Quotes About Afghan Culture

#1. The family is the single most important institution in Afghan culture. It is described in the country's constitution as the 'fundamental pillar of society'.

Asne Seierstad

#2. In Afghan culture, you don't date - you marry. Even talking to boys before marriage brings great shame to your family.

Azita Ghanizada

#3. Dinner waited for us: steaks and potatoes and manly things, items of a manly meal. Also vodka cranberries.

Adam P. Knave

#4. When you told me you loved me," Lily's eyes widened when she looked at Lux, "You saved the world.

Amanda Hocking

#5. I believe in preaching to the converted; for I have generally found that the converted do not understand their own religion.

G.K. Chesterton

#6. Afghan society is very complex, and Afghanistan has a very complex culture. Part of the reason it has remained unknown is because of this complexity.

Mohsen Makhmalbaf

#7. In the Afghan people, I found the most resilient, welcoming people who, for the first time in my career, never judged me over my right to tell this story - as a woman or a foreigner. A people who cherish their culture and history and the films that have captured that culture.

Pietra Brettkelly

#8. I've had wonderful collaborators. They're very different, just as actors are. Working on a show with Nathan Lane is different from working on a show with Chita Rivera. It keeps you on your toes because it's different every time.

Terrence McNally

#9. Seventy percent of Earth's surface is water and over 99 percent is uninhabited, so you would expect nearly all impactors to hit either the ocean or desolate regions on Earth's surface. So why do movie meteors have such good aim?

Neil DeGrasse Tyson

#10. Bullies do whatever they can get away with and keep pushing boundaries until they meet resistance,

Benjamin Carson

#11. Saddam Hussein ... I believe is involved with this World Trade Center and Pentagon bombing. I believe that you're going to find out that money from Iraq flowed in and helped this happen.

Bill O'Reilly

#12. Having a BRCA2 mutation makes you more susceptible to melanoma, for example, so you would need to take extra precautions to protect yourself from harmful sun exposure, including wearing sunblock and sun-protective clothing when outdoors.

Sue Friedman

#13. Feeling is the language of the soul. If you want to know what's true for you about something, look to how you're feeling about it.

Neale Donald Walsch

#14. On general principle, I boycott shows that don't employ actors.

Aisha Tyler

#15. In the crowded and difficult conditions of a steep hillside, houses have had to struggle to establish their territory and to survive.

Stephen Gardiner