- Dominican Republic
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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
- Grow
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- Nov 07, 2020
II grew up in Australia, but I'm not from there originally. Like, my dad's South American, so I know what that's like to grow up in a culture that's not your own.
- Democracy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Japan is not a Western democracy. The Japanese have kept their traditions, culture and heritage, but they have joined the community of free nations.
- Art
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- Nov 07, 2020
Formally, I did my studies in the sciences, but I was very conscious that I was being deprived of culture. While studying neuroscience, I was running a rock-music festival and was able to use that as a platform to explore what it takes to produce art for 20,000 inebriated 20-somethings.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm supporting the School for Creative Startups because the project's ambition - to boost innovation and the culture of entrepreneurship - is something I feel strongly about.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't want to live in a culture of despair. I'd like to live in a culture of hope.
- Pop Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
My idols are Janis Joplin and Annie Lennox, who are neither of them from the typical pop culture.
- Cool Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
White people couldn't do black music back in the day because they weren't funky or bad enough. They weren't from the ghettoes, but hip-hop and R&B changed all of that because white kids want to be down with it. They wanted to learn it so they studied the culture. It's kind of a cool thing because we shouldn't be so separate.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I come from a culture where we wear white for weddings. In India, it's different. But I really feel that there should be no set notions, and a bride should only wear something when she's comfortable in it.
- Nov 07, 2020
Stereotyping of any race or culture is narrow-minded, and I can't wait to help break the shackles.
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
Japanese culture? I kind of love everything about it. I love the food. Everyone's really nice. There's just a lot about Japan that's really cool.
- Death
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- Nov 07, 2020
We're so afraid of death in our culture, but I think if we understand it better, then we'll appreciate the life we have more.
- Fruitless
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- Nov 07, 2020
From 1970 onwards, our culture told both sexes that individual expression was paramount. And for women, that was defined as the right to choose an interesting a career, a high-status mate, the desirable handbag or vacation, the perfect family size, and a definitionally fruitless quest for 'perfection.'
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020