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civilization local pillar
I was a glassy-eyed undergraduate. It was a pillar of local civilization. Stewart Brand
civilization long achievement
what about Christianity? Are we right in the face of so long a record of its poverty in international achievement, to keep invoking it as a standard, almost synonymous with civilization? Rose Macaulay
civilization political democracy
Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular. This is really the test of civilization. Winston Churchill
civilization evil specialization
Specialization is the great evil of civilization. Wendell Berry
civilization existence free laws man process progress ruled setting society toward
Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men. Ayn Rand
civilization limitless
Civilization is a limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities Mark Twain
civilization commitment company effort group individual society team
Individual commitment to a group effort -- that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work. Vince Lombardi
civilization decisive human indeed producing range western
Indeed it is the protean ability of Western civilization to be self-critical and self-correcting - not only in producing wealth but over the whole range of human activities - that constitutes its most decisive superiority over any of its rivals. Paul Johnson
civilization founder human instead insult stone
The first human being who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of civilization. Sigmund Freud
nihilism nothing-to-lose dangerous
There is no one as dangerous as he or she who has nothing to lose. Rebecca Solnit
nihilism want deaf
Say what you want about the deaf... Jimmy Carr
cultures literacy music origins poetry remembers tribal word
There are still many tribal cultures where poetry and song, there is just one word for them. There are other cultures with literacy where poetry and song are distinguished. But poetry always remembers that it has its origins in music. Edward Hirsch
culture world urban
The Koran was revealed at a time of great change in the Arab world, the seventh-century shift from a matriarchal nomadic culture to an urban patriarchal system. Salman Rushdie
culture protect norm
When somebody goes outside the cultural norms, the culture has to protect itself. Robert M. Pirsig
culture tissues centre
The text is a tissue of quotations drawn from the innumerable centres of culture. Roland Barthes
culture levels grassroots
I've always been fascinated by the grassroots folktale level of a culture, and as a storyteller, I have to follow what seems to be leading me on. Robin McKinley
culture sometimes wonder
I sometimes wonder what those of us who are writers would become in a nonliterary culture - storytellers? Hermits?
culture photographer common
I now want to be a photographer of my time, and our common culture. Sam Abell
culture threat
Change is no threat to culture. Wade Davis
culture ends
The end of culture is right living W. Somerset Maugham