Suzuka Nakamoto Quotes

A dialogue among civilizations can be seen as a dialogue between the individual and the universal.

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

I hope to use dialogue and culture as a means of bringing people of various cultures together, and using that as a way to resolve conflict.

We must develop a deeper interest and greater understanding of the people we meet here or abroad. Like us, they are passengers on board that mysterious ship called life.

I hope the English-speaking world can see that I'm not only an Israeli actress.

It's different cultures that make the world go 'round at the end of the day.

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

National culture can act as a bridge, instead of an obstacle, to mutual spiritual and intellectual understanding.

I now talk to different cultures, and I hope that I can bridge those gaps and differences between us. It's an adventure, a dream... I feel like I'm on an anthropological mission.

I enjoy the company of overseas people. It's always good learning.

I know somebody in every culture.

One of the great ambitions is to discover the diversity of the world, to discover who inhabits the world.

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.

We don't see the global citizen as someone with no identity, but rather someone who has confidence and is proud of his culture and history - and... open to the modern world.

Personally, I have been enriched by my experiences in Egypt and America, and feel fortunate to have been endowed with a true passion for knowledge.

Exploring an ever-expanding world of diverse cultures and beliefs is at the very heart of the 'Dragonships' series.

A feeling of alienation existed in India about life in Pakistan because most of what was known was negative. So, everyone used to believe things in our country are always bad, and we don't lead a happy life. But this has changed to some extent. After watching our dramas, people now know that we lead our lives similar to the way they live.

The most important thing for me is to have real friendship between Egyptians and Americans.

The one thing I've learned, getting out to all those foreign and domestic locales, is that people in every country of the 'civilized' world wish - either secretly or openly - that they had the expressiveness, the flair, the I'm-so-glad-to-be-me spirit that black folks have made a part of American life.

I think it's important that the rest of the world know that we're not all the same and that we don't all have the sort of arrogance it feels like they're perceiving from our leaders.

After September 11, 2001, I was feeling like I really wanted more understanding between cultures. It seemed to me that so much of what happened on September 11 was because people didn't understand each other and were suspicious of each other.

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

People in the Middle East may consider the U.S. an evil hegemony that has tainted their culture, but when I look at the growth of racial and ethnic tolerance and understanding in my generation in the U.S., and see those sentiments make it around the world, it makes me feel proud.

The fact is, with every friendship you make, and every bond of trust you establish, you are shaping the image of America projected to the rest of the world. That is so important. So when you study abroad, you're actually helping to make America stronger.

I have a great relationship with the Mexican people.