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I could name a few songs and say exactly what summer they came out and what boy I thought I was in love with when I was fourteen years old, but I think that music used to be really more a part of the culture when people went out dancing in a different way than they do now.

~Ann Beattie

Topics: Boy Came Could Culture Dancing Different Different Way Exactly Exactly What Few Fourteen Love More Music Name Now Old Out Part People Really Say Songs Summer Than Think Thought Used Way Years I Think

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The culture of philanthropy is alive and very well in Africa. International aid strengthens and extends it, but in the communities where I have spent time, it is all-pervasive.

~Ann Cotton

Topics: Africa Aid Alive Communities Culture International Philanthropy Spent Strengthens Time Very Well Where

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I feel more European than Belgian. However I do think that my Flemish roots have an impact on my character and culture.

~Ann Demeulemeester

Topics: Character Culture European Feel However Impact More Roots Than Think I Feel

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I've been thinking about the distorted view of science that prevails in our culture. I've been wondering about this, because our civilization is completely dependent on science and high technology, yet most of us are alienated from science.

~Ann Druyan

Topics: About Alienated Because Been Civilization Culture Dependent Distorted High Most Our Prevails Science Technology Thinking Us View Wondering

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I think a lot of times our culture has an attitude toward art and the production of art that separates artists from the rest of us, like making art or music or painting or whatever is some magical thing that you have to be inspired to do, and special people do it.

~Ann Leckie

Topics: Art Artists Attitude Culture Inspired Like Lot Magical Making Music Our Painting People Production Rest Separates Some Special Thing Think Times Toward Us Whatever You I Think

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There are a lot of Chinese comics, but the Chinese comics tend to be more historical and conservative. Japanese culture, just the comics are amazing. They're like films: very few words; they move so much in these books with hundreds of pages.

~Ann Nocenti

Topics: Amazing Books Chinese Comics Conservative Culture Few Films Historical Hundreds Japanese Japanese Culture Just Like Lot More Move Much Pages Tend Very Words

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I think a lot of L.A. is something like USC - this incredible white culture living in the midst of color, and no obvious reaction to it at all. I mean, they have guards at the gate at USC - guards at the gate of a major university! And the guards chase young black boys away - I've seen it, chasing 8-year-old boys.

~Anna Deavere Smith

Topics: Away Black Boy Chase Chasing Color Culture Gate Guards Incredible Like Living Lot Major Mean Midst Obvious Reaction Seen Something Think University White Young I Think

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To live your life well, and have respect for what came before or after - there's a strong respect for that in African culture.

~Anna Deavere Smith

Topics: African After Before Came Culture Life Live Respect Strong Well Your

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The future is built on brains, not prom court, as most people can tell you after attending their high school reunion. But you'd never know it by talking to kids or listening to the messages they get from the culture and even from their schools.

~Anna Quindlen

Topics: After Attending Brains Built Court Culture Even Future Get High High School Kids Know Listening Messages Most Never People Prom Reunion School Schools Talking Tell You

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Part of the pleasure of editing 'Vogue,' one that lies in a long tradition of this magazine, is being able to feature those who define the culture at any given moment, who stir things up, whose presence in the world shapes the way it looks and influences the way we see it.

~Anna Wintour

Topics: Able Any Any Given Moment Being Culture Define Editing Feature Given Influences Lies Long Long Tradition Looks Magazine Moment Part Pleasure Presence See Shapes Stir Things Those Tradition Up Vogue Way Who Whose World

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