#cultural

One of the special characteristics of New York is that it is different from a London or a Paris because it's the financial capital, and the cultural capital, but not the political capital. ↗

— Ron Chernow

#capital #characteristics #cultural #different #financial

Australia and Canada were settled by adventurers, they had to break new ground. I think that is indelibly etched on our cultural spirit. ↗

— Tom Cochrane

#australia #break #canada #cultural #ground

I grew up in a culturally radical home, where strong emotions were forbidden. ↗

— Lars von Trier

#emotions #forbidden #grew #home #i

Cultural dominance of middle-class norms prevail in middle-class schools with a teacher teaching toward those standards and with students striving to maintain those standards. ↗

— James S. Coleman

#dominance #maintain #middle-class #norms #prevail

I've driven all through America and I know there are a lot of clever people between the coasts. But they have a slightly old-fashioned view of the world. Whereas New York is one of the most multicultural, multiracial, tolerant places on Earth. ↗

— Robbie Coltraine

#between #clever #clever people #coasts #driven

I basically get stereotyped a lot in terms of being a girl and writing 'chick' music for teenage girls or something. I think, if anything, the press kind of, because of my gender and my age, tends to kind of relegate my work to this sort of special-interest group. It's part of the cultural dynamic, I guess. ↗

— Ani DiFranco

#anything #basically #because #being #being a girl

Many mathematicians derive part of their self-esteem by feeling themselves the proud heirs of a long tradition of rational thinking; I am afraid they idealize their cultural ancestors. ↗

— Edsger Dijkstra

#am #ancestors #cultural #derive #feeling

According to various polls conducted, the single most important issue in last week's election was not the Iraq War, not the War on Terror, not even the economy. It was the cultural war. ↗

— John Doolittle

#conducted #cultural #cultural war #economy #election

Los Angeles is a very special city. It's a great ethnic mix, a great cultural mix. ↗

— Gustavo Dudamel

#city #cultural #ethnic #great #los

I have to write people who feel honest but also push our cultural ball forward. ↗

— Lena Dunham

#ball #cultural #feel #forward #honest