Asian Culture Quotes

• Ancestor worship, or filial piety so characteristic of Asian cultures, for example, does not really resonate with Americans who favor children, not grandparents.

  Alan Dundes

  Children, Grandparent, Favors

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• My parents kept the best aspects of the Asian culture, and they Americanized the family. My mother was a great example for me. She was a working mother with a good career.

  Andrea Jung

  Mother, Pregnancy, Careers

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• I've always been fascinated by Asian culture, and I love that women can play the lead in a horror film.

  Sarah Michelle Gellar

  Play, Culture, Asian

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• Asian culture has a profoundly different relationship to work. It rewards people who are persistent.

  Malcolm Gladwell

  People, Asian, Different

  "Secrets of their success". Interview with Jennifer Reingold, archive.fortune.com. November 19, 2008.

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• Coming from an Asian culture, I was always taught to respect my elders, to be a better listener than a talker.

  Lisa Ling

  Taught, Asian, Culture

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Teachers still command great respect in the families and societies of many Asian cultures.

  Andy Hargreaves

  Teacher, Asian, Culture

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• Me being from a Celtic culture that tends to emphasize directness, conflict, openness has a big effect on my living in Japan, which tends to focus on indirectness, avoidance of conflict and keeping things close to your chest. So that has led to quite a lot of cultural misunderstandings in dealing with this East Asian culture I live in.

  Sean Michael Wilson

  Japan, Focus, Asian

  Source: comicsbulletin.com

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• Manga uses Japanese traditional structures in how to teach the student and to transmit a very direct message. You learn from the teacher by watching from behind his back. The whole teacher-master thing is part of Asian culture, I think.

  Takashi Murakami

  Teacher, Thinking, Asian

  Interview with Alison Gingeras, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 15, 2010.

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• In American culture you leave home at 18. In the Asian culture, your parents don't really want you to leave home. So my parents just thought I was going to be one of those kids. I was like, "I'm never going to make a living at whatever I do." I just liked pretty things.

  Jason Wu

  Home, Kids, Parent

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• People don't think that bread is part of Asian culture or Asian food culture, but it's quite prevalent in Northern China, and you see it throughout Japan and as you go to Taiwan.

  David Chang

  Thinking, Food Culture, Japan

  "David Chang's Pork Buns: An Unexpected Hit". "All Things Considered" with Michele Norris, www.npr.org. November 3, 2009.

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• These days I'm mostly familiar with two parts of L.A.: one is movie culture, and the other is Asian culture. The Westside is work, and the Eastside is Chinese - which means my friends.

  Ang Lee

  Movie, Mean, Two

  Interview with Nancy Miller, www.lamag.com. November 20, 2012.

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