“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.” IfsThinkingKnowsPersonsAbleBeautifulGuyCultureWalksLike YouPerceiveAttractiveFlawsRealisingCommodityBeautiful WomenIntimidatedImpurityAttractive Woman Author:Neil Strauss
“The experience of being on a show that is very much in the center of popular culture is exciting. You really feel like you're reaching people.” PeopleFeelsShowsCultureLike YouExcitingReachingPopular Culture Author:Aasif Mandvi
“Let's admit that feminism came from liberalism and it was very positive. But then it went dark. It went into a bad place. When feminism replaced biology with social construct, they started to say that everything about a human being was created by your environment or by your - by environmental cues as opposed to innate traits... Like you didn't achieve what you could get because it was your fault. They denied traits that are applied across all cultures. And that's where feminism went wrong is it denied biology and makes them look foolish.” LooksCultureSocialDarkFeminismAchieveLike YouFaultsFoolishLiberalismBiologyDeniedTraitsReplacedConstructsVery Positive Author:Greg Gutfeld
“Also, worldbuilding touches all aspects of your story. It touches plot and character as well. If you don't know the culture your character comes from, how can you know what he's really like? You must know your characters on a much deeper level than you would if you just shrugged your way into a cookie cutter fantasy world.” IfsKnowsWorldWayWellsCharacterStoriesCultureLevelsFantasyLike YouAspectDeeperPlotCookiesFantasy WorldsCuttersReally Like YouCookie Cutters Author:Patrick Rothfuss
“People who don't want to get on with their lives, and don't want to accept responsibility for the direction of their lives want to hang out with other people who don't want to accept responsibility or move on, and so you find that your entire culture around you are people who are just like you, because that's what's comforting.” PeopleWantMovingCultureResponsibilityAcceptingLike YouHanging OutComforting Author:Chuck Palahniuk
“I'm not very nostalgic, you see. I just don't think anybody has that kind of thing anymore. By culture, by breeding, by whatever, it's not there. The kids today-what the hell are they going to be? I like young people - yes, I do. But when I talk to people at the schools, and they say, "I saw you on the Twit," I don't even know what they are talking about.” PeopleThinkingKnowsKindKidsTodaySchoolYoungCultureTalkingHellSawsLike YouBreedingNostalgicI Like YouTwits Author:Manolo Blahnik
“That argument doesn’t make any sense to me. So we want to advance as a society and as a culture, but, say, if something happens to an African-American, we immediately come to his defense? Yet you want to talk about how far we’ve progressed as a society? Well, if we’ve progressed as a society, then you don’t jump to somebody’s defense just because they’re African-American. You sit and you listen to the facts just like you would in any other situation, right? So I won’t assert myself.” IfsWantWellsFactsHappensCultureSituationLike YouArgumentDefenseThings HappenAfrican American Author:Kobe Bryant
“Well, when you're an immigrant writer, or an immigrant, you're not always welcome to this country unless you're the right immigrant. If you have a Mexican accent, people look at you like, you know, where do you come from and why don't you go back to where you came from? So, even though I was born in the United States, I never felt at home in the United States. I never felt at home until I moved to the Southwest, where, you know, there's a mix of my culture with the U.S. culture, and that was why I lived in Texas for 25 years.” PeopleIfsKnowsYearsWellsLooksCountryStatesHomeCultureFeltBornUnitedUnited StatesLike YouMovedWelcomeImmigrantsTexasAccentsMexican Author:Sandra Cisneros
“Finally there is someone that you can invest in that looks like you, speaks like you, relates to things you relate to, and make our culture okay to talk about.” LooksCultureSpeakLike YouOkayRelate Author:George Lopez
“Thanksgiving is a holiday that brought together two different cultures. And things might not always work out like you think they should. But they always work out. I'm thankful that the world's in perfect harmony at all times. Pilgrims had it tough. But now, we live in the strongest, most prosperous country in the world. And the Indians, well, you know.” ThinkingKnowsWorldShouldWellsTwoDifferentCountryMightTogetherCulturePerfectLike YouToughHarmonyWork OutAll TimeHolidayStrongestProsperousPilgrimDifferent CulturesPerfect HarmonyProsperous Country Author:Christopher Titus
“Mainstream culture is like your mom: It's always a little late to catch on and gets easily confused by technology, but it means well.” WellsMeanLittlesCultureTechnologyLike YouMomLateConfusedMainstreamYour MomMainstream Culture Author:Chris Hardwick
“[Black people] come into the world exactly like you. It's just that there are circumstances in the culture that are dictated and put on our lives that we have to fight against.” PeopleWorldCultureFightingBlackOur LivesLike YouCircumstancesBlack People Author:Denzel Washington
“Now of course like, you know fancy go to the opera and see drama and they regard them as high culture. And these, are really people for the most part who get uptighter. The idea that people you know might take their clothes off and dance in the street.” PeopleKnowsIdeasMightCultureCoursesStreetsLike YouDramaClothesRegardFancyOpera Author:Howard Rheingold