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Quote by Matthew Arnold
Culture, then, is a study of perfection, and perfection which insi

Culture, then, is a study of perfection, and perfection which insists on becoming something rather than in having something, in an inward condition of the mind and spirit, not in an outward set of circumstances. – Matthew Arnold

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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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Use your gifts faithfully, and they shall be enlarged practice what you know, and you shall attain to higher knowledge. – Matthew Arnold

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To have the sense of creative activity is the great happiness and the great proof of being alive. – Matthew Arnold

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

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

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My urges to write poetry are lesbian, but whatever compels me to prose is straight. – Agavé Powers, 1994

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But you know, theres something about the kids finishing their homework in a given day, working one-on-one, getting all this attention – they go home, theyre finished. They dont stall, they dont do their homework in front of the TV. – Dave Eggers

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Include me out. – Samuel Goldwyn

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On the other hand, the Bible contains much that is relevant today, like Noah taking 40 days to find a place to park. – Curtis McDougall

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