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Some of us claim that New York City is the capital of the country, indeed the capital of the world. Now, that may be a bit much for those who don't come from New York, but clearly we are an important city for reasons of our cultural advantages.

~David Dinkins

Topics: Advantages Bit Capital City Claim Clearly Come Country Cultural Important Indeed May Much New New York New York City Now Our Reasons Some Those Us Who World York

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In the past, a great library was the result of librarians functioning as guardians of culture, tending and caring, selecting and recommending works that maintained and nurtured a cultural heritage.

~David Gerrold

Topics: Caring Cultural Culture Great Guardians Heritage In The Past Library Maintained Nurtured Past Result Selecting Tending Works

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A cultural shift is not always an ideological one - or at least not always the one you imagine. Our norms are always evolving.

~David Harsanyi

Topics: Always Cultural Evolving Ideological Imagine Least Norms Our Shift You

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I visited a new cultural center in Shanghai in 2005 that was pretty much perfect, except for the really badly translated Chinglish signs: a handicapped restroom that said 'Deformed Man's Toilet,' that kind of thing.

~David Henry Hwang

Topics: Badly Center Cultural Except Handicapped Kind Man Much New Perfect Pretty Really Said Shanghai Signs Thing Toilet Translated Visited

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My new play 'Chinglish,' which will go to Broadway, is about a white American businessman who goes to a provincial capital in China, hoping to make a deal there. It's bilingual. And it's about trying to communicate across language and cultural barriers.

~David Henry Hwang

Topics: About Across American Barriers Bilingual Broadway Businessman Capital China Communicate Cultural Deal Go Goes Hoping Language Make New Play Provincial Trying Which White Who Will

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Richard Hoggart's cultural analysis 'The Uses of Literacy' was published in 1957, but its influence still hovers over anyone setting out to write seriously about people's affection for things that aren't serious, such as the products of pop culture.

~David Hepworth

Topics: About Affection Analysis Anyone Cultural Culture Influence Literacy Out Over People Pop Pop Culture Products Published Richard Serious Seriously Setting Still Things Uses Write

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'Unjustly Maligned' is a neat idea for a podcast. Antony Johnston invites a believer to make the case for a cultural artefact that consensus tends to deride.

~David Hepworth

Topics: Believer Case Consensus Cultural Idea Invites Make Neat Tends

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Mathematics knows no races or geographic boundaries; for mathematics, the cultural world is one country.

~David Hilbert

Topics: Boundaries Country Cultural Geographic Knows Mathematics One Country Races World

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As a new governor, I intend to assure our partners that we appreciate them and will continue to work with them to strengthen the cultural, social and economic bonds we share.

~David Ige

Topics: Appreciate Assure Bonds Continue Cultural Economic Governor Intend New Our Partners Share Social Strengthen Them Will Work

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Japan and Hawaii already have strong economic, cultural and education ties, and we intend to build upon those ties and relationships as we look toward the future.

~David Ige

Topics: Build Cultural Economic Education Future Hawaii Intend Japan Look Relationships Strong Those Ties Toward

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