I push back against a deeply-entrenched tendency in American culture to label quickly and no longer even examine the labels that were… — Fady Joudah Copy Share Image
I studied Japanese language and culture in college and graduate school, and afterward went to work in Tokyo, where I met a… — Arthur Golden Copy Share Image
In the eyes of history, religious toleration is the highest evidence of culture in a people. It was not until the Western… — Marmaduke Pickthall Copy Share Image
To propel our Louisiana culture into the future seems to be quite a task, but if one lives for the music as… — Michael Doucet Copy Share Image
The great joy of doing 'The Daily Show' for me is that I get to sit on the fence between cultures. I… — Aasif Mandvi Copy Share Image
Conservative and liberal politicians alike now spend millions waging wars around the globe, funding the largest military state in the world, providing… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
“Germany, a country with a tradition of strong commitment to public funding for culture, has a statement which clearly refers to non-economic… — Suzanne Keene Copy Share Image
“This so-called culture war, I suspect, is the product of a history in which white America took two different paths to civilization.… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
This is the great new problem of mankind. We have inherited a large house, a great ‘world house’ in which we have… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
To rescue from oblivion even a fragment of a language which men have used and which is in danger of being lost… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
We merely want to live in peace with all the world, to trade with them, to commune with them, to learn from… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
And once I was in college, about - maybe the end of my first semester of my sophomore year, I realized that… — Regina King Copy Share Image
It'll be taught in homes that it's not okay to make fun of a kid because he's gay or it's not okay… — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
Language is in the way. Music's in the way. Songs are in the way. Stuff's in the way. That's just our state… — Crowder Copy Share Image
If men can be made to understand that society, with its rigid codes and stratifications, is in its confused infancy rather than… — Joost Meerloo Copy Share Image
I think it's not an easy task because there's not enough Latino writers that are being given opportunities to write things -… — Karla Souza Copy Share Image
“Fine buildings, fine pictures and books and everything that is beautiful are certainly signs of civilization. But an even better sign is… — Jawaharlal Nehru Copy Share Image
Besides language and music, it [mathematics] is one of the primary manifestations of the free creative power of the human mind, and… — Hermann Weyl Copy Share Image
I think bridges have a special meaning in our life. I think a book is a bridge. Any type of art is… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
I plan to see St. Louis as a global competitor. As an international trade hub, as an incubator of new companies, as… — Francis G. Slay Copy Share Image
In their infancy, startups need geniuses who fit their current tight-knit culture and will iterate quickly as they push towards an ambitious… — Joe Lonsdale Copy Share Image
I think it's important for everyone to understand that if you have a background and culture... to really use that as motivation… — Patty Mills Copy Share Image
It's hard to pick. I mean, I think the one that is most emblematic of the collaboration that occurred is "We Know… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
That's why we sail. So our children can grow up and be proud of whom they are. We are healing our souls… — Nainoa Thompson Copy Share Image
The culture of the United States has flooded the world. It's the inevitable result of a powerful culture, art. We've got an… — Arthur Miller Copy Share Image
In your generation, everybody is constantly bombarded with all kinds of different input from different cultures, and that's a strength, that's a… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It's called the Ailey American Dance Theatre, not the Alvin Ailey African-American Dance Theatre. One thing also that Alvin wanted people to… — Judith Jamison Copy Share Image
Somehow this madness must cease. We must stop now. I speak as a child of God and brother to the suffering poor… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I've never left my culture. I've left my country, but I've not left my culture. In the same way, you shouldn't be… — Werner Herzog Copy Share Image
Those who feel guilty contemplating "betraying" the tradition they love by acknowledging their disapproval of elements within it should reflect on the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm not sure that Eastern culture does either, but I've never lived in India etc so I couldn't tell you. I can… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
What is literary tradition? What is a classic? What is a canonical view of tradition? How are canons of accepted classics formed,and… — Harold Bloom Copy Share Image
By the Reagan era, the 'culture of poverty' had become a cornerstone of conservative ideology: poverty was caused not by low wages… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
It takes a long time for women to feel it's alright to be chingona. To aspire to be a chingona!...You are saying,… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
Modernism was a big thing for me, coming from a father who was very interested in art, music and culture - and… — Vito Acconci Copy Share Image
To this culture warrior, gay marriage is not a vital issue. I don't believe the republic will collapse if Larry marries Brendan.… — Bill O'Reilly Copy Share Image
Those who remember Washington's cold war culture in the 1980s will recall the shocked reactions to Reagan's intervention. People interested in foreign… — Russell Baker Copy Share Image
Hispanic gives us all one ultimate paternal cultural progenitor: Spain. The diverse cultures already on the American shores when the Europeans arrived,… — Ana Castillo Copy Share Image
The opportunity here in the U.S. is so unique because we are so diverse, with so many different cultures living together. Christians,… — Marcus Samuelsson Copy Share Image
An observer will see the bizarre developments of behavior only in alien cultures, not his own. Nevertheless this is obviously a local… — Ruth Benedict Copy Share Image