Betty Wright Quotes

I say the same thing that I've said for decades now, which is: don't go over to Japan trying to change it, thinking that you know better. Go there trying to understand.

Wherever you go, respect the local culture or you will suffer.

Africa doesn't leap on you immediately; it seeps slowly, and it's incredibly important to be respectful and humble there.

Travel early and travel often. Live abroad, if you can. Understand cultures other than your own. As your understanding of other cultures increases, your understanding of yourself and your own culture will increase exponentially.

When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable.

Believing in each culture's right to be understood by the other party without any form of falseness or distortion is paramount.

Doing a film with somebody who's from a different country or culture than you is very fulfilling because they bring with them different insights, experiences, cultural norms, and expectations. All of those things can sort of broaden your own understanding of things or provide a different perspective.

The unknown makes people uncomfortable. And even living in a city that's as cosmopolitan as New York City is, there's so many things I don't know about other cultures, even though I encounter other cultures - maybe even 18 or 19 of them - when I get on a subway car every day.

No matter how certain I am about some culture or some group of people, my opinions are only as accurate as the amount of time I've spent with them.

I don't think that people understand enough about each other's cultures any more.

There's a kind of integrity to being an observer of a culture. I think Canadians have that privilege innately. We are, like, the observers of the American culture.

There's the fine line between presenting your culture and learning about other cultures so it becomes global.

I think it's important to learn about the culture of the place where you live.

I think when you move to a country like the U.S., you need to understand the culture, to understand how people see the game, and adapt yourself.

I think that we in the West expect people to adapt to our culture very, very quickly when they come to our country. But when we go over to someone else's, I don't think we are willing to meet them halfway like we expect them to meet us. I think having cultural sensitivity is a lot more important than we realize.

I understand different cultures because I have travelled a lot.

Who better than an Irishman can understand the Indians, while still being stirred by tales of the US cavalry?

We must teach the next generation to not just learn languages, but whole cultures and belief systems. We will then make more of an effort to understand people and their different cultures.

People have to start talking to know more about other cultures and to understand each other.

The two cultures of East and West are very different, and the priorities are very different. So when you understand that - if you are from this side or this side - when you understand that the other is different than you, and you respect these differences, you can build communication.

I had a hard time convincing students that they were going to North Africa to understand the North Africans, not to understand themselves.

I don't think anyone could write about another culture and get it 100 percent accurate.

Seriously, some Americans just shouldn't leave the country.

I have a great relationship with the Mexican people.

Whatever country you go to, you need to definitely follow the rules. So I believe it's very important for people, wherever they go, any immigrant should know or should try to learn something about the culture.