#culture

When somebody goes outside the cultural norms, the culture has to protect itself. ↗

— Robert M. Pirsig

#culture #goes #itself #norms #outside

The more English is heard in the world, the more gratifying it seems to speak French, and above all to know the culture of our country. They find a kind of French social grace in the language and culture. ↗

— Bernard Pivot

#country #culture #english #find #french

Well, right now, I'm very fascinated with 1920s Berlin. I mean, probably the more interesting thing would be to go to the beginning of civilization or precivilization - like polytheistic times. It would be interesting to see what came before modern religion and culture - what circumstances created the environment or the need for it. ↗

— Natalie Portman

#beginning #berlin #came #circumstances #civilization

Listen, I'm not a rich kid. I'm a cultured kid; I'm very rich in culture. ↗

— Zac Posen

#cultured #i #kid #listen #rich

Every man who has shown the world the way to beauty, to true culture, has been a rebel, a 'universal' without patriotism, without home, who has found his people everywhere. ↗

— Chaim Potok

#been #culture #every #every man #everywhere

It is impossible to fuse totally with a culture for which you feel a measure of antagonism. ↗

— Chaim Potok

#culture #feel #fuse #impossible #measure

That vision of a common culture is now simply a remote wistfulness. ↗

— Dennis Potter

#culture #now #remote #simply #vision

Again, as a gay man I look at that and say there's a hopelessness that surrounds it, but as a human being I look at it and say 'Why? Where's this disparity coming from, and why can't we as a culture and society dig deeper to examine that?' We're terrified of facing ourselves. ↗

— Zachary Quinto

#being #coming #culture #deeper #dig

Dream study impacts culture. We are put in touch with the inner poet who dreams. We hear our inner, subjective response to the outer world. That helps spiritualize our lives. ↗

— Henry Reed

#dream #dreams #hear #helps #impacts

We need only look to our Navajo Code Talkers during World War II to see the value that Native languages bring not only to their culture, but to the security of all Americans. ↗

— Rick Renzi

#bring #code #culture #during #ii