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One of the most persistent cultural tics of the early 21st century is Americans' reluctance to absorb, let alone prepare for, bad news.

~Frank Rich

Topics: Absorb Alone American Bad Bad News Century Cultural Early Most News Persistent Prepare Reluctance 21St Century

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Chimps don't have language. Humans actively instruct others about how things should be done. Chimpanzees probably pick up cultural traditions by observation.

~Frans De Waal

Topics: About Actively Cultural Done How Humans Language Observation Others Pick Should Things Traditions Up

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I come from a time when pop music was the coin of the cultural realm and in a certain way was the only coin of the realm; movies didn't matter as much, and not TV - it was all about pop music. In the era when I started - which was the early '60s - it was all about singles leading to albums.

~Fred Seibert

Topics: About Albums Certain Certain Way Coin Come Cultural Early Era Leading Matter Movies Much Music Only Pop Pop Music Realm Singles Started Time Tv Way Which

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Given New York City's cultural diversity, it has always attracted creative people.

~Fred Wilson

Topics: Always Attracted City Creative Creative People Cultural Cultural Diversity Diversity Given New New York People York

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There's a lot of history here. In terms of Asians in this country, you have a big influx after the Cultural Revolution, a big influx after the Korean War, a big influx after the Vietnam War.

~Freddie Wong

Topics: After Asians Big Country Cultural Here History Korean Korean War Lot Revolution Terms Vietnam Vietnam War War You

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Often, these downplay the power of cultural imperialism - in that sense, playing the game of US interests - by reassuring us that the global success of American mass culture is not as bad as all that.

~Fredric Jameson

Topics: American Bad Cultural Culture Game Global Imperialism Interests Mass Often Playing Power Reassuring Sense Success Us

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In most of the European countries - France stands out in its resistance to this particular form of American cultural imperialism - the national film industries were forced onto the defensive after the war by such binding agreements.

~Fredric Jameson

Topics: After Agreements American Binding Countries Cultural Defensive European European Countries Film Forced Form France Imperialism Industries Most National Onto Out Particular Resistance Stands War Were

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And this fear that US models are replacing everything else now spills over from the sphere of culture into our two remaining categories: for this process is clearly, at one level, the result of economic domination - of local cultural industries closed down by American rivals.

~Fredric Jameson

Topics: American Categories Clearly Closed Cultural Culture Domination Down Economic Else Everything Everything Else Fear Industries Level Local Models Now Our Over Process Remaining Replacing Result Rivals Sphere Two Us

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I find it very interesting these days that films are bringing in so many people of different ethnicities, and I'm proud to be a part of that cultural shift.

~Freida Pinto

Topics: Bringing Cultural Days Different Films Find Interesting Many Part People Proud Shift So Many People Very

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For decades engineers have stood accused that their buildings do not have any cultural value. We have attempted to liberate engineering of this accusation.

~Fritz Todt

Topics: Accusation Accused Any Attempted Buildings Cultural Decades Engineering Engineers Liberate Stood Value

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