John Berger Quotes
We live in a dominant culture of ceaseless Departure and Progress that has so far lasted two or three centuries.
Quotes to Explore
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People should be able to express their culture without getting into all that chauvinistic thing.
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I have played Blair Cramer for 20 years, I feel a personal investment in the success of 'One Life to Live.' I love the show, I'm a fan of the characters, and I have invested in the journey these fictional characters have traveled.
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A man should be just cultured enough to be able to look with suspicion upon culture at first, not second hand.
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I have never denied my background or my culture. I have taught my child to embrace her Mexican heritage, to love my first language, Spanish, to learn about Mexican history, music, folk art, food, and even the Mexican candy I grew up with.
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I just couldn't live without dogs.
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I didn't live at school, I lived where I could and studied what I enjoyed studying. I took what I wanted from that education but was making my first record at the same time. I don't know anyone from school. I was just leading a different life. I was really interested in writing and other things.
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I think I've written about family and things in 'Taipei' which could be considered Asian culture.
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I thought I knew there was a God. I always acknowledged that, but at the same time, I didn't live by those laws.
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There are works of literature whose influence is strong but indirect because it is mediated through the whole of the culture rather than immediately through imitation. Wordsworth is the case that comes to mind.
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My dad likes to recite the story of 'Pablo the Donkey' before dinner to teach us the real meaning of Christmas. Every year, it's the same; every year, we cringe!
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We have a vision of South Africa in which black and white shall live and work together as equals in conditions of peace and prosperity.
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I always wanted the films to play in malls, and I wanted as many people as possible to see them. I never want them to be marginalized in the kind of rarefied, elitist world. I always have hopes that the films will permeate culture in a big way. A lot of times, I'm wrong, but it's always the hope.
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I try hope that in the end, we will live in a cancer-free world. We want to live disease-free lives.
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I've always felt very much from a mixed culture – mainly English and French, but also Nigerian, Thai, Mexican. Everything's had its influence on me.
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In the past, I used to argue with those who didn't share my views. I felt this incredible need to 'make my point.' Now I live my life and do my best to be an example of what seems right to me.
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I think there's a culture in Rajasthan Royals that has been there before I got here, so I've come into it. I've enjoyed being part of it and embraced it. They are quite clear about the fact that bottom lines are important, and there is a certain limit on what you can spend.
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Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil. Our great hope lies in developing what is good.
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We live too long for one marriage.
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English country towns are often seen as a cultural wasteland, but the more cut off you are, the more the need to create things, to make your own culture.
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Mercy is what moves us toward God, while justice makes us tremble in his sight.
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If I could've picked a birthday it would've been on Halloween. Yeah, it's always been my favorite holiday. Not because it was my birthday, but actually because, I think it was the freedom, you know? When you were a little kid, you got to go out and be an adult for a couple of hours. You got to, like, just go out with your friends and knock on peoples' doors and be nuts and pull pranks and stuff like that. You could be whoever you wanted to be, you know, I guess that was the appeal to it.
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You won't die, Francie. You were born to lick this rotten life.
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We live in a dominant culture of ceaseless Departure and Progress that has so far lasted two or three centuries.
