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Cultural Quotes

Everything has changed in recent decades - the economy, technology, cultural attitudes, the demographics of the workforce, the role of women in society and the structure of the American family. It’s about time our laws caught up. We watch ‘Modern Family’ on television, but we’re still living by ‘Leave It To Beaver’ rules Picture Quote #1

In most of the European countries - France stands out in its resistance to this particular form of American cultural imperialism - the national film industries were forced onto the defensive after the war by such binding agreements Picture Quote #1

Colonialism has completed the destruction of the American Indian in the United States - the cultural destruction Picture Quote #1

Distinctly American poetry is usually written in the context of one’s geographic landscape, sometimes out of one’s cultural myths, and often with reference to gender and race or ethnic origins Picture Quote #1

I think the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, first of all, has got to be put into the context of being an American cultural showcase. It’s there to be a museum showcase of all that’s great about American music Picture Quote #1

Quite apart from any conscious program, the great cultural historians have always been historical morphologists: seekers after theforms of life, thought, custom, knowledge, art Picture Quote #1

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If it were in our national security to deploy to South Africa under apartheid, would we have found it acceptable or customary to segregate African American soldiers from other American soldiers, and say, ‘It’s just a cultural thing’? I don’t think so. I would hope not Picture Quote #1

The cultural decoding that many American writers require has become an even harder task in the age of globalisation. The experience they describe has grown more private; its essential background, the busy larger world, has receded Picture Quote #1

Living in a cultural milieu where the foreign writers most widely available and admired were Russian, I came very late to postwar American writers, and I had great trouble with the canonically exalted white male writers I tried first Picture Quote #1

Ancient Egyptians went to great lengths to avoid change; they couldn’t entirely do so, of course, but did preserve a cultural continuity for almost four thousand years Picture Quote #1

I watch a lot of teen TV and read a lot of YA novels. I also talk to teens whenever I can. There are cultural differences between when I was a teen and now, but emotions - anger, angst, love - are the same Picture Quote #1

I suppose I’m a cultural Anglican, and I see evensong in a country church through much the same eyes as I see a village cricket match on the village green. I have a certain love for it Picture Quote #1

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We found that Central Americans and Hispanics are somewhat reluctant to send their children off to school as early as Anglo-Americans born in this country. There are some cultural differences Picture Quote #1

The launch of iPhone is very possibly bigger than the launch of the first Apple II or the first Mac. Steve Jobs’s genius is his ability to use technology to create products that define fundamental cultural shifts Picture Quote #1

I came to accept during my freshman year that many of the gaps in my knowledge and understanding were simply limits of class and cultural background, not lack of aptitude or application as I’d feared Picture Quote #1

Many of the gaps in my knowledge and understanding were simply limits of class and cultural background, not lack of aptitude or application as I feared. Page 135 Picture Quote #1

Modernism’, as a label, has currency in the arts, architecture, planning, landscape, politics, theology, cultural history and elsewhere Picture Quote #1

Our vision is to rediscover the spirit of the Renaissance, create a new discipline where engineering for cultural heritage is actually a symbol of blending art and science together Picture Quote #1

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All cultural explorers. . . start off from specific roots which color their vision and define the allegiances of the work of art they produce Picture Quote #1

There’s a widespread cultural barrenness across art and political culture. But there are some pockets of resistance on the extreme margins, like the techno-savvy protest movements, small press, the creator-owned comics, that seem to be getting some signs of hope for the future Picture Quote #1

Seeing your work go into storage in an art museum is obviously a tragedy of any cultural product - which doesn’t mean I am anti-institutional Picture Quote #1

Theater, art, literature, cinema, press, posters, and window displays must be cleansed of all manifestations of our rotting world and placed in the service of a moral, political, and cultural idea Picture Quote #1

Polls show that Arabs admire a lot of the Western values, cultural aspects in the West. It is more about policies than about way of life Picture Quote #1

I was trying to write a straightforward book of sociological analysis, or at least cultural criticism, and I failed Picture Quote #1

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The danger of censorship in cultural media increases in proportion to the degree to which one approaches the winning of a mass audience Picture Quote #1

If white privilege is a thing, why are people working so hard to be black? All of the award shows and cultural events favor black culture Picture Quote #1

Being a native of Spain, the country to which I owe much of my education and cultural background, I was deeply influenced by my great predecessor Santiago Ramon y Cajal Picture Quote #1

I would love to be nominated for an award at some point or do something that at least engenders the type of cultural conversation that a role like Giancarlo Esposito on ‘Breaking Bad,’ or actually any of the people on ‘Breaking Bad.’ I would love to have a role in a feature film that was a cultural talking point Picture Quote #1

The typical Western is kind of a good-guy/bad-guy thing, and that’s great, but initially when I heard about ‘Into the West,’ and what I love about it is it delves into both sides of our cultural past, and it puts more of a human face on the Native Americans Picture Quote #1

Schools are really bad now. Schools are not only bad in reading, writing and arithmetic, they’re worse in cultural aspects, like in music and art. They don’t teach you anything Picture Quote #1

