Jamestown changed the world in many ways, but perhaps it shaped our nation most profoundly the day Africans arrived. I can't think… — Tavis Smiley Copy Share Image
To the European, it is a characteristic of the American culture that, again and again, one is commanded and ordered to 'be… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“Every white person in this country-and I do not care what he or she says-knows one thing. They may not know, as… — James Baldwin Copy Share Image
In Chinese culture, it wouldn't occur to kids to question or talk back to their parents. In American culture, kids in books,… — Amy Chua Copy Share Image
All cultures are different. Some commit genocide. Some are uniquely peaceful. Some have enormous hunting festivals or annual stretches when nobody speaks.… — Casey Affleck Copy Share Image
In the broader American culture - the mainstream media, the world of the arts and entertainment, the high-tech world, and the entire… — Shelby Steele Copy Share Image
If we have an element of Americans here that reject western civilization, and that's a big element, that reject western civilization, then… — Steve King Copy Share Image
It can pay off, being a hack. Given the depraved state of American culture, a slick dude can make millions being a… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
“There is hardly any political question in the United States that sooner or later does not turn into a judicial question. From… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
“Being customers in our society is dangerous. It alienates us from each other. People will prefer to spend long and lonely hours… — Louis Yako Copy Share Image
“We Americans are not usually thought to be a submissive people, but of course we are. Why else would we allow our… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
“In an alleged democracy, the image of the public sphere with its appeal to dialogue and shared responsibility has given way to… — Henry A. Giroux Copy Share Image
I happen to be a twin. I grew up half of my life with someone who looks and sounds like me. And… — Kehinde Wiley Copy Share Image
“The pretense continued over the generations, helped by all-embracing symbols, physical or verbal: the flag, patriotism, democracy, national interest, national defense, national… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
“In Europe, nobody will bleep you, if you want to say a "bad" word on TV. The idea that some self-righteous little… — Oliver Markus Malloy Copy Share Image
“Home is what we know we ought to want but can't really take. America is not so much a home for anyone… — Michael Wood Copy Share Image
Imprisoning philosophy within the professionalizations and specializations of an institutionalized curriculum, after the manner of our contemporary European and North American culture,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I was Justin Timberlake personal stylist for years, so I went to his video shoots and his gigs with Madonna, and I… — Johan Lindeberg Copy Share Image
“If we were to take EarthBound's early hours as material evidence of Shigesato Itoi's impressions of American culture, we would have to… — Ken Baumann Copy Share Image
One culture I find fascinating to juxtapose against American culture is the culture of Germany. They've gone through a long process through… — Chris Jordan Copy Share Image
Well, when you think about it black American culture evolved over three and a half centuries. Every minute under which they lived… — Shelby Steele Copy Share Image
I think we, especially in American culture, are so afraid to talk about death. And I'm not talking about literal death. I'm… — Amber Tamblyn Copy Share Image
We're fascinated with American culture and the fantasy of freedom, that you can run away with your lover, romantically, or in a… — Taylor Russell Copy Share Image
“The term [Americanization] invokes the transformation of the landscape into unnatural mechanical shapes, of night into day, of speed for its own… — Robert Stone Copy Share Image
Waiting for Godot was not allowed. Neither was Henry Miller. The Soviets condemned them both. Miller would have been used as an… — Barney Rosset Copy Share Image
Personally I was just sick of the mimicry of American culture that was going on because it wasn't natural for us. We… — Jazzie B Copy Share Image
“The idea that—gasp!—there is too much information is a real and valid concern. “But Ramit,” you might say, “that flies in the… — Ramit Sethi Copy Share Image
I try to find the core values that are so fundamental that they transcend ethnic identity. That doesn't mean I run from… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
Town after town has but one newspaper or one radio station. It is often owned by Murdoch. Yes, we don't have as… — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
“Whenever I visit the United States, for example, one of the first things I notice is that no one ever touches one… — Martin Lindstrom Copy Share Image
Traveling, I've met Ghanaian people who have seen me in minor stuff, but they see the name Ato Essandoh, and they recognize… — Ato Essandoh Copy Share Image
Christians must go beyond criticizing the degradation of American culture, roll up their sleeves, and get to work on positive solutions. The… — Nancy Pearcey Copy Share Image
Although, at times, soccer is a challenge to mind, body, and spirit, fundamentally, the progression of the U.S. women's game and those… — Ali Krieger Copy Share Image
We are being swallowed up by the popular culture of the United States, but then the Americans are being swallowed up by… — Northrop Frye Copy Share Image
When I was 17, I worked in a mentoring program in Harlem designed to improve the community. That's when I first gained… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
“The issue is not indifference to established knowledge; it’s the emergence of a positive hostility to such knowledge. This is new in… — Thomas M. Nichols Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, when I kick back with some barbecue and a CokeZero in front of a blockbuster film… — Steven Crowder Copy Share Image
In American culture you leave home at 18. In the Asian culture, your parents don't really want you to leave home. So… — Jason Wu Copy Share Image
Even some of us who make movies underestimate their influence abroad. American movies sell American culture. Foreigners want to see American movies.… — Irwin Winkler Copy Share Image
I made 'Ricki Lake' as a big love show for the American culture: big jars of mayo and ketchup and industrial stuff… — Netta Barzilai Copy Share Image
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