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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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I gambled on having the strength to live two lives, one for myself and one for the world. – Ruth Benedict

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strength
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Ruth Benedict
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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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Language is the road map of a culture. It tells you where its people come from and where they are going. – Rita Mae Brown

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Culture

Culture, the acquainting ourselves with the best that has been known and said in the world, and thus with the history of the human spirit. – Matthew Arnold

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Culture

General jackdaw culture, very little more than a collection of charming miscomprehensions, untargeted enthusiasms, and a general habit of skimming. – William Bolitho

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Culture

As the end of the century approaches, all our culture is like flies at the beginning of winter. Having lost their agility, dreamy and demented, they turn slowly about the window in the first icy mists of morning,…then they fall down the curtains. – Charles Baudelaire

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Culture

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It is bad luck to be superstitious. – Andrew W. Mathis

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I cant believe it. Im speechless. It is amazing to see where Ive come from the last two years. – Libby Trickett

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HELP = H(umor), E-go, edging God out, L-istening, P-urpose – Ken Blanchard

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Proust had his madeleines; I am devastated by the scent of yeast bread rising. – Bert Greene

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