Inspirational Quotes
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Cultural Identity Quotes
Cultural IdentityHumorSelf-Perception I'm not afraid to look like a big, hairy, smelly, foreign devil in Tokyo, though I do my best not to, I really do.
Cultural IdentityGeographic SettingHeritageRegionalismSocial Class There's a lot of rednecks in the country where I grew up.
Cultural IdentityLeadershipPolitical PositionsSpirituality The Dalai Lama is just a temporal leader of Tibet.
Art And ExpressionAuthenticityCultural DepthCultural IdentityPerception And Misunderstanding I remember, in my first show in New York, they asked, 'Where is the Indian-ness in your work?'... Now, the same people, after having watched the body of my work, say, 'There is too much Indian philosophy in your work.' They're looking for a superficial skin-level Indian-ness, which I'm not about.
Age and WisdomConservatismCultural IdentityPoliticsRegional Differences They say that the older you get, the more conservative you become: perhaps that's the reason there are no Tories in Scotland.
Cultural IdentityEmpowermentHeritagePrideSelf Respect Be proud to be Latino and never lose that pride!
ConfidenceCultural IdentityHonestyHumor Trash talk? Smack talk? This is an American term that makes me laugh. I simply speak the truth. I'm an Irish man.
Cultural IdentityHumourLiterary Heritage British people have a really sophisticated sense of humour, because we're exposed to much more than Europeans and Americans, not least in our literary heritage.
Cultural IdentityNatural BeautyPatriotism I wear the national dress because it is the most natural and the most becoming for an Indian.
Cultural IdentityDesire for ParenthoodFamily PlanningReproductive Choices I want a baby from an Italian - possibly Sicilian - donor.
Beauty StandardsCultural IdentityDiversityInspirationRepresentation I remember when the wave of Jennifer Lopez, Salma Hayek and these beautiful Hispanic women came into light, and I looked up to them and I loved them, but I was like, 'Where are Middle Eastern women?'
Cultural IdentityPatriotismWorld Perspective I love being Canadian. I think growing up in Canada gives you a world perspective that I certainly enjoy.
Art And CreativityCultural IdentityExpressionFilmmakingGlobal Influence Cinema is an art form that is designed to go across borders. And as a filmmaker, the only way I can direct a movie is when I feel close to my culture.
BeautyConfidenceCultural IdentitySelf-care I am Armenian, so of course I am obsessed with laser hair removal! Arms, bikini, legs, underarms... my entire body is hairless.
Cultural IdentityFood and CuisinePersonal PreferencesTravel and Exploration Wherever I go, as long as I get a hot vegetable dish, I am okay. If I am in Gujarat, I have Gujarati food. If it's Shillong, it's northeastern.
Cultural IdentityFood and CuisineLocal AuthenticityPersonal PreferencesTravel and Experience If I'm in Rome for only 48 hours, I would consider it a sin against God to not eat cacio e pepe, the most uniquely Roman of pastas, in some crummy little joint where Romans eat. I'd much rather do that than go to the Vatican. That's Rome to me.
AuthenticityCultural IdentityDirectnessHonestyTruth I think it's an Irish thing. We don't really care. We say it as we mean it, and you have to deal with it. The truth is the truth.
Cultural IdentityDeathHeroesLegacyMemory In America they really do mythologise people when they die.
Cultural IdentityDiplomacyGeographyNational PridePatriotism If you don't know how great this country is, I know someone who does; Russia.
CreationCultural IdentityHistoryPhilosophy Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy.
AssimilationCultural ChangeCultural IdentityLanguage and Communication What is Americanization? It manifests itself, in a superficial way, when the immigrant adopts the clothes, the manners and the customs generally prevailing here. Far more important is the manifestation presented when he substitutes for his mother tongue the English language as the common medium of speech.
Body ImageCultural IdentityFamily InfluenceHumorSelf-Perception I wanted to be a skinny little ballerina but I was a voluptuous little Italian girl whose dad had meatballs on the table every night.
Cultural IdentityFamily ValuesPrejudiceRacial RelationsSocial Attitudes No intelligent black man or black woman in his or her right black mind wants white boys and white girls coming to their homes to marry their black sons and daughters.
Cultural IdentityGlobal InfluencePerception of AmericaPersonal ReflectionRegional Significance I'm from Canada, and I think, like everyone growing up anywhere else in the world, you are very aware of America - it sort of looms large in its legend, and so did Detroit.
Colonial LegacyConsumerismCultural IdentityModernizationNationalism Why are we, as a nation so obsessed with foreign things? Is it a legacy of our colonial years? We want foreign television sets. We want foreign shirts. We want foreign technology. Why this obsession with everything imported?
AchievementCultural IdentityGlobal InfluenceMusic CollaborationPride Obviously this song is an achievement for me in my career, but what makes me really feel good is to make Latinos feel proud. To provoke that pride that a pop figure and someone so big in music globally like Drake would sing with me completely in Spanish and create this hit 'MIA.' That's the best part of it.
Cultural IdentityFood and CuisineFriendship and Social ConnectionsHumor and IronyLifestyle and Habits When I'm back in New York - and this is a terrible thing to complain about - I eat a lot more really, really good food than perhaps I'd like to. So many of my friends are really good chefs. It's kind of like being in the Mafia.
CreativityCultural IdentityLatin MusicMusicReggaeton I tried to give the world a bit of creativity, lyrics. And for me, I will always represent music from Puerto Rico, reggaeton, Latin music.
Aging and CreativityArtistic GrowthCultural IdentityGenre InfluenceMusic Evolution Elvis might have compromised his musical style a bit towards the end, but that doesn't mean that artists from the rock n' roll/folk-roots culture - of which he was not really a part - shouldn't get better as they get older, like the great jazz or blues artists.