I moved from Italy to Oregon in the '80s - sort of like moving to the middle of a "Duck Dynasty" episode,… — Rose McGowan Copy Share Image
Oppressed cultures often envy those which are not, or oppressed individuals do, and sometimes those which - and who - are not… — Gerald Stern Copy Share Image
I am by heritage a Jew, by citizenship a Swiss, and by makeup a human being, and only a human being, without… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Commencement oratory must eschew anything that smacks of partisan politics, political preference, sex, religion or unduly firm opinion. Nonetheless, there must be… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
The problems in the Russian novel are quite similar to the problems of Turkish nationalism and Turkish culture, which was something that… — Elif Batuman Copy Share Image
At the heart of globalisation is a new kind of intolerance in the West towards other cultures, traditions and values, less brutal… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
The key to community is the acceptance, in fact the celebration of our individual and cultural differences. It is also the key… — M. Scott Peck Copy Share Image
When you move around a lot, there are little bits of you from everywhere. I mean, my father's French, and I speak… — Claire Messud Copy Share Image
“॥दोहा॥ श्रीगुरु चरन सरोज रज, निज मनु मुकुरु सुधारि। बरनउँ रघुबर बिमल जसु, जो दायकु फल चारि॥ Doha With the dust of… — Munindra Misra Copy Share Image
I doubt the terrorists saw 9/11 as a teaching opportunity. And we're not really a culture geared to anything as humble as… — Jess Walter Copy Share Image
What do you look at while you’re making up your mind? Ours is not a reflective culture, we do no raise our… — Thomas Harris Copy Share Image
Far and away the most futile admonition Christ ever offered was when he said, 'Have no care for tomorrow. Don't worry about… — Daniel Quinn Copy Share Image
If we agree that universities need to monitor sexual violence in various locations, and that they will require students to hew to… — Vanessa Grigoriadis Copy Share Image
I started DJing soundclashes. I used to go to Jamaica a lot. I was like a hip-hop sound boy, where I took… — DJ Khaled Copy Share Image
Ultimately, of course, there is no excuse for being fat in this culture. It's the one last prejudice we allow ourselves, the… — Joni Rodgers Copy Share Image
Creative accounting is an absolute curse to a civilization. One could argue that double-entry bookkeeping was one of history's great advances. Using… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
You have to accustom yourself to practical study at home, you have to devote time to studies, to the history of chess,… — Mikhail Botvinnik Copy Share Image
Curiously, only in sports do we agree to eschew technological advances, making rules, for example, to limit the power potential of baseball… — Gene Logsdon Copy Share Image
I was 15 years old in 1972, and yeah, when the 1970s broke, I was out there. Everything was kinda swirling around… — George Pelecanos Copy Share Image
“the whole of culture — may be of great value in itself, but whenever it is thrown into the balance against the… — Herman Bavinck Copy Share Image
Pay no attention to pop culture, for it is what poisons our minds and divides our children. Materialism promotes negative values and… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
Its roots are in American Negro culture, which is part of the whole country's heritage, but the dance speaks to everyone... Otherwise,… — Alvin Ailey Copy Share Image
Culture is everything. Culture is the way we dress, the way we carry our heads, the way we walk, the way we… — Aime Cesaire Copy Share Image
I think a great culture can look a lot of different ways. Sometimes it's guys that get along great and it's a… — Aaron Boone Copy Share Image
You always want what you can't have, and that all-American thing, from the day I was born, I could never enter that… — Mitski Copy Share Image
Culture arises only when the individual fulfills his cycle of obligations. If everyone recognizes and fulfills his cycle of obligations, genuineness emerges.… — Kathe Kollwitz Copy Share Image
That one never need to look beyond the love of money for explanation of human behavior is one of the most jealously… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
And as journalists we look for differences - differences between countries, cultures, classes, and communities. We're very sensitized to difference, but it's… — Amy Waldman Copy Share Image
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
We in the so called 'Western civilisations' have so much to learn from other cultures, and they would stand to gain so… — Andrea Leadsom Copy Share Image
I sat out a few years because I wasn't really sure what I wanted to do next. So many things were changing… — Beck Copy Share Image
We have to change the kind of free trade deals we sign. We would have to change the absolutely central role of… — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
My biggest fear was public speaking, and then having everyone know who I was, it was definitely weird at first. When I… — Chris Moneymaker Copy Share Image
Our culture often demeans and devalues the work, the pleasures, and the contributions of women and feminine people. This is, in part,… — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
My second record was all about big ideas - I was trying to make big statements about the culture, about life. I… — Duncan Sheik Copy Share Image
I like writing about popular culture. It helps to place people. I think you can be really, really accurate if you know… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
My childhood happened in a different culture under a different name. It's a silo or a distinctly separated moment in your life… — Celine Song Copy Share Image
The Western notion of masculinity goes back a long way. It doesn’t allow for women, and it’s also racist - it doesn’t… — Larry McMurtry Copy Share Image
Having a biracial mother who had these really eclectic interests that were partly capable because she was so fair-skinned, and having my… — RaMell Ross Copy Share Image
All testify to the coercion and sacrifice which culture imposes on man. To rely on them and deny the decline is to… — Theodor Adorno Copy Share Image
