“Asian culture has a profoundly different relationship to work. It rewards people who are persistent.” PeopleDifferentCultureRewardsWorking ItPersistentAsianDifferent RelationshipsAsian Culture Author:Malcolm Gladwell
“Calling something exotic emphasizes its distance from the reader. We don't refer to things as exotic if we think of them as ordinary. We call something exotic if it's so different that we see no way to emulate it or understand how it came to be. We call someone exotic if we aren't especially interested in viewing them as people - just as objects representing their culture.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayDifferentCultureObjectsReaderCallingOrdinaryDistanceRepresentingExoticEmulate Author:N.K. Jemisin
“It is impossible to remain indifferent to Japanese culture. It is a different civilisation where all you have learnt must be forgotten. It is a great intellectual challenge and a gorgeous sensual experience.” DifferentCultureChallengesImpossibleIntellectualForgottenSensualIndifferentGorgeousCivilisationJapanese Culture Author:Alain Ducasse
“I think you need to, as an architect, understand the essence of a place and create a building that feels like it resonates with the culture of a place. So my buildings in India or in Kansas City or in Arkansas or in Singapore, they come out different because the places are so different.” ThinkingNeedsFeelsDifferentCultureCitiesBuildingEssenceIndiaArchitectSingaporeKansasArkansasKansas City Author:Moshe Safdie
“India brings out so many different feelings in me. I've been fascinated with India and Indian culture as long as I can remember - ever since the '60s with the Beatles and Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.” LongI CanDifferentFeelingsRememberCultureIndiaIndianFascinatedYogiIndian CultureDifferent Feelings Author:Joe Perry
“I make a distinction between manners and etiquette - manners as the principles, which are eternal and universal, etiquette as the particular rules which are arbitrary and different in different times, different situations, different cultures.” DifferentCultureSituationPrinciplesParticularEternalUniversalMannersDistinctionArbitraryEtiquetteDifferent TimesDifferent Cultures Author:Judith Martin
“Sport is one of the few spaces where people can learn about different cultures in a spirit of trust and friendship.” PeopleDifferentSpiritCultureSportsSpaceDifferent CulturesTrust And Friendship Author:Richard Attias
“I have said this on many a previous occasion: that had the mix in Singapore been different, had it been 75% Indians, 15% Malays and the rest Chinese, it would not have worked. Because they believe in the politics of contention, of opposition. But because the culture was such that the populace sought a practical way out of their difficulties, therefore it has worked.” WayBelieveSaidDifferentCultureDifficultyPracticalsOccasionsChineseOppositionSingaporeContention Author:Lee Kuan Yew
“A lot of people don't know the culture shock of how you can be in a rich area and then be in poverty. People don't know how different it is over there.” PeopleKnowsDifferentCulturePovertyKnow HowRichAreasShockCulture Shock Author:Wiz Khalifa
“Every new book is a challenge. I could, of course, have stopped many years ago if it was only for money. But no, it is about building bridges among cultures, different cultures... When you want someone to understand something that is not forcefully in your culture, you use stories.” IfsWantYearsBookDifferentStoriesUseCultureCoursesChallengesBuildingYears AgoBridgesDifferent CulturesNew BooksBuilding Bridges Author:Paulo Coelho
“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
“In a way, being a Mormon prepares you to deal with science fiction, because we live simultaneously in two very different cultures. The result is that we all know what it's like to be strangers in a strange land. It's not just a coincidence that there are so many effective Mormon science fiction writers. We don't regard being an alien as an alien experience. But it also means that we're not surprised when people don't understand what we're saying or what we think.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayMeanTwoDifferentScienceReligionCultureSpaceResultsDealsFictionTechnologyLandStrangeRegardScience FictionStrangerIdeologyAliensCoincidenceFiction WritersDifferent CulturesStranger In A Strange Land Author:Orson Scott Card
“The treatment of African and African American culture in our education was no different from their treatment in Tarzan movies.” DifferentCultureRaceEducationAfrican AmericanTreatmentAmerican CultureAfrican American CultureTarzan Movie Book:Airing Dirty Laundry Source: Airing Dirty Laundry
“Something I notice speaking to writers from south of Hadrians Wall is that the culture is different. At base, I think Scotland values its creative industries differently from England.” ThinkingDifferentValuesCultureCreativeWallIndustryEnglandSouthScotlandHadrianCreative Industries Author:Sara Sheridan
“I try not to let the material aspects of different cultures distract me from getting to the essence of the person I'm photographing. Whether it's a man or a woman. Wherever they're from, I try not to let social status or cultural background affect me or affect the person. I strip all those things away to get down to the essence of the human being, the person.” MenTryingHumansPersonsDifferentCultureSocialHuman BeingsMaterialsAspectEssenceBackgroundsDifferent CulturesSocial Status Author:Mario Sorrenti
“I love travel. There's nothing more beneficial than getting to travel, to see different cultures, to see different environments and expose your children to that.” ChildrenDifferentCultureEnvironmentOur ChildrenYour ChildrenBeneficialDifferent CulturesDifferent Environments Author:Teri Hatcher
“The modern world seems to have no notion of preserving different things side by side, of allowing its proper and proportionate place to each, of saving the whole varied heritage of culture. It has no notion except that of simplifying something by destroying nearly everything.” WorldDifferentWholeSeemsCultureSidesModernNotionSavingDifferent ThingsAllowingHeritageDestroyingModern World Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton
“When people in organizations feel too secure, it's because there aren't any significant outcomes as a result of what they do. Whatever you do, nothing much different happens. This also means there are no important pay-offs if you risk by innovating. As there are no rewards for taking risks, then there's no sense of push in that institution's culture.” PeopleIfsFeelsMeanImportantDifferentHappensCultureResultsPayRiskOrganizationInstitutionsRewardsSignificantSecureOutcomesTaking Risks Author:Judith M Bardwick
“In my art and life, I really strive to reverse the old adage that what you see is what you get. If I can be Coyote and practice my sneak-up, I can engage the viewers from a distance with one image and lure them in for exposure to another layer, which changes the initial view into quite a different reality. After all, that is what ethnic culture is all about - or even an ongoing relationship. What you see on the surface is never the same again one you begin to plumb the depths.” IfsArtI CanDifferentRealityCultureViewsPracticeDistanceStriveDepthSurfaceLayersReverseViewersExposureInitialsOngoingAdagesSneakLureSuperficialityCoyotesArt And LifeDifferent Realities Author:Jaune Quick–to–See Smith
“I don't believe in the so-called Latino explosion when it comes to movies. Jennifer Lopez doesn't have an accent. She grew up in New York speaking English, not Spanish. Her success is very important because she represents a different culture, but it doesn't help me.” BelieveImportantDifferentHelpingCultureNew YorkGrewGrew UpDon't BelieveHelp MeAccentsExplosionsLatinoDifferent CulturesJennifer Author:Salma Hayek