Culture Quotes
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It was an experience that gave me a lot of pride in Korean culture and art. And because that memory is so unforgettable, it’s become a driving force for me to work even harder as an actor.
DAM
This time, any attempt to present Hinduism and Indian culture by creating sculptures in the name of the New Year's procession of fine arts will be discouraged.
Sadia Khan
In a jungle town
Where the sun beats down
To the rage of man and beast,
The English garb
Of the English sahib
Merely gets a bit more creased.
In Bangkok
At twelve'o'clock
They foam at the mouth and run,
But mad dogs and Englishmen
Go out in the midday sun.
Noël Coward
Singapore Malay National Organization
Lim Goh Tong
[http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/li_ching_chao/poems Li Ching Chao Poems and Poetry] at Famous Poets and Poems
Li Qingzhao
A Hindu marrying a Hindu may lose his caste, but not his Hindutva.
Chokha
[http://www.racionaisoficial.com.br/ Official Site]
Racionais MC's (Mano Brown)
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Her works are in major private collections including that of The Contemporary African Art Collection (CAAC) of Jean Pigozzi and in many Western museums. Despite being an internationally recognized artist, Esther Mahlangu still presently lives in her village in close and constant contact with her culture.
Esther Mahlangu
[http://www.onweb.org/archive/features/shiva/shiva.html An interview with Vandana Shiva]
Vandana Shiva
[http://nativeamericanwriters.com/zitkala-sa.html Early Native American Literature page]
Zitkala-Ša
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Bill Clinton is like a lot of white politicians. They eat soul food, they party with black women, they play the saxophone, but when it comes to domestic and foreign policy, they make the same decisions that are destructive to African people in this country and throughout the world.
Sister Souljah
In the United States businessmen often do not trust their colleagues. If you trust your colleague today, he may be your competitor tomorrow, because people frequently move from one company to another.
Akio Morita
I think I have made it clear that I never intended to make enemies. But in an age when anti-foreign sentiment was running high, it was unavoidable that in my position as an advocate of open intercourse and free adoption of Western culture, I should make some adversaries.
Fukuzawa Yukichi
[http://www.racionaisoficial.com.br/ Official Site]
Racionais MC's
I was having dinner at a restaurant in Miami, and when the waiter offered me coffee, he asked me if I took it with or without sugar…I said, ‘Chico, you’re Cuban. How can you even ask that? With sugar!’
Celia Cruz
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Hopefully, these characters bring us closer to a sense of self: honest and honored. Icons: Toussaint Louverture to José Martí to lesser known heroes, Atahualpa and Denmark Vesey. We lace our visions with Celia Cruz and Aretha Franklin.
Celia Cruz