“My works are Chinese literature, which is part of world literature. They show the life of Chinese people as well as the country's unique culture and folk customs.” PeopleWorldWellsCountryShowsCultureLiteratureUniqueFolksChineseCustomsWorld Literature Author:Mo Yan
“...we see God working in terms of Jewish culture to reach Jews, yet, refusing to impose Jewish customs on Gentiles. Instead non-Jews are to come to God and relate to Him in terms of their own cultural vehicles. We see the Bible endorsing, then, a doctrine we call biblical sociocultural adequacy in which each culture is taken seriously but none advocated exclusively as the only one acceptable to God.” CultureTermTakenNotesJewDoctrineRelateCustomsAcceptableVehicleBiblicalGentilesAdequacyEndorsingJewish Culture Book:Anthropology for Christian Witness Source: Anthropology for Christian Witness
“To be able to translate the customs, ideas and appearance of my times as I see them - in a word, to create a living art - this has been my aim.” Has BeensArtIdeasAbleCultureAimAppearanceMy TimeCustomsTranslate Author:Gustave Courbet
“What they have implanted here, which is really a 'gringo' custom, is terrorism. They disguise children as witches and wizards, that is contrary to our culture.” ChildrenCultureTerrorismContraryCustomsWitchDisguiseWizardsVenezuela Author:Hugo Chavez
“The life-history of the individual is first and foremost an accommodation to the patterns and standards traditionally handed down in his community. From the moment of his birth the customs into which he is born shape his experience and behavior. By the time he can talk, he is the little creature of his culture, and by the time he is grown and able to take part in its activities, its habits are his habits, its beliefs his beliefs, its impossibilities his impossibilities.” FirstsLittlesMomentsAbleCultureIndividualBeliefBornCommunityBirthHabitActivityShapesCreaturesBehaviorStandardsPatternsCustomsImpossibilityAccommodations Author:Ruth Benedict
“We [ with Russel Crowe] had an Arabic coach there [ in the Body of Lies] that was really helpful, because it was more so than any accent. You have to be so exact, and there's different dialects of Arabic from country to country so it was really, really difficult to tell you the truth. And one of the hardest things I've ever had to do language-wise, because it comes from the throat. It's different. And also learning about the customs and the culture and all that, so we had advisors for that sort of thing.” DifferentCountryBodyLyingCultureLanguageDifficultWiseCoachesHardestHelpfulCustomsThroatAccentsHardest ThingDialectAdvisors Author:Leonardo DiCaprio