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The crucial differences which distinguish human societies and huma

The crucial differences which distinguish human societies and human beings are not biological. They are cultural. – Ruth Benedict

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If we justify war, it is because all peoples always justify the traits of which they find themselves possessed, not because war will bear an objective examination of its merits. – Ruth Benedict

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War
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Racism is an ism to which everyone in the world today is exposed; for or against, we must take sides. And the history of the future will differ according to the decision which we make. – Ruth Benedict

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Racism
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A man should be just cultured enough to be able to look with suspicion upon culture at first, not second hand. – Samuel Butler

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Culture

That is true culture which helps us to work for the social betterment of all. – Henry Ward Beecher

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Culture

It is of the essence of imaginative culture that it transcends the limits both of the naturally possible and of the morally acceptable. – Northrop Frye

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Culture

Culture is one thing and varnish is another. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Culture

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If I dont get food in my mouth, Im still happy. If my pants are round my ankles, as long as I dont get arrested for indecent exposure, Im happy. Im worried about keeping my hair, not how its combed. – Michael J. Fox

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Being rich and famous isnt all happiness and at times the pressures have got to me. – Annni-Frid Lyngstad

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Cutting the deficit by gutting our investments in innovation and education is like lightening an overloaded airplane by removing its engine. It may make you feel like youre flying high at first, but it wont take long before you feel the impact. – Barack Obama

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