Quotes About Culture

So many Indian novels, quite unfairly, do not get the prominence they should because they have been written in a language other than English.

I feel like being into the beat of your own drum has become too prominent in the culture.

Befikre' is not just about two characters. There is another very prominent third character, and that is Paris.

Mine is a European imagination, shaped largely by my very promiscuous reading in German, French, English and, with greater difficulty, Italian.

I'm excited about Los Angeles because I believe in her. I believe in her destiny. I think that the fact that we have so many different people from so many parts of the world is a big reason why L.A. is the city of America's promise.

I've been on a lot of film sets, and I've always promised myself I wouldn't create a set where people dread coming to work.

We were promised a society of philosophers. But the Blogosphere is looking more and more like a nation of ankle-biters.

As an Irish person, there's a historical fascination with America: America is the default green and promised land for Irish people and Italians; that's what we grow up with.

New York was the Promised Land growing up. Writers were gods! The great gods of American culture... I thought.

As a child of the Commonwealth, I had been brought up to believe Great Britain was the promised land, a culture where the rule of law was observed and decency was embedded in the national fabric.

Bollywood being Bollywood, you hear promises all the time.

If you're a conservative who thinks the culture wars are over (they're never really over, of course), then you are a lot more open to the idea of a unprincipled blowhard who promises he's got your back on political correctness.

The fact I've worked hard to play in the NBA and at the elite level, I'm just using it to promote my culture and heritage, represent my country and Canberra.

I'd rather promote New York than anything else in this world because New York to me means the world.

If I get elected, my government will promote a culture of acceptance and non-violence in the country.

I am not sure if India is the right place to promote such music. I don't think there are still enough people who listen to English songs.

Reading and writing is so important, and it's something I am really keen to promote. It's something that can be a bit lost these days with so much else going on.

I'm extremely proud of being Latin; it's a big part of my life. It's not something I outwardly promote, just like I don't outwardly promote that I have green eyes and blonde hair. It's a part of who I am. I love the richness of the culture I grew up within.

Once enough Americans reacquaint themselves with Americanism, we should promote it to all countries just as the Left promotes leftism and Muslims promote Islam. One need not be American to affirm Americanism.

In Northern Ireland, helicopters are not usually used to promote poetry.

I kind of want to get the music back on a road it hasn't been on for a while. I want to promote the arts as part of the American diet.

It's important to me to reach deep into the community and promote Latino artists.

British podcasts tend to shamefacedly shuffle the ads towards the end. Americans put them up front and promote them enthusiastically. I think the Americans have it right.

I would like to use my know how and skills in the film industry to promote Haryanavi culture, language and movies.