#cultures

There's an assumption in many of these cultures that these children are mentally retarded, when in fact they're not at all. I saw how the operation affects the child, as well as the child's family and often the village. ↗

— Roma Downey

#assumption #child #children #cultures #fact

America's a melting pot, all races, cultures, religious choices. ↗

— Tiger Woods

#choices #cultures #melting #melting pot #pot

When my first film 'The Seventh Continent' was presented here 12 years ago, non-Austrian spectators would come up to me and say, 'Is Austria that terrible?', whereas for me it wasn't about Austria but about highly industrialised cultures everywhere. ↗

— Michael Haneke

#ago #austria #come #continent #cultures

If you take different mythologies from different cultures, the names may change and the story lines may vary but there is always something in common. ↗

— Maynard James Keenan

#change #common #cultures #different #different cultures

I think the most interesting parts of human experience might be the sparks that come from that sort of chipping flint of cultures rubbing against each other. And living on the border between Mexico and the U.S. for so many years gave me a lot of insight into that. ↗

— Barbara Kingsolver

#between #border #chipping #come #cultures

The intellectual force of the West is still dominant, but other cultures are getting stronger. I expect that we will develop a new way of thinking in architecture and urban planning, and that less will be based on our models. ↗

— Rem Koolhaas

#based #cultures #develop #dominant #expect

I am one of the writers who wish to create serious works of literature which dissociate themselves from those novels which are mere reflections of the vast consumer cultures of Tokyo and the subcultures of the world at large. ↗

— Kenzaburo Oe

#consumer #create #cultures #i #i am

I feel comfortable in places like London. You get many cultures in L.A. but it's strangely segregated. ↗

— Sandra Oh

#cultures #feel #get #i #i feel

I try to support groups that are about educating people about different races, different religions, different cultures and different situations so that we can break down the barriers of prejudice and bigotry. ↗

— Loretta Sanchez

#barriers #break #cultures #different #different cultures

The world has become more complex as technology and easy travel mixes cultures without homogenizing them. ↗

— Norman Spinrad

#complex #cultures #easy #mixes #more