- Company
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- Nov 07, 2020
Culture Quotes
How culture shapes who we are.
These culture quotes range from admitting that pop culture references are a poor substitute for real understanding, to growing disillusionment with celebrity culture the more one is exposed to it. Another connects classroom culture directly to organizational culture. Related reflections appear in our Cultured quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Hers
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- Nov 07, 2020
At the beginning of my career as a writer, I felt I knew nothing of Chinese culture. I was writing about emotional confusion with my mother related to our different beliefs. Hers was based in family history, which I didn't know anything about. I always felt hesitant in talking about Chinese culture and American culture.
- Emotional Level
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am an American, steeped in American values. But I know on an emotional level what it means to be of the Chinese culture.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
Although it was common in our culture to complain a lot - about friends, relatives, business partners, bad luck, and the general cluelessness of non-Jews - we were not permitted to complain that anti-Semitism and discrimination were standing in our way.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
As the leadership team, we're taking bold and decisive action to evolve our organization and culture. This includes difficult steps, but they are necessary to position Microsoft for future growth and industry leadership.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was prosecutor we had truancy and curfew issues and we made a refrigerator magnet, and that was hot with parents. They loved putting it up on the wall and saying, you know, if you don't follow these rules, you could get prosecuted. Whether or not it actually happens, it changes a culture, and that's part of what we're trying to do here.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
In Chinese culture, it wouldn't occur to kids to question or talk back to their parents. In American culture, kids in books, TV shows and movies constantly score points with their snappy back talk. Typically, it's the parents who need to be taught a life lesson - by their children.
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is an element in some of my work that has to do with being an outsider, feeling like not part of the dominant culture.
- Encourages
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think our culture encourages all of us to always put our best foot forward. I think it's a good thing. I think it's nice to rise to the occasion, to be kind and considerate, and have self control.
- Broader
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- Nov 07, 2020
My own thinking has evolved. You find Africanisms in American speech. You find an African influence on United States culture. There are all kinds of Africanisms in America, as you would expect, if you really thought about it... That whole thing is much broader; the influence is much broader than I first understood.
- Civilisation
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- Nov 07, 2020
Myths are part of our DNA. We're a civilisation with a continuous culture. The effort to modernize it keeps it alive. Readers connect with it.
- Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even though many Indians can read or speak English, for most, it is not their first language. At the office, we speak in English, but we consume our culture in our own language.
- Practice
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- Nov 07, 2020
BJP doesn't practice the culture of stopping schemes of previous governments.
- Diversity
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- Nov 07, 2020
Foreigners have no idea of the diversity of India and its culture. We hope to be able to give them a glimpse of that diversity.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020