Never tire yourself more than necessary, even if you have to found a culture on the fatigue of your bones.
Most of the more celebrated names among African-American authors, poets, and artists are known to the world because of their association with specific cultural arts movements.
I think it's very difficult, and it requires a tremendous amount of spiritual integrity and discipline, to not be a narcissist in a culture that encourages it every step of the way.
We are continuously challenged to discover new works of culture—and, in the process, we don’t allow any one of them to assume a weight in our minds.
We have been very conditioned by the cultures that we come from and are usually very identified with the particular gender that we happen to be a member of.
Of necessity, the autobiographical self is not just about one individual but about all the others that an individual interacts with. Of necessity, it incorporates the culture in which the interactions took place.
If you're doing something outside of dominant culture, there's not an easy place for you. You will have to do it yourself.
Bankers cannot afford to be concerned with only the economic aspects of projects. There may be serious implications on the natural environment, the urban environment, on human culture.
The Achilles Heel of the Americas was the lack of cultural confidence typical of new settlers.
I found a greater identity with my own emotions in the Armenian culture as I grew older, as well as from the beginning, although I didn't know anything about it.
If you're a true student of the truth, you may easily get frustrated when people try to make points based on mysticism and cultural beliefs.
Some people don't want to take time to differentiate between what is mystical and the truth; and what is cultural and biblical. Don't be lazy!
The winner must promote social jusitce, remove corruption and discrmination, and stand against political, cultural and economic plots.
I was heartened that people everywhere want certain basic freedoms, even if they live in a totally different cultural environment.
The woman's perspective is like the dark side of the moon: it always exists, but it is never exposed, at least not in my culture.
Acting school was summer camp, and I needed concentration camp. I had so many different ideas swirling between culture and how to tie things together.
In our culture it is a woman's body which is considered important while it is a man's mind or his activities which are valued. A woman is sexy. A man is successful.
In our culture I think most people think of grief as sadness, and that's certainly part of it, a large part of it, but there's also this thorniness, these edges that come out.
Among some of the youngsters, I think reality TV has installed that culture into them and inspired a few of them into wanting to be 'TV celebrities.'
I'm not a religious person; I'm more of a spiritual person, so I follow the rules of the Bible that coordinate with and connect with the Hebrew culture.
There's a constant anxiety that comes from having an innate sense of self, yet existing within a homogenised, aspirational culture.
