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“The frenzy of the little-girl culture is something very unique, and I can only say that because I was one. The obsession - I can't really explain it. Everything is heightened to the maximum.”

Littles I Can Culture Girl Unique Obsession Maximum Frenzy

Author:Nikki Reed

“Belief demands that you dispense with illusion after illusion, while contemporary common sense requires continual, fluffy pretending - pretending that might as well be systematic, it's so thoroughly incentivised by our culture.”

Wells Might Culture Belief Common Demand Illusion Contemporary Common Sense Pretending Systematic Fluffy

Book:Unapologetic: Why, despite everything, Christianity can still make surprising emotional sense

Source: Unapologetic: Why, despite everything, Christianity can still make surprising emotional sense

“I've been obsessed with doomsday for a long time - the idea that different cultures respond to it differently, and religions will change people's outlook on it.”

People Long Ideas Different Culture Long Time Obsessed Outlook Different Cultures Doomsday

Author:Lorene Scafaria

“To call the police is a really big deal because you don't snitch - that's the culture you grow up in.”

Bigs Culture Grows Deals Growing Up Police Big Deal Snitch

Author:Sonja Sohn

“Among some of the youngsters, I think reality TV has installed that culture into them and inspired a few of them into wanting to be 'TV celebrities.”

Thinking Reality Culture Tvs Inspired Youngsters Reality Tv

Author:Alan Sugar

“I spent two months in Fredericksburg, Texas, when I was 8, while my father shot a movie, and I loved it. I just embraced the whole cowboy culture. I got myself a pair of awesome boots and a cowboy hat.”

Two Whole Culture Father Months Shots Hats Pairs Texas Boots Cowboy Two Months Cowboy Hat

Author:Alexander Skarsgard

“What gay culture is before it is anything else, before it is a culture of desire or a culture of subversion or a culture of pain, is a culture of friendship.”

Pain Desire Culture Gay Subversion Gay Culture

Author:Andrew Sullivan

“Towns are suffering from all these things, we should unite until we are all satisfied, man cannot be killing each other as if we were animals, as if we had no culture; that is a lack of culture.”

Ifs Men Should Suffering Culture Animal Towns Killing Satisfied Killing Each Other

Author:Compay Segundo

“I think nowadays it doesn't really matter where we are physically located. We create our own culture around us to a large extent, whether it's what we're listening to, what we're watching, what we're reading - it can have very little to do with one's immediate cultural environment. We are in a global culture in that respect.”

Thinking Littles Matter Culture Reading Environment Listening

Author:David Sylvian

“I am convinced that the stratigraphic method will in the future enable archaeology to throw far more light on the history of American culture than it has done in the past.”

Done Light Past Culture Method Convinced American Culture Archaeology

Book:Selected Writings of Edward Sapir in Language, Culture and Personality

Source: Selected Writings of Edward Sapir in Language, Culture and Personality

“The universal human laws - need, love for the beloved, fear, hunger, periodic exaltation, the kindness that rises up naturally in the absence of hunger/fear/pain - are constant, predictable, reliable, universal, and are merely ornamented with the details of local culture.”

Needs Humans Pain Law Culture Kindness Universal Constant Hunger Details Absence Locals Beloved Predictable Exaltation Need Love

Book:The Brain-Dead Megaphone

Source: The Brain-Dead Megaphone

“People often ask why I left CNN.....I didn’t like management. I liked my colleagues in the news gathering but the corporate culture that seized management when AOL came in (Steve Case and Gerry Levin) was disgusting.”

People Culture Asks Left Cases News Management Corporate Disgusting Colleagues Gathering Cnn Corporate Culture

Author:Greta Van Susteren

“There isn't a lot written about the motorcycle culture.”

Culture Written Motorcycle

Author:Katey Sagal

“Apologetics has an important place in the local church as we seek to influence our communities for Christ in an increasingly skeptical culture.”

Important Culture Christ Community Church Influence Locals Skeptical Our Community Apologetic Local Church

Author:Lee Strobel

“In our culture we are taught to be accessible and open; it signifies a good person. In mysticism it is the opposite, people can scan you and drain you.”

People Persons Culture Taught Opposites Mysticism Good Person Drains

Author:Frederick Lenz

“[Mitt Romney is a] Massachusetts moderate who, in fact, is pretty good at managing the decay." He's "given no evidence in his years in Massachusetts of any ability to change the culture or change the political structure.”

Years Facts Political Culture Given Ability Republican Evidence Structure Decay Moderates Romney Massachusetts Ability To Change

Author:Newt Gingrich

“The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.”

