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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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Culture
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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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My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind as adopted it. – Malcolm Muggeridge

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Only strength can cooperate. Weakness can only beg. – Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Nothing has more strength than dire necessity. – Euripides

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The first thing is that were being attacked by both the Writers Guild and the Producers Guild. Both of these groups are trying to diminish the importance and strength of the director. Theyre trying to do it through both frontal and side attacks. – John Frankenheimer

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There are many things that people do happily that I cant imagine why they would do it… But I have to say that even though I am critical or judgmental of society at large, Im not critical of people individually. We are who we are. – Ian MacKaye

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The world is never the same once a good poem has been added to it. – Dylan Thomas

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