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The universal human laws - need, love for the beloved, fear, hunger, periodic exaltation, the kindness that rises up naturally in the absence of hunger/fear/pain - are constant, predictable, reliable, universal, and are merely ornamented with the details of local culture.

~George Saunders

Topics: Absence Beloved Constant Culture Details Exaltation Fear Human Hunger Kindness Laws Local Love Merely Naturally Need Periodic Predictable Reliable Rises Universal Up

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When something really bad is going on in a culture, the average guy doesn't see it. He can't. He's average and is surrounded by and immersed in the cant and discourse of the status quo.

~George Saunders

Topics: Average Bad Cant Culture Discourse Going Guy He Immersed Quo Really See Something Status Status Quo Surrounded

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There is something terribly wrong with a culture inebriated by noise and gregariousness.

~George Steiner

Topics: Culture Noise Something Terribly Wrong

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The only people that ever stand up and tell the truth are who? Intelligence officers. Because our culture is, never break faith with the truth. We'll tell you, you don't have to drag it out of us.

~George Tenet

Topics: Because Break Culture Drag Ever Faith Intelligence Never Officers Only Our Out People Stand Stand Up Tell Truth Up Us Who You

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The designs of the paper euros, introduced in 2002, proclaim a utopian aspiration. Gone are the colorful bills of particular nations, featuring pictures of national heroes of statecraft, culture and the arts, pictures celebrating unique national narratives. With the euro, 16 nations have said goodbye to all that.

~George Will

Topics: Arts Aspiration Bills Celebrating Colorful Culture Designs Euro Gone Goodbye Heroes Introduced Narratives National Nations Paper Particular Pictures Proclaim Said Unique Utopian

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Within the media, the way that women are portrayed - especially young women - sometimes there is a lot of sexual objectification and, I would say, 'lad culture.' These are all things that connect with domestic abuse.

~Georgina Campbell

Topics: Abuse All Things Connect Culture Domestic Lad Lot Media Objectification Portrayed Say Sexual Sometimes Things Way Within Women Women Are Would Young Young Women

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I like the idea of bringing cartoon characters to life... and although the Americans have already attempted this, their culture is not sufficiently humane to make it work.

~Gerard Depardieu

Topics: Although American Attempted Bringing Cartoon Characters Culture Humane Idea Life Like Make Sufficiently Work

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It's our culture, Christian history, that's what formed me. Even as an atheist, I believe. We're just built that way.

~Gerhard Richter

Topics: Atheist Believe Built Christian Culture Even Formed History Just Me Our Way I Believe

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People won't stop painting, just as they won't stop making music or dancing. This is a facility we have. Children don't stop doing it or having it. On the other hand, it seems we don't need painting anymore. Culture is more interested in entertaining people.

~Gerhard Richter

Topics: Anymore Children Culture Dancing Doing Entertaining Entertaining People Facility Hand Having Interested Just Making More Music Need Other Painting People Seems Stop

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I do see myself as the heir to a vast, great, rich culture of painting - of art in general - which we have lost, but which places obligations on us.

~Gerhard Richter

Topics: Art Culture General Great Heir Lost Myself Obligations Painting Places Rich See Us Vast Which

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