“Studying culture without experiencing culture shock is like practicing swimming without experiencing water.” — Geert Hofstede Copy Share Image
When I moved to Mumbai for college, it was bit of a culture shock. — Sobhita Dhulipala Copy Share Image
Growing up in Bombay made me immune to culture shock, in a way. So, culture shock is not part of my DNA. — Freida Pinto Copy Share Image
The idyllic mayhem of two cultures colliding just doesn't seem as funny anymore. — Kris Kidd Copy Share Image
It was a culture shock at first, moving from Michigan to Mississippi. But it ended up being the best decision I ever… — Devin Booker Copy Share Image
I went back to Hong Kong for the first time in 17 years and I was culture shocked in Hong Kong. — Jimmy O. Yang Copy Share Image
Places like India can give you a real culture shock because of the poverty you see, and it brings you up sharply. — Terry Wogan Copy Share Image
We moved to Gambia from Sweden when I was six years old because my dad was from there. It was definitely a… — Seinabo Sey Copy Share Image
It was a black and white film [at first]. And then it changed to colour film, and I was surprised and culture… — Hiroyuki Sanada Copy Share Image
One of the things I tend to do is open myself up to a variety of voices. I try to expose myself… — Pierre Omidyar Copy Share Image
So I was really excited when I came to America about meeting black people. But it was a huge culture shock, because… — Jodie Turner-Smith Copy Share Image
“Amazing that you can get a cappuccino at a gas station in L.A. at four in the morning and you can't buy… — Annie Ward Copy Share Image
Culture shock is often felt sharply at the borders between countries, but sometimes it doesn't hit fully until you've been in a… — Henri Cartier-Bresson Copy Share Image
Going there [Japan] in the early 80s was quite a culture shock. I think the bombardment of Shinjuku and all that would… — Stephen Mallinder Copy Share Image
Going to Cambridge was a bit of a culture shock, I was a working class lass from Batley who hadn't been anywhere… — Jo Cox Copy Share Image
“The word spinster, mixed with stifled laughter from the living room, picked her ear like a needle. Will I ever escape the… — Zoë S. Roy Copy Share Image
After I moved to Atlanta is when I tapped into doing music. I came to ATL my junior year of high school.… — Rubi Rose Copy Share Image
When you go apartment-hunting in the South, you encounter little old ladies who ask you if you use strong drink. In New… — Florence King Copy Share Image
Liberals create a world that's not real. They create a world where it's impossible to be obedient. It's impossible to go through… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
I love travelling, but I have to admit I didn't initially take to Agra in India. As soon as you arrive, someone… — Dexter Fletcher Copy Share Image
When I moved from Canada to Korea, I experienced a massive culture shock. I wasn't familiar with Korean culture at all and… — Henry Lau Copy Share Image
When I made 'Who Needs Pictures,' my first album, I had been west of the Mississippi River one time in my life,… — Brad Paisley Copy Share Image
I consider myself Russian-American because I'm American by ethnicity and by passport, but I spent all my forming years over in the… — Lana Copy Share Image
Hereditary monarchy offers numerous advantages for America. It is the only form of government able to unify a heterogeneous people. Thanks to… — Florence King Copy Share Image
“The perpetrator of such a misdemeanor must have a motive. Is UMMO the private joke of a group of Spanish engineers? Is… — Jacques F. Vallée Copy Share Image
America is the only country in the world where you can suffer culture shock without leaving home. — Florence King Copy Share Image
“Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, she became a butterfly.” — Barbara Haines Howett Copy Share Image
Going through different places, I stopped through Dubai and stayed there overnight. There I had an ultra-culture shock. — Tequan Richmond Copy Share Image
New York was my first stop after school because I thought Los Angeles would be too much of culture shock. — Matthew Bomer Copy Share Image
“A wide-brimmed spinster’s hat had been thrown up in the sky. It was gradually falling into the deep ocean.” — Zoë S. Roy Copy Share Image
I find, on my own travels, that the most depressing form of culture shock is experienced when you go into a country… — Arthur Frommer Copy Share Image
It was inevitable and understandable that the election of Jeremy Corbyn would be a massive culture shock for some sections of the… — John McDonnell 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
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
“People had warned me about the culture shock of going to Africa. Nothing prepared me for the culture shock of coming the… — Richard Dowden Copy Share Image
Must have been quite the culture shock, going there.” “Yes it was.” Idris doesn’t say that the real culture shock has been… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
Everything in Asia is a culture shock, it's very different from North America, but it's great to be forced into a situation… — Laurel Van Ness Copy Share Image
When I moved over to the States full time it was a culture shock. I had a great life over there, I… — Dario Franchitti Copy Share Image
![“It was a black and white film [at first]. And then it changed to colour film, and I was surprised and culture shocked when I was six or seven years old. And then HD, then 3D now. So what's going? What's coming next? It's so exciting.” quote by Hiroyuki Sanada](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ff/hiroyuki-sanada-22294_black_it-was-a-black-and-white-film-at-first-a_2284935.jpg)
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