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title: "12 Culture America Quotes by 12 authors"
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> [Jazz, rock and roll, movies and comics are the culture of America.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-griffith/jazz-rock-and-roll-movies-and-comics-are-the-culture-of-america/)

[Bill Griffith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-griffith/)

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> [ There's violence in my culture \[from America's South\]. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/there-s-violence-in-my-culture-from-america-s-south/)

[William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gibson/)

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> [If you’re looking for the origins of film culture in America, look no further than Amos Vogel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-scorsese/if-you-re-looking-for-the-origins-of-film-culture-in-america-look-no/)

[Martin Scorsese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-scorsese/)

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> [Doing any kind of culture in America in which you are not trying to affirm a European aesthetic is war.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-c-wolfe/doing-any-kind-of-culture-in-america-in-which-you-are-not-trying-to/)

[George C. Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-c-wolfe/)

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> [The Afro-American experience is the only real culture that America has. Basically, every American tries to walk, talk, dress and behave like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-afro-american-experience-is-the-only-real-culture-that-america/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Culture in America and everywhere else comes from the suffering, from those who don't want the old ways. They want to bring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-simmons/culture-in-america-and-everywhere-else-comes-from-the-suffering-from/)

[Russell Simmons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-simmons/)

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> [Some Russian ballet master woman said there's no culture in America, but if you look you can find interesting stuff in this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-duvall/some-russian-ballet-master-woman-said-there-s-no-culture-in-america/)

[Robert Duvall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-duvall/)

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> [Well, I don't think anyone now would say that they're painting the state of the culture of America. I think that's too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-judd/well-i-don-t-think-anyone-now-would-say-that-they-re-painting-the/)

[Donald Judd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-judd/)

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> [In my opinion, it would be a lot better for the culture - meaning the culture of America - if there was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-morton/in-my-opinion-it-would-be-a-lot-better-for-the-culture-meaning-the/)

[Joe Morton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-morton/)

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> [I got overwhelmed by the magnitude of the celebrity culture in America. My background is as a news journalist, and newsrooms in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-hiaasen/i-got-overwhelmed-by-the-magnitude-of-the-celebrity-culture-in/)

[Carl Hiaasen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-hiaasen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b8/carl-hiaasen-2926_america_i-got-overwhelmed-by-the-magnitude-of-th_3159674.png)

> [In the realm of culture in America, white European culture has held the floor for centuries; just as with any one-sided conversation,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mura/in-the-realm-of-culture-in-america-white-european-culture-has-held/)

[David Mura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mura/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f5/david-mura-60456_america_in-the-realm-of-culture-in-america-white_1912006.jpg)

> [In the culture of America, in a free culture, you get what you celebrate. And in this culture, we have two obsessions,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-kamen/in-the-culture-of-america-in-a-free-culture-you-get-what-you/)

[Dean Kamen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-kamen/)

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