F. Sionil Jose Quotes

L.A.'s become so cosmopolitan in its casting and also in its world view.

I grew up in Africa surrounded by a lot of culture. It's made me aware that the world is a big place.

America is not the center of the universe.

No, I'm not a French designer either. I'm from nowhere. I'm a European, old European is all I am.

I have been influenced in my thinking by both west and east.

I'm happiest with people who've gotten furthest from traditional ideas of nationalism.

I think I'm more European in personality.

I don't think my background in Zambia has really affected my lens because my classical training has been Western-style. But it's fantastically fortuitous to have been born African because I don't feel I have a vested interest to the U.S. or China or wherever.

The people were just so lovely and accommodating and had really interesting questions and it was just interesting to see how the show is actually received in so many different countries.

I suppose I have become a sort of living monument in Portugal. But I come from a family with roots all over the world, so the idea of patriotism is not very strong in me. My country is the country of Chekhov, Beethoven, Velasquez - writers I like, painters and artists I admire.

I'm free to see things objectively because I don't consider myself American, and I don't consider myself British or Indian. I'm kind of an amalgam or mongrel of a lot of different places and experiences. In a lot of ways it's been a good thing for me. It's enabled me to do what I do on 'The Daily Show.'

You know, my view is that we have a big world out there.

National cultures and heritages must compete for man's attention with the mind-absorbing advances of universal science.

I am very, very proud I am also Turkish and both of my parents are from Turkey. I was born in Germany and grew up there. By playing football, I learned my different cultures, and that is an advantage if you grow up as a person. You get a different view on certain things. I am very, very thankful I was able to pick the best from many cultures.

I think there are a lot of misconceptions on both sides, the developing vs. the developed world, especially about America. I've felt the frustration in my lack of belonging to any one place, but I've also felt it liberating to be able to appreciate something without feeling disloyal to my own culture.

I know it's a cliche, but I see myself as a citizen of the world. I was brought up in Switzerland by German and Turkish parents but I've very much grown up in San Francisco. I have a European sense of aesthetic, but I'm also deeply steeped in the notion of change and entrepreneurship that is associated with Silicon Valley.

We believe in a better world, an unglobalised world, enriched by the cultural differences and customs of all the people.

Like the ancient Silk Road itself, 'The Sound of Silk' will make the foreign familiar while challenging long-held notions of identity and our place in the world.

I grew up surrounded by both Haitian and Japanese culture.

I grew up in a unique environment where I was immersed in both Japanese and American cultures equally.

I think my background, coming from Iran, which is a great country but is going through its share of troubles, really allows me to appreciate what we have here.

I grew up with all cultures in the world.

To be really cosmopolitan a man must be at home even in his own country.

My wife wanted my children to have some Chinese culture and education. She believes the children need to learn two languages and two cultures.

I would not call my family 'traditional Chinese.' We were more what I would term the Colonial Chinese.