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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 Aug 03, 2026

Nov 07, 2020

In the 1970s, what I, as a young foreign student studying in the United States, found most dynamic, exciting and impressive about this country is what much of the world continues to value most about the U.S. today: its open intellectual culture, its great universities, its capacity for discovery and innovation.

Quotes by Ahmed Zewail

Nov 07, 2020

Although the Nasser revolution of 1952 was secular, the culture remained deeply religious - but it was a faith of moderation and tolerance. Women made up nearly half my class at university, and my senior academic adviser there was a woman. In Alexandria, my friends were Christians and Muslims.

Quotes by Ahmed Zewail

Nov 07, 2020

Egypt was the first democracy in the Middle East. Women were unveiled in the 1920s. Egypt is a country of civilization, of culture. It shouldn't be suffering.

Quotes by Ahmed Zewail

People
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Nov 07, 2020

I have a good connection with people from America that come to my shows. It's more the American culture. I like the culture, so I want to spend more time there and make more friends and have some fun.

Quotes by Afrojack

Earth
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Nov 07, 2020

I wear anything of culture, from the Earth or beyond. The whole planet is my shop.

Quotes by Afrika Bambaataa

Nov 07, 2020

House, rap, R&B, disco rock, they are all part of hip-hop culture. Why you ain't playing Kraftwerk along with Jay-Z? That's hip-hop.

Quotes by Afrika Bambaataa

Nov 07, 2020

A lot of times, when people say hip-hop, they don't know what they're talking about. They just think of the rappers. When you talk about hip-hop, you're talking about the whole culture and movement. You have to take the whole culture for what it is.

Quotes by Afrika Bambaataa

Talk
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Nov 07, 2020

When you talk about rap you have to understand that rap is part of the Hip-Hop culture.

Quotes by Afrika Bambaataa

Distinguished
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Nov 07, 2020

The Greeks first identified the Amazons ethnographically, as a nation of men and women distinguished by something outstanding in their gender relations. Later, any ambivalence or anxiety that knowledge of this alternative gender-neutral culture evoked among Greeks was played out in their mythic narratives about martial women.

Quotes by Adrienne Mayor

New York
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Nov 07, 2020

I grew up around New York, graffiti culture.

Quotes by Adrien Brody

One entry frames culture as the way a society reflects on its own identity and direction. See also Cultural Diversity quotes and Cultures quotes.

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