Bob Weir Quotes

I kept on trying to use so many media and ideas in my work because our horizon is so vast and Indian culture is so rich that I think what we are today, culturally, we have a unique position and I don't think one lifetime is enough to encompass it.

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

All lands are beautiful in the eyes of their people.

The greatest guarantee for the preservation of a person’s identity is language and faith, and all Armenians must carry these two values.

This great country, this India, is woven of the rich individual strands of our regions, languages, religions, traditions, and communities through the ages. Yet its vibrant beauty can be seen only as a whole, a single seamless fabric, much greater than the sum of all the strands.

We have a unique culture.

I grew up in a very culturally diverse area of America and I am very proud to come from there.

Sometimes I wonder about the people who can do very reflective work about their own ethnic group or their own families, or comedies that take place in the life that they've grown up in. That's a very special fortitude. Other brains have a curiosity for what they don't know - the life they're not leading.

We've got to know our history. We have to be able to bring our children to a place that they can be proud of.

Being Indian is not blood as much as it is culture.

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

I've never understood people who say they're not a practicing Jew. You never hear a black guy say he's not a practicing African-American. What does it even mean?

As an Italian-American, I have a special responsibility to be sensitive to ethnic stereotypes.

Some Russian ballet master woman said there's no culture in America, but if you look you can find interesting stuff in this country, don't you think?

All the things that are part of your heritage make you British - that makes this country what it is. It's part of your history. And here, unlike America, it's still living history.

I'm a good girl, and I have a very good Jewish family who brought me up very well.

I'm Creole, and I'm down to earth.

The amount of culture going on in a small country like Israel is amazing.

I love where I'm from. I don't live there because of the circumstances, but all my family is there. It's what's inside, it's not what's outside that determines the culture and the feeling.

My family is Native American, and I was raised with Native American ceremonies.

I've been marching in every single ethnic nationality parade all throughout the City of New York. We're all Americans first and foremost, but people understand their heritage and it's good to see.

We need to help students and parents cherish and preserve the ethnic and cultural diversity that nourishes and strengthens this community - and this nation.

There's a big difference between race and culture. Because racially, I'm an Indian man. Culturally, not at all.

I grew up in a wonderful blend of a lot of old culture.

Pot lucks are fun, especially when you encourage your guests to bring dishes that represent their families or cultures.