American culture Quote by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

One of the things that struck me when I came to the U.S. was discovering American poverty.

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Parajanov's love for the folk culture is quite infectious. The way that he loves everything on screen, I relate.

— Robert Eggers

Men are a thousand times more intent on becoming rich than on acquiring culture, though it is quite certain that what a man IS…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Something is missing in our culture. We can't quite celebrate the scientific literary tradition.

— Ian Mcewan

I have spent my life judging the distance between American reality and the American dream.

— Bruce Springsteen

Country music has become the music that best represents the reality of American life.

— Brad Paisley

Race is a core reality of American experience. Media images on television need to reflect that reality to help people who consume media and…

— Darnell M. Hunt

This is reality. If [the American officials] want to believe, that's good, that will help them understand the region and be more successful in…

— Bashar al-Assad

The psychological pain--and the ethical shame--of American poverty are made greater by the fact that this country possesses the wealth and the energy to…

— Kenneth Keniston

I lived below the official American poverty line until I was 31.

— Dustin Hoffman

There is a deep sadness to American poverty, greater than the sadness of any other kind. It's because America has such an ideology of…

— Will Self

If you want to get at African American poverty, the income gap, wealth gap, achievement gap, that the most important thing is to make…

— Barack Obama

I think one of the most important American films is 'Jackie Brown,' which is such a humble depiction of humble characters but so powerful.…

— Arnaud Desplechin

American culture is often so self-consumed that we often think that our problems are just our problems.

— Saul Williams

“Basta con que uno hable español pero no sea de España, y voilà, pertenece a una raza llamada hispana.”

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie