"The World Cup is not just a great……" — Martin Jacques
"The World Cup is not just a great global sporting event, it is also inscribed with much deeper cultural and political importance."
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76 Quotes by Martin Jacques
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The Chinese view the state, not just as an intimate member of the family ... but as the head of…
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For 200 years, the West has been so dominant in the world that it's not really needed to understand other…
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We still insist, by and large, in thinking that we can understand China by simply drawing on Western experience, looking…
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Stuart Hall was an utterly unique figure. Although he arrived at the age of 19 from Jamaica and spent the…
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The era when the United States was the dominant global power is steadily coming to an end, and it must…
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It remains to be seen whether the more optimistic scenario for Sino-American relations can be realised. Much rests on the…
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Our ascendancy of the past two centuries - first Europe and then the U.S. - has bred a western-centric mentality:…
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China is, indeed, in so many ways, not like the West. It is not even primarily a nation state but…
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More than 90% of Chinese believe themselves to be Han. Of course, such a vast population is derived from countless…
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There are a host of ethnic minorities in China, but they often have a weak sense of identity and are…
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The two ethnic groups that remain fundamentally different from the Han Chinese - in terms of history, culture, language, religion…
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The Chinese state is constructed in an entirely different way from western states. Unlike European states, for over a millennium…
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More Cultural Quotes
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The beginning of Canadian cultural nationalism was not 'Am I really that oppressed?' but 'Am I really that boring?'
— Margaret Atwood
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Women say that my election represents a cultural break with the past - a past of sexism, of misogyny.
— Michelle Bachelet
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I suspect that many of the great cultural shifts that prepare the way for political change are largely aesthetic. A…
— J. G. Ballard
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It's not a gun control problem; it's a cultural control problem.
— Bob Barr
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I like facts and data because they help me think clearly, beyond the cultural messages that I ingest unwittingly, and…
— Roseanne Barr
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I think that New York is not the cultural centre of America, but the business and administrative centre of American…
— Saul Bellow
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Must we be put to shame by much smaller and poorer countries, by Ireland, France, Austria or Sweden, who have…
— Theodore Bikel
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We are increasingly recognising and accepting, respecting and celebrating, our cultural diversity.
— Julie Bishop
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The United States' administrations... must recognize that Iran is a big power. Having said that, we consider ourselves to be…
— Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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I wouldn't necessarily say she is a country artist. I mean, obviously Taylor Swift started in country, but she morphed…
— Luke Bryan
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The money I pay for my cultural experiences came willingly from my own pocket - they were not the result…
— Julie Burchill
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The fact that 'Astro Boy' appealed to me as a boy in America was proof that the story and character…
— Nicolas Cage
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