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    "What sets worlds in motion is the interplay of differences, their attractions and repulsions. Life is plurality, death is uniformity. By suppressing differences and pecularities, by eliminating different civilizations and cultures, progress weakens life and favors death. The ideal of a single civilization for everyone, implicit in the cult of progress and technique, impoverishes and mutilates us. Every view of the world that becomes extinct, every culture that disappears, diminishes a possibility of life"

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No culture can live, if it attempts to be exclusive.

No culture can live, if it attempts to be exclusive.

by Mahatma Gandhi Found in: Culture Quotes,
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Culture is the sum of all the forms of art, of love, and of thought, which, in the coarse or read more

Culture is the sum of all the forms of art, of love, and of thought, which, in the coarse or centuries, have enabled man to be less enslaved

by Andre Malraux Found in: Culture Quotes,
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A culture is made -- or destroyed -- by its articulate voices.

A culture is made -- or destroyed -- by its articulate voices.

by Ayn Rand Found in: Culture Quotes, Vision Quotes,
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We are at the precipice of great transformation within our culture and government.

We are at the precipice of great transformation within our culture and government.

by Zachary Quinto Found in: Culture Quotes,
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Culture is one thing and varnish is another.

Culture is one thing and varnish is another.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Culture Quotes,
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The culture used to move relatively slowly, so you could take aim. Now it moves so fast, and is so read more

The culture used to move relatively slowly, so you could take aim. Now it moves so fast, and is so fluffy and meaningless, you feel like an idiot even complaining about it.

by Susan Faludi Found in: Culture Quotes,
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You can't walk alone. Many have given the illusion, but none have really walked alone. Man is not made that read more

You can't walk alone. Many have given the illusion, but none have really walked alone. Man is not made that way. Each man is bedded in his people, their history, their culture, and their values.

by Peter Abrahams Found in: Culture Quotes,
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Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit.

Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit.

by Jawaharlal Nehru Found in: Culture Quotes,
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Culture is the habit of being pleased with the best and knowing why.

Culture is the habit of being pleased with the best and knowing why.

by Henry Van Dyke Found in: Culture Quotes,
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