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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Who are we? Whom do we want to become? How do we perceive ourselves? How do we want to be perceived? These questions of identity are often at the core of our own internal struggles. Resolve them, and you are closer to being free.
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The Chief Whip's job is trying to make sure that the Government - and MPs elected as part of the governing party - deliver the promises that they were elected on. That's a healthy part of the democratic process.
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Human culture has always had to exist under the shadow of something infinitely more important than itself. If men had postponed the search for knowledge and beauty until they were secure, the search would never have begun.
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I think '60s are appealing to creative people, because it seemed to be a time of endless possibilities, when the boundaries of what could be considered popular culture were being expanded almost by the week. It doesn't feel like that anymore. At times, I wish it were so. Radio is a perfect example; good God, I mean, back then the most interesting songs were also hits, and that's just not true anymore. It hasn't been true in a long time.
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People look at you and see that you've made it, but sometimes they forget that it took you years of being a human being.
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We also have a cultural phenomenon: the emergence of a global culture, or of cultural globalization.
