There are no totally generous acts. All "acts" have an element of calculation. One black ox slaughtered on Christmas does not wipe out a year of careful manipulation of gifts given to serve your own ends. After all, to kill an animal and share the meat with people is really no more than Ju/'hoansi do for each other every day and with far less fan fare.
Richard B. LeeStichwörter: cultural-differences
Each man calls barbarism whatever is not his own practice.
Michel de MontaigneStichwörter: international cultural-differences
I started going over the lines in my head for this French play I’m in at school. I play a rabbit called Janot Lapin, who’s the leader of a group of farm animals. It’s not the most interesting play in the universe, but we only know three verb tenses so far so we didn’t have a lot of choices. There’s this one scene where I’m really hungry because the landowners aren’t feeding us, and I keep saying, “J’ai faim.” In case you don’t know, that means “I’m hungry,” but it really means “I have hunger.” That’s what real French people say. I think it’s neat how French people have hunger, but they aren’t hungry like Americans are. I mean, it’s a lot easier to try not to have something than to try not to be it.
Lori GottliebStichwörter: french hunger cultural-differences
The Swedes have coined the term 'management by perkele' to portray the Finnish managerial approach. Instead of collectively pondering all the possible alternatives and letting every member of the staff from the cleaner to the MD voice their views, as the Swedes do, the Finns act swiftly and don't waste time on the decision-making process. If something isn't happening quickly enough, it is necessary for the top managers to slam their fists on the table and yell, 'Perkele!' Repeatedly, if necessary.
Tarja MolesStichwörter: humor culture cultural-differences finland management-and-leadership
In WASP families, if you don't get along with someone, you have as little to do with them as possible. In Jewish families, you move next door, to make them as miserable as possible.
Doreen OrionStichwörter: humor family culture family-relationships jewish culture-critique cultural-differences family-drama wasp
How you look at it is pretty much how you'll see it
Rasheed OgunlaruStichwörter: vision prejudice hindsight foresight values programming beliefs conditioning cultural-differences motivational-quotes rasheed-ogunlaru-quotes seeing-perspective
People from different cultures have different definitions for beauty. Isn't that sad to judge others with our standards... rather than appreciate them?
Mizuki NomuraStichwörter: beauty judgement comedy appreciation definition culture standards cultural-differences
Skillnaden i syn kan inte tillskrivas enbart geografiskt läge och industrialiseringsnivå. Hur kommer det sig att svenskar i gemen känner närmare släktskap med människor från Ungern och Tjeckien/Slovakien än med exempelvis bulgarer? Jag tror att svaret står att finna i vår historieskrivning. Vår begränsade värld. Den värld som det förmedlas kunskaper om på historielektioner i skolan. I den ingår hela det mellaneuropeiska spektrumet. Vi har läst om kejsardömen som Österrike-Ungern. Vi har läst om franska revolutionen. Vi känner till diskussioner kring antikens Rom och Aten. Inte särskilt många svenskar har någon uppfattning om vad som hänt i historien i Bulgarien och Rumänien. Med detta menar jag att vi är inprogrammerade på vissa geografiska områden. Andra har uteslutits. De har hamnat utanför det som jag, lite gammaldags kanhända, kan kalla vår egen kultursfär. Och det som ligger utanför i de flesta avseenden. Inte bara så att de som resmål lockar mindre, utan också en viss misstro mot produkter och ibland också mot människor som kommer därifrån. Vi saknar på något sätt en mall efter vilken vi skulle kunna identifiera oss med de människor vars omständigheter vi känner sämre till.
Gillis HerlitzStichwörter: history cultural-differences sweden
Irish and English are so widely separated in their mode of expression that nothing like a literal rendering from one language to the other is possible.
Robin FlowerStichwörter: irish culture english linguistics cultural-differences gaeilge
The Jews had a love-hate relationship with the Greek culture. They craved its civilization but resented its dominance. Josephus says they regarded Greeks as feckless, promiscuous, modernizing lightweights, yet many Jerusalemites were already living the fashionable lifestyle using Greek and Jewish names to show they could be both. Jewish conservatives disagreed; for them, the Greeks were simply idolaters.
Simon Sebag MontefioreStichwörter: culture-wars cultural-differences red-state-mentality
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