To me, celebrity doesn't mean a whole lot unless you're willing to use it. So I wanted to use it in a different way, with my AIDS work, the human rights stuff for the gay and lesbian community and the speaking I do.
And basically I always said when I was little that if I ever became successful or a celebrity, I would buy her this huge house and she would never have to work anymore. And I've done that. So I feel happy about doing that.
A man who graduated high in his class at Yale Law School and made partnership in a top law firm would be celebrated. A man who invested wisely would be admired, but a woman who accomplishes this is treated with suspicion.
I learned from my grandmother, who grew up in devastating war times, how important it is to keep with tradition and celebrate the holidays during tough times.
Architecture belongs to culture, not to civilization.
Culture is the arts elevated to a set of beliefs.
We live in a culture of violence.
I've benefited from the best of both societies and both cultures, East and West.
Culture is to know the best that has been said and thought in the world.
In my view, Africa's real problems are cultural.
Culturally, one of the best arguments we can make is, wait and see.
I'm not interested in culture; I'm interested in the law.
No culture that has ever embraced homosexuality has survived.
Engineering is a jeans and hoodie culture, and sales is more formal.
Culture clash is terrific drama.
Culture is fundamental. Literature saves you. Cinema saves you.
We need to do something about the culture of violence.
Culture of the mind must be subservient to the heart.
Surveillance induced morality: relics of cultural retardation.
So many white kids, English kids - we had no culture.
In Europe, unlike the States, they have a cultural policy.