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Diligent as one must be in learning, one must be as diligent in forgetting; otherwise the process is one of pedantry, not culture.

~Albert J. Nock

Topics: Culture Diligent Forgetting Learning Must Otherwise Pedantry Process

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Concerning culture as a process, one would say that it means learning a great many things and then forgetting them; and the forgetting is as necessary as the learning.

~Albert J. Nock

Topics: Concerning Culture Forgetting Great Learning Many Means Necessary Process Say Them Then Things Would

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Learning has always been made much of, but forgetting has always been deprecated; therefore pedantry has pretty well established itself throughout the modern world at the expense of culture.

~Albert J. Nock

Topics: Always Been Culture Established Expense Forgetting Itself Learning Made Modern Modern World Much Pedantry Pretty Therefore Throughout Well World

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We seem to live a culture that doesn't want blemishes. The vision of most beautiful models... airbrushed in order to be seen as perfect, infects our notion of how literature should be written.

~Alberto Manguel

Topics: Beautiful Culture How Literature Live Models Most Most Beautiful Notion Order Our Perfect Seem Seen Should Vision Want Written

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It's typical of Italian culture that we only start to feel emotional about something when we have the possibility to see it in front of us. By February, Italy will have Olympic fever.

~Alberto Tomba

Topics: About Culture Emotional February Feel Fever Front Italian Italy Olympic Only Possibility See Something Start Typical Us Will

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I really think that movies are the most popular form of story telling ever and have such a huge impact on culture when they do. So I really want to be a part of those movies that say something good to a lot of people.

~Alden Ehrenreich

Topics: Culture Ever Form Good Huge Huge Impact Impact Lot Most Movies Part People Popular Really Say Something Something Good Story Telling Think Those Want

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My mom told us that we should have good shoes, a good suit, and a watch, so I was running around at age 10 looking like a little old man. But somehow I grew to understand that a watch is a representation of myself, of my culture, taste, awareness and aesthetic.

~Aldis Hodge

Topics: Aesthetic Age Around Awareness Culture Good Grew Like Little Looking Man Mom Myself Old Old Man Representation Running Shoes Should Somehow Suit Taste Understand Us Watch

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You can't just look like one culture and expect to inspire a multitude of people. That doesn't work over time. Everybody wants somebody to look up to that looks like them so they can truly believe in that reality for themselves.

~Aldis Hodge

Topics: Believe Culture Everybody Expect Inspire Just Like Look Looks Multitude Over People Reality Somebody Them Themselves Time Truly Up Wants Work You

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If men were meant to be a dominant power, men would be on this earth by themselves. So, I don't understand when women's rights are challenged - because you're talking about human rights. You talk about subjugating an entire culture that we heavily depend on for everything we need for survival.

~Aldis Hodge

Topics: About Because Challenged Culture Depend Dominant Earth Entire Everything Human Human Rights Meant Meant To Be Men Need Power Rights Survival Talk Talking Themselves Understand Were Women Would You

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This country is not built on one culture alone. We all make up this industry.

~Aldis Hodge

Topics: Alone Built Country Culture Industry Make Make Up Up

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