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Everything has changed in recent decades - the economy, technology, cultural attitudes, the demographics of the workforce, the role of women in society and the structure of the American family. It’s about time our laws caught up. We watch ‘Modern Family’ on television, but we’re still living by ‘Leave It To Beaver’ rules. (Cultural Quotes) In most of the European countries - France stands out in its resistance to this particular form of American cultural imperialism - the national film industries were forced onto the defensive after the war by such binding agreements. (Cultural Quotes) Colonialism has completed the destruction of the American Indian in the United States - the cultural destruction. (Cultural Quotes) Distinctly American poetry is usually written in the context of one’s geographic landscape, sometimes out of one’s cultural myths, and often with reference to gender and race or ethnic origins. (Cultural Quotes) I think the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, first of all, has got to be put into the context of being an American cultural showcase. It’s there to be a museum showcase of all that’s great about American music. (Cultural Quotes) Quite apart from any conscious program, the great cultural historians have always been historical morphologists: seekers after theforms of life, thought, custom, knowledge, art. (Cultural Quotes) If it were in our national security to deploy to South Africa under apartheid, would we have found it acceptable or customary to segregate African American soldiers from other American soldiers, and say, ‘It’s just a cultural thing’? I don’t think so. I would hope not. (Cultural Quotes) The cultural decoding that many American writers require has become an even harder task in the age of globalisation. The experience they describe has grown more private; its essential background, the busy larger world, has receded. (Cultural Quotes) Living in a cultural milieu where the foreign writers most widely available and admired were Russian, I came very late to postwar American writers, and I had great trouble with the canonically exalted white male writers I tried first. (Cultural Quotes) Ancient Egyptians went to great lengths to avoid change; they couldn’t entirely do so, of course, but did preserve a cultural continuity for almost four thousand years. (Cultural Quotes) I watch a lot of teen TV and read a lot of YA novels. I also talk to teens whenever I can. There are cultural differences between when I was a teen and now, but emotions - anger, angst, love - are the same. (Cultural Quotes) I suppose I’m a cultural Anglican, and I see evensong in a country church through much the same eyes as I see a village cricket match on the village green. I have a certain love for it. (Cultural Quotes) We found that Central Americans and Hispanics are somewhat reluctant to send their children off to school as early as Anglo-Americans born in this country. There are some cultural differences. (Cultural Quotes) The launch of iPhone is very possibly bigger than the launch of the first Apple II or the first Mac. Steve Jobs’s genius is his ability to use technology to create products that define fundamental cultural shifts. (Cultural Quotes) I came to accept during my freshman year that many of the gaps in my knowledge and understanding were simply limits of class and cultural background, not lack of aptitude or application as I’d feared. (Cultural Quotes) Many of the gaps in my knowledge and understanding were simply limits of class and cultural background, not lack of aptitude or application as I feared. Page 135 (Cultural Quotes) Modernism’, as a label, has currency in the arts, architecture, planning, landscape, politics, theology, cultural history and elsewhere. (Cultural Quotes) Our vision is to rediscover the spirit of the Renaissance, create a new discipline where engineering for cultural heritage is actually a symbol of blending art and science together. (Cultural Quotes) All cultural explorers. . . start off from specific roots which color their vision and define the allegiances of the work of art they produce. (Cultural Quotes) There’s a widespread cultural barrenness across art and political culture. But there are some pockets of resistance on the extreme margins, like the techno-savvy protest movements, small press, the creator-owned comics, that seem to be getting some signs of hope for the future. (Cultural Quotes) Seeing your work go into storage in an art museum is obviously a tragedy of any cultural product - which doesn’t mean I am anti-institutional. (Cultural Quotes) Theater, art, literature, cinema, press, posters, and window displays must be cleansed of all manifestations of our rotting world and placed in the service of a moral, political, and cultural idea. (Cultural Quotes) Polls show that Arabs admire a lot of the Western values, cultural aspects in the West. It is more about policies than about way of life. (Cultural Quotes) I was trying to write a straightforward book of sociological analysis, or at least cultural criticism, and I failed. (Cultural Quotes) The danger of censorship in cultural media increases in proportion to the degree to which one approaches the winning of a mass audience. (Cultural Quotes) If white privilege is a thing, why are people working so hard to be black? All of the award shows and cultural events favor black culture. (Cultural Quotes) Being a native of Spain, the country to which I owe much of my education and cultural background, I was deeply influenced by my great predecessor Santiago Ramon y Cajal. (Cultural Quotes) I would love to be nominated for an award at some point or do something that at least engenders the type of cultural conversation that a role like Giancarlo Esposito on ‘Breaking Bad,’ or actually any of the people on ‘Breaking Bad.’ I would love to have a role in a feature film that was a cultural talking point. (Cultural Quotes) The typical Western is kind of a good-guy/bad-guy thing, and that’s great, but initially when I heard about ‘Into the West,’ and what I love about it is it delves into both sides of our cultural past, and it puts more of a human face on the Native Americans. (Cultural Quotes) Schools are really bad now. Schools are not only bad in reading, writing and arithmetic, they’re worse in cultural aspects, like in music and art. They don’t teach you anything. (Cultural Quotes)

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