Quotes About Culture

Poetry never stood a chance of standing outside history.

Cross-cultural marriage is difficult, especially when one person has to live in another country. But I thought there was a very good chance of it working because people grow together if they have a common passion.

America's always had a real passion for lunatic movements. That's one of the things we're probably known for around the world, I would imagine.

Football is a passion and I could not live that in Arabian football.

If the Italian is the most passionate lover in the world, it may be because he is the most restrained. Rigid convention denies him all contact with the lovelier girls, who never are free from chaperons.

I was born into a Greek family, and it was instilled in me not only to be passionate about the culture but also to be freaky loyal.

There are a lot of famous comedians from Liverpool, then obviously the Beatles, and the football club. That's what people in Liverpool are passionate about.

I'm a passionate monarchist.

Venezuelan baseball is more aggressive, more passionate, more exciting. The fans are not the same as in your native country.

Dancing is part of me now! The Latin dances are where my passions are.

We grew up and I feel like we're achieving a level of success through music that's allowing us to see the world. I want that for people where I come from. I want them to achieve that same thing through their passions. It's important that when we reach these places, that we still are who we are, and we never forget where we come from.

Our culture loves movies and TV, which is wonderful, but there's something a little bit passive sometimes about watching, because you're looking at other people's imagination at work.

My passport's green.

A lot of Americans don't have a passport, never will have a passport. Not only will they not travel, they don't want to travel.

I feel French, beyond the passport.

Although I hold a German passport, I feel very much alienated when I'm there.

I have a British passport, but the rest of my family have Indian passports, and I am Indian.

I came up in Brooklyn singing doo-wop music from the time I was 13 to the time I was 20. That music served a purpose of keeping a lot of people out of trouble, and also it was a passport from one neighborhood to another.

The environment that we call society is created by past generations; we accept it, as it helps us to maintain our greed, possessiveness, illusion.

The darkest aspects of imperialism are still very much prevalent in many cultures around the world; hundreds of years later, and we have a collective responsibility to encounter the deeds of our past.

No heirloom of humankind captures the past as do art and language.

Learning about our past is definitely important, not only for Australians but people around the world. It's something that Australia should never be ashamed of. It's part of our history. It's part of us.

As long as there's pasta and Chinese food in the world, I'm okay.

I am certainly Italian in my love of food! I eat everything, but I love Italian food most of all. Even my daughter does. Her favourite food is pasta and parmigiana.