- Enough
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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
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in San Diego with immigrant parents, before the food blogs, before this kind of celebrity chef culture we know now.
- Pride
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's good to be proud of your heritage and your culture, but pride can be perverted.
- Learning
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I first went to 'National Geographic,' I thought I was the least qualified person to step through the doors. But because of my parents and the culture of continual learning they imposed on us, I later came to believe I was the most qualified person who ever worked there.
- All-Around
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- Nov 07, 2020
For sheer majestic geography and sublime scale, nothing beats Alaska and the Yukon. For culture, Japan. And for all-around affection, Australia.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
That culture of frugality and discipline is really important for the Y Combinator mindset.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's so important for startups to get their culture right at the start. They need to feel unique and that they are on their own important mission in the world.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
At D.O.J., we don't want to go after the corporate wrongdoers simply as an end unto itself; we want to decrease the amount of corporate wrongdoing that happens in the first place. We want to restore and help protect the corporate culture of responsibility.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
People can defame anyone they like, people can write anything they like. But non-accountability is a part of modern Indian culture.
- Progress
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- Nov 07, 2020
The idea of the sacred is quite simply one of the most conservative notions in any culture, because it seeks to turn other ideas - uncertainty, progress, change - into crimes.
- Comfortable
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not totally comfortable with the ways in which our culture monetises art and literature.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not sure that the culture of literary prizes is always a good thing, but while there are literary prizes, it's nice to be nominated.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
Unfortunately, in my home, we didn't speak Arabic; it was a mixed culture. My mother played a dominant role in our educational upbringing, and we grew up as part and parcel of Belize's culture.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
In childhood, we used to read stories from the Arabian Nights. Why were we so interested when it happened somewhere in Arabia, in a different culture? Until now, we hadn't gone to the Hindi audience with a good story.
- Influence
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- Nov 07, 2020
The influence of the Shaw Brothers films on my work has been profound. In addition to the richness of Asian culture, we at Wu-Tang were fascinated with the struggles between the oppressed Chinese villagers and the repressive Manchu authority and how it mirrored our own experiences growing up as black kids in America's inner cities.
- Group
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- Nov 07, 2020