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Anatole France (Illustrated)

“A whole society imprints us. Language, television and culture imprints us Just living in a country is a vibratory imprint. All the collective attentions, of all the people who live there - imprint us.”

People Country Whole Culture Language Attention Awareness Television Buddhism Collectives

Author:Frederick Lenz

“The teaching that we receive is not necessarily very accurate. The value systems that our cultures have developed are not every open. They are very restrictive. We live in an age that is not enlightened.”

Age Values Humanity Culture Teaching Buddhism Enlightened Accurate Value Systems

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Sexuality is the primary focus of our culture, and almost no one has come to resolve it.”

Culture Focus Buddhism Sexuality Primaries Resolve

Author:Frederick Lenz

“This culture seems to be so obsessed with sexuality, the good and the bad of it. Every advertisement, every preacher, everybody's concerned, one way or the other about sexuality.”

Way Seems Culture Buddhism Concerned Sexuality One Way Obsessed Preacher Advertisements

Author:Frederick Lenz

“There can be, therefore, no true education without moral culture, and no true moral culture without Christianity. The very power of the teacher in the school-room is either moral or it is a degrading force. But he can show the child no other moral basis for it than the Bible. Hence my argument is as perfect as clear. The teacher must be Christian. But the American Commonwealth has promised to have no religious character. Then it cannot be teacher.”

Children Character Shows School Christian Culture Force Religious Perfect Rooms Education Moral Christianity Clear Teacher Argument Bases Commonwealth Degrading True Education

Author:Robert Dabney

“I believe in monogamy if that's what a couple decides upon together, but it all depends on the personal history and culture of the two involved.”

Ifs Believe Two Together Culture I Believe Depends Couple Involved I Believe In Monogamy Personal History Decide Upon History And Culture

Author:K. D. Lang

“Would we be so enamored with dystopian fiction if we lived in a culture where violent death was a major concern? It wouldn't be escapism.”

Ifs Culture Fiction Majors Concern Violent Dystopian Escapism Dystopian Fiction Enamored Violent Death

Author:Maggie Stiefvater

“The culture is just so coarse that you have to take it to that level and people will be like, 'Whoa!' And then you can make people think about stuff. It's kind of like shock therapy.”

People Thinking Kind Culture Stuff Levels Therapy Shock Coarse Shock Therapy

Author:Matt Stone

“When I go to Japan and do shows I play for 1,000 to 1,500 people. I like a lot about Japan. Their popular culture and mass commercialization appeals to me.”

People Play Shows Culture Mass Appeals Japan Popular Culture Commercialization

Author:Matthew Sweet

“For a culture that has such a problem with death, we seem to deal with it in a quite bizarre way. We see people shot, killed and blown up, and we find it funny and sexy and all those things. But, the reality of it is that every day people die, and people are really sad and they grieve and they go through a really difficult process with it.”

People Way Problem Reality Seems Dies Culture Process Difficult Deals Shots Sexy Grieving Bizarre Really Sad

Author:Michael Sheen

“It is important to remember that some of the most serious thinkers once thought that democracy was not compatible with the cultures of Germany, Italy, Japan, Latin America and Russia.”

Important America Remember Culture Literature Democracy Serious Russia Germany Japan Latin Thinker Latin America Compatible

Author:Natan Sharansky

“A lot of guys are very intimidated by an attractive woman, and they dehumanise her because our culture perceives beautiful women as commodities. But I think if you're able walk up to a person and get to know them, and you see their flaws and their impurities, and realise that they're like you, then you can humanise them again.”

Ifs Thinking Knows Persons Able Beautiful Guy Culture Walks Like You Perceive Attractive Flaws Realising Commodity Beautiful Women Intimidated Impurity Attractive Woman

Author:Neil Strauss

“It's my job, too, to keep up with pop culture and what the kids are into 'cause you don't want to sound like an old man trying to write for kids. I spend a lot of my time spying on them.”

Men Want Writing Trying Kids Jobs Culture Causes Sound Pops My Time Old Man Pop Culture

Author:R. L. Stine

“Our society, our culture - the greatness of America - goes hand-in-hand with energy, and our leaders need to wake up. We need energy, OK?”

Needs Hands America Culture Energy Leader Greatness Wake Up Our Society Hand In Hand Greatness Of America

Author:Rick Santelli

“It's really sad for me that in the United States the Latino community is losing its culture and language, especially among kids born here - a lot of them can't even speak our language.”

States Kids Culture Speak Language Born Community United United States Losing Latino Really Sad Culture And Language

Author:Romeo Santos

“Together with a culture of work, there must be a culture of leisure as gratification. To put it another way: people who work must take the time to relax, to be with their families, to enjoy themselves, read, listen to music, play a sport.”

People Way Play Together Culture Sports Enjoy Relax Leisure Another Way Listening To Music Gratification Time To Relax

Author:Pope Francis

“I'm surprised and disappointed in American culture.”

Culture Disappointed American Culture

Author:Tabitha Soren

“Jamestown changed the world in many ways, but perhaps it shaped our nation most profoundly the day Africans arrived. I can't think of a more relevant place to talk about the issues facing our community today than the place where African culture became American culture.”

Thinking World Way I Can Today Culture Nations Community Issues Changed Relevant American Culture Our Community African Culture Jamestown

Author:Tavis Smiley

“One of the things I think is important about 'Watchmen' is that it have resonance within cinematic pop culture as well as superhero culture.”

Thinking Wells Important Culture Pops Superhero Pop Culture Resonance Cinematic

Author:Zack Snyder

“I believe that pop culture is just, like, so ready for 'Watchmen.' We tried so hard to ride that wave between satire and reality, and all the things that make you still care about the character, but you don't miss the commentary about them.”

Believe Stills Hard Character Reality Care Culture I Believe Missing Ready Wave Pops Satire Pop Culture Commentary

Author:Zack Snyder

“Pop culture hales you and wants you to fail.”

Want Culture Failing Pops Pop Culture Hale

Author:Aisha Tyler

“Pop culture is great, but it can be bad, at times.”

Culture Pops Pop Culture

Book:Swerve: Reckless Observations of a Postmodern Girl

Source: Swerve: Reckless Observations of a Postmodern Girl

“We stand strong together - as Americans - many cultures, races and faiths, but one nation under God.”

Together Culture Strong Nations Race One Nation Under God Stand Strong Strong Together

Author:Bob Taft

“The only people that ever stand up and tell the truth are who? Intelligence officers. Because our culture is, never break faith with the truth. We'll tell you, you don't have to drag it out of us.”

People Culture Break Telling The Truth Officers Drag Intelligence Officers

Author:George Tenet

“French culture takes ageing very seriously. There's much less ageism than in Anglo-Saxon countries.”

Country Culture Ageing Ageism Anglo Saxon French Culture

Author:Kristin Scott Thomas

“I think with world building, it's important to create a sense of culture even if it is just a fantasy, and the best way to do that is to look at a real human culture and see what makes it cohesive.”

Ifs Thinking World Way Humans Looks Important Real Culture Fantasy Building Best Way Real Human

Author:Laini Taylor

“In a world of democracies, in a world where the great projects that have set humanity on fire are the projects of the emancipation of individuals from entrenched social division and hierarchy; in such a world individuals must never be puppets or prisoners of the societies or cultures into which they have been born.”

World Has Beens Humanity Culture Individual Social Born Democracy Fire Projects Division Prisoner Hierarchy Puppets Emancipation Social Division

Author:Roberto Unger

“Goth culture, as mired in the past as it is, even it goes through changes, so Goth when I was growing up is not what it is now. When I think of Goth culture as it is at the moment I think of mall culture.”

Thinking Moments Past Culture Growing Up Growing Malls Goth

Author:Jhonen Vasquez

“Well, the most important thing about Islam is that we have to differentiate between two kinds of Islam. The first one is the institution of Islam... second, the culture of Islam.”

Firsts Wells Kind Two Important Culture Institutions Important Things Islam Differentiate

Author:Abdurrahman Wahid

“And as journalists we look for differences - differences between countries, cultures, classes, and communities. We're very sensitized to difference, but it's much harder to write about similarities across countries, cultures, classes, and communities.”

Writing Looks Country Culture Community Differences Class Harder Journalist Similarity

Author:Amy Waldman

“Very simply, the culture of another people does not have to be accepted when it is subhuman!”

People Doe Culture Accepted

Author:Armstrong Williams

“Human reactions to robots varies by culture and changes over time. In the United States we are terrified by killer robots. In Japan people want to snuggle with killer robots.”

People Want Humans States Culture United United States Reactions Japan Killers Terrified Robots Vary Changes Over Time

Author:Daniel H. Wilson

“L.A. is so much about ratings and box office; that defines everything. And here, of course it's important, but it's not part of the culture - there's too much else going on in New York. They're not going to let one industry monopolize your attention, you know? You're likely to have best friends who are architects or newspaper reporters.”

Knows Important Culture Courses Attention Too Much New York Industry Office Boxes Newspapers Architect Reporters Rating Box Office Newspaper Reporters

Author:Dylan Walsh

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