Geert Hