“I am who I am. In politics when you treat people well and they know you're honest, straight and sincere, I think it's an advantage. Just because somebody comes from a hard-boiled political culture doesn't make him a good U.S. senator.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWellsHardPoliticalCultureHonestAdvantageTreatsWho I AmSincereSenatorsI Am Who I AmPolitical Culture Author:Joe Kyrillos
“The truth is, everything we know about America, everything Americans come to know about being American, isn't from the news. I live there. We don't go home at the end of the day and think, "Well, I really know who I am now because the Wall Street Journal says that the Stock Exchange closed at this many points." What we know about how to be who we are comes from stories. It comes from the novels, the movies, the fashion magazines. It comes from popular culture.” ThinkingKnowsWellsEndsStoriesHomeAmericaCultureNovelStreetsFashionWallTruth IsNewsWho I AmMagazinesWho We AreThe End Of The DayJournalPopular CultureStock ExchangeWall Street JournalFashion Magazines Author:Chris Abani
“For me, hip-hop culture is involved in everything - it's in me, in who I am, in how I dress, how I talk. It's in my son and my wife.” CultureWifeSonInvolvedDressesHip HopMy WifeWho I AmHipsHopsMy Son Author:Chris Paul
“Language both reflects and shapes society. Culture shapes language and then language shapes culture. Little wonder that the words we use to talk to each other, and about each other, are the most important words in our language: they tell us who I am, they tell us who you are, they tell us who 'they' are.” LittlesImportantUseCultureLanguageWonderShapesWho You AreWho I AmImportant Words Book:Unspinning the Spin: The Women's Media Center Guide to Fair and Accurate Language Source: Unspinning the Spin: The Women's Media Center Guide to Fair and Accurate Language