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Quote by Ruth Benedict
I gambled on having the strength to live two lives, one for myself

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

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

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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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If you make the unconditional commitment to reach your most important goals, if the strength of your decision is sufficient, you will find the way and the power to achieve your goals. – Robert Conklin

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My strength as an actor is in the theater – I know that about myself. Some actors get onstage and vanish, but Im much better there than I am on screen. – Stacy Keach

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Libraries are reservoirs of strength, grace and wit, reminders of order, calm and continuity, lakes of mental energy, neither warm nor cold, light nor dark. – Germaine Greer

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Unlike a drop of water which loses its identity when it joins the ocean, man does not lose his being in the society in which he lives. Mans life is independent. He is born not for the development of the society alone, but for the development of his self. – B. R. Ambedkar

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Faithful women are all alike, they think only of their fidelity, never of their husbands. – Jean Giraudoux

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