Culture Quotes — Page 26

Sylvester Stallone

Actor, Filmmaker

“Good action films - not crap, but good action films - are really morality plays. They deal in modern, mythic culture.”

Play Culture Morality

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Russell Baker

Writer

“Those who remember Washington's cold war culture in the 1980s will recall the shocked reactions to Reagan's intervention. People interested in foreign policy were astonished when in 1985 he met alone at Geneva - alone, not a single strategic thinker at his elbow! - with the Soviet Communist master Gorbachev.”

People War Culture

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Russell Simmons

Entrepreneur, Music Producer

“My experiences have been, from the very beginning, cultural and creative. And my business has been a way of exposing the culture, exposing the artists so that the world could hear and see them.”

Artist Creative Culture

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Russell Simmons

Entrepreneur, Music Producer

“There's something about the authenticity that Hollywood is missing when it comes to urban culture.”

Culture Missing Hollywood

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Lady Gaga

Singer, Actress

“Glam culture is ultimately rooted in obsession, and those of us who are truly devoted and loyal to the lifestyle of glamour are masters of its history. Or, to put it more elegantly, we are librarians.”

Culture Obsession Loyal

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Kanye West

Rapper, Producer, Fashion Designer

“We culture. Rap is the new rock 'n roll. We the rockstars. It's been like that for a minute, Hedi Slimane!”

Rocks Culture Rap

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Iain Sinclair

Author

“Culture isn't all just about what can be tweaked and twitched in the simplest possible way. As people move around, they literally don't see what's around them, because they're wedded to earworms that are burrowing into their heads endlessly in a kind of negotiation with these tiny screens.”

People Moving Culture

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Oprah Winfrey

Television host, producer, philanthropist

“No matter who you are, no matter what your culture is, it is absolutely possible to look out and extend yourself in such a way, that you can connect to other people and find that we are more alike than we are different.”

People Different Culture

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Orhan Pamuk

Novelist, Screenwriter

“I identify with my culture, but I am happy to be living on a tolerant, intellectual island where I can deal with Dostoyevsky and Sartre, both great influences for me.”

Culture Intellectual Islands

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