chandigarh, I love coming to Punjab.

I've always belonged to the street, and I always will. It's in my DNA.

One belongs to one's language as a writer.

Where I come from, music is not a business. Sharing music is a business, but music is not a business. It comes from the people and belongs to the people.

My father belongs to Berhampur and my mother is from Uttar Pradesh.

In 2009, the proportion of American women who were married dropped below 50 percent.

I'm not religious. But I grew up religious in the Bible Belt.

Launching into a long story involving a French tourist, a Buddhist monk, and a particularly shaggy yak, Hall delivered the punch line with an impish squint, paused a beat for effect, then threw his head back in a booming, contagious laugh, unable to contain his delight in his own yarn. I liked him immediately.