Peter L. Berger Quotes
We also have a cultural phenomenon: the emergence of a global culture, or of cultural globalization.
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I'm an optimist about other people. I'm not an optimist about myself.
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There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.
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A few months after NASA was formed, I was asked if I knew anyone who would like to set up a program in space astronomy.
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We have to surmount the difficulties that face us and work steadfastly for the happiness and prosperity of our country.
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I actually buy the paper version of The New York Times maybe once or twice a week.
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We are a very big and vast Government, and naturally, every ministry is becoming bigger and bigger. It becomes, therefore, essential that there should be proper coordination.
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As we continue to step up our investment in education, we must not sidestep our commitment to the principle of local control.
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We are in a far better position to observe instincts in animals or in primitives than in ourselves. This is due to the fact that we have grown accustomed to scrutinizing our own actions and to seeking rational explanations for them.
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I have never heard anything about the resolutions of the apostles, but a good deal about their acts.
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Versace designs have always been bootlegged. Now it's Versace bootlegging the bootleg for the bootleggers to bootleg the bootleg.
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The whole melodrama of the Middle East would be improved if amnesia were as common here as it is in melodramatic plots.
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In business, you're the Chief Salesman. Create a sense of demand, rather than waiting to have demand.
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The U.S., especially Hollywood, is so strong for film production.
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You don't realize how much you use your credit card not even to buy things. It's a card you get so you can navigate society.
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I think hallucinations need to be discussed. There are all sorts of hallucinations, and then many sorts which are okay, like the ones I think which most of us have in bed at night before we fall asleep, when we can see all sorts of patterns or faces and scenes.
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I pretty much preach, teach and nag.
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Then this will only prove again and again, that Monarchy in Germany is he longer capable of a national act.
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I don't like the info-dump, as it's known.
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Trust is a confusing thing. It seems so simple, but when you try to pin it down, it can be so elusive.
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In hindsight it may even seem inevitable that a socialist society will starve when it runs out of capitalists.
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When I was a kid, 'Land of the Lost' was my favorite show, just because it was - in the landscape of Saturday morning cartoons - it was so unique. It was a live-action show and kids were in it, these creatures, these Sleestaks and dinosaurs. Every week was a different adventure. I couldn't wait. I loved it so much.
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Comedy is a universal language. I grew up watching Nagesh, Surilirajan, Thenga Srinivasan and S.V. Shekhar's comedies. And, of course, Charlie Chaplin! These artists are so blessed: they can make other people happy.
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Maybe silence is something we're uncomfortable with as a culture, I don't know.
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We also have a cultural phenomenon: the emergence of a global culture, or of cultural globalization.
