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My first job was as a programmer. So I feel like I'm familiar with the information technology sector and the information technology culture.

~Gene Luen Yang

Topics: Culture Familiar Feel First First Job Information Information Technology Job Like Programmer Sector Technology I Feel I Feel Like

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My experience of Chinese culture is indirect, through echoes. When I approach the cashier at my local Chinese supermarket, they switch to English before I've even said a word. They somehow know that I'm not quite Chinese enough.

~Gene Luen Yang

Topics: Approach Before Chinese Chinese Culture Culture Echoes English Enough Even Experience Indirect Know Local Quite Said Somehow Supermarket Switch Through Word

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Religion and culture are two important ways in which we as humans find our identity. That's certainly true for me.

~Gene Luen Yang

Topics: Certainly Culture Find Humans Identity Important Me Our Religion True Two Ways Which

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During the Cultural Revolution, the communists came in, and what they wanted to do was eradicate all sense of traditional Chinese culture.

~Gene Luen Yang

Topics: Came Chinese Chinese Culture Communists Cultural Culture Eradicate Revolution Sense Traditional Wanted

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Never underestimate the power of being popular in pop culture. You have to be able to do something. You can have a good seat at the restaurant, but you still have to pay for the meal. Fame is important, but to be rich is more important.

~Gene Simmons

Topics: Able Being Culture Fame Good Important Meal More Never Never Underestimate Pay Pop Pop Culture Popular Power Restaurant Rich Seat Something Still Underestimate You

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Certainly in my youth there was lots of singing, lots of storytelling, and whenever we went to a party, you had to do a party piece, like sing songs, recite poems, or tell stories. That sort of narrative musical culture was my upbringing.

~Genevieve O'Reilly

Topics: Certainly Culture Had Like Lots Musical Narrative Party Piece Poems Recite Sing Singing Songs Sort Stories Storytelling Tell Upbringing Whenever You Youth

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Everyone knows Aquaman, probably from all the animation he's been in over the years from the '70s and the '80s, entering him into the pop culture.

~Geoff Johns

Topics: Animation Been Culture Entering Everyone He Him Knows Over Pop Pop Culture Years

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The really interesting moment will be when you have a critical mass of people engaging through the networks, more than through the press and TV. When that happens, the culture of politics has to change, moving away from controlled one-way messages towards a political culture that is more questioning.

~Geoff Mulgan

Topics: Away Change Controlled Critical Culture Engaging Happens Interesting Mass Messages Moment More Moving Moving Away Networks One-Way People Political Politics Press Questioning Really Than Through Towards Tv Will You

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One effect of an individualistic culture that's poor at instilling mutual respect is that people jump more quickly to anger or violence.

~Geoff Mulgan

Topics: Anger Culture Effect Jump More Mutual Mutual Respect People Poor Quickly Respect Violence

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Conflicts are never caused in any simple way by identity, culture or economics. Where resources are scarce, or there are strong historical memories of conflict, small events are more likely to inflame passions.

~Geoff Mulgan

Topics: Any Caused Conflict Conflicts Culture Economics Events Historical Identity Inflame Likely Memories More Never Passions Resources Scarce Simple Simple Way Small Strong Way Where

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