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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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Whenever I hear the word culture, I reach for my revolver. – Hermann Goering

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Culture

Culture of the mind must be subservient to the heart. – Mahatma Gandhi

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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

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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See that each hours feelings, and thoughts and actions are pure and true; then your life will be also. – Henry Ward Beecher

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Dont think your dreams dont come true, because they do. Youd better be careful what you wish for. And I truly and honestly – one day I am doing the Beaver show and I said, This is the show I have always wanted to do. – Barbara Billingsley

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He who has seen present things has seen all, both everything which has taken place from all eternity and everything which will be for time without end; for all things are of one kin and of one form. – Marcus Aurelius

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All business success rests on something labeled a sale, which at least momentarily weds company and customer. – Tom Peters

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