Quotes About Cultural difference

I decided to call him Ford Prefect. (This was a joke that missed American audiences entirely, of course, since they had never heard of the rather oddly named little car, and many thought it was a typing error for Perfect.) I explained in the text that the minimal research my alien character had done before arriving on this planet had led him to think that this name would be "nicely inconspicuous." He had simply mistaken the dominant life form.

There's a difference between performing in Philadelphia to New York as much as a difference between playing in Luton and playing in San Francisco, y'know what I mean?

America: It's like Britain, only with buttons.

If we learn anything from the history of economic development, it is that culture makes all the difference.

Pittsburgh, where you once couldn't wear a shirt for more than an hour, is a lot cleaner than Hollywood.

I grew up with white parents, and until after college, it was a lot of confusion, especially because I grew up in an all-white area. So I never looked around and saw anyone who looked like me.

In case you're wondering, Old York looks absolutely nothing like New York. It looks older. Magnus Chase, master of description. You're welcome.

The idea of race was in retreat in the second half of the 20th century in the aftermath of the defeat of Nazism and discoveries in the science of genetics, although the 21st century has seen (unconvincing) attempts to revive the notion. Nowadays, there is a tendency to regard intercommunal hostilities as stemming from issues of cultural rather than racial difference, except on the very far right and among some who (misleadingly) base their assertions on recent biomedical research.

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.

Lets see, I remember the first time I went to Japan, I loved that because I was taller than everyone! I'm only 5'7' but in Japan that's good!

I get that I'm tan, and I would stand out a little bit in Japan.

Glen jogged back. "What? What are you laughing about?" "Nothing," said Amber, trying to contain herself. "Did you learn anything?" "No," said Glen. "Turns out that old guy is German and doesn't speak a word of English." "Then what were you arguing about?" Glen looked puzzled. "How should I know?

The difference between the extras here and in France is the French extras read books. Actually, they hide the book and pretend that they're acting. Here, you can see everybody wants his break.

American actors are very different to British actors who have generally studied and been brought up culturally with the sense that the writer is the star and that their job is to serve the writing. Whereas Hollywood actors are brought up to believe that the actor is the star, and everything and everybody is in the service of them.

was so depressed last night I called one of those suicide hot lines. I reached a call center in Pakistan. They got all excited and asked if I could drive a truck.—Anonymous on the Internet

Americans consider the sidewalk an anonymous backstage space, whereas for the French it is the stage itself.

Mi chiamo Davide Griffo e sono mortificato per avere alzato la voce, ma non capivo quello che il suo agente mi andava dicendo. È straniero?». Montalbano preferì sorvolare.

Christmas is the antithesis of Thanksgiving. Christmas is pretty much a man-made holiday.

I have never felt any ethnic connection between the Greeks and me other than how hairy I am.

See how (for instance) the cultural can be freed from the tyranny of the natural; gender from biology; how social change has occurred, and how it can change again; how to reveal and defend (without fetishizing) cultural difference; how to make visible the 'political unconscious' of our culture.

How's your Latin?' asked Charlie. 'Non-existent.' 'Well, you might find the next class a bit tough then.

Everything I have is natural. I do everything by instinct. I am not like the 'gringos,' with all of their apparatus.

Louise Clark's southern accent was as thick as hominy grits. No one else in the Philadelphia branch of her family had such an accent. Her mother and father had dropped theirs as soon as they crossed the Pennsylvania state line.

In the city a funeral is just an interruption of traffic; in the country it is a form of popular entertainment.