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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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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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No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by a definite set of customs and institutions and ways of thinking. – Ruth Benedict

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Perception
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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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No culture can live if it attempts to be exclusive. – Mahatma Gandhi

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Culture

What would it be like to have not only color vision but culture vision, the ability to see the multiple worlds of others. – Mary Catherine Bateson

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Culture

Every mans ability may be strengthened or increased by culture. – John Abbott

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Culture

The acquiring of culture is the development of an avid hunger for knowledge and beauty. – Jesse Bennett

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Culture

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There is something in even the darkest situations that we can make a positive in our lives. – Deborah Norville

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positive

I might have some character traits that some might see as innocence or naive. Thats because I discovered peace and happiness in my soul. And with this knowledge, I also see the beauty of human life. – Tobey Maguire

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Beauty

When I was four years old they tried to test my IQ, they showed me this picture of three oranges and a pear. They asked me which one is different and does not belong, they taught me different was wrong. – Ani Difranco

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Conformity

Most people repent their sins by thanking God they aint so wicked as their neighbors. – Josh Billings

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thankful