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Eli Roth Filmmaker
Culture

"Hopefully we'll get to a point where people realize movies don't cause violence. It just reflects the violence going on in the culture."

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Elie Wiesel Writer, Holocaust Survivor
Culture

"I thought that culture and education are the shield. An educated person cannot do certain things and, and be educated, you cannot, and there they were, killing children day after day."

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Elon Musk Entrepreneur, Business Magnate
Culture

"The United States is definitely ahead in culture of innovation. If someone wants to accomplish great things, there is no better place than the U.S."

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Erik Parker Artist
Culture

"Nas' Illmatic blew my mind when I first heard it. The poetry was done on such a high level that in a way, it validated our existence, our culture. He used the language of the street at the time and made it art. Art tends to be validating."

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Carl Sandburg Poet, Biographer
Culture

"The impact of television on our culture is. . . indescribable. There's a certain sense in which it is nearly as important as the invention of printing."

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Carl Sagan Astronomer, Astrophysicist
Culture

"The uniqueness of humans has been claimed on many grounds, but most often because of our tool-making, culture, language, reason and morality. We have them, the other animals don't, and -- so the argument goes -- that's that."

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Bell Hooks Author, Feminist, Social Activist
Culture

"We don't really live in a culture that loves boys or loves children, and we don't encourage boys to be whole."

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Benjamin Carson Neurosurgeon, Author, Politician
Culture

"A culture exists within the [Ted] Cruz camp that would allow people to take advantage of a situation like this in a very dishonest way."

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Adrienne Rich Poet, Essayist, Feminist
Culture

""Global culture" is of course not a culture: it's the global marketing and imposing of commodities and images for the interests of the few at the expense of the many."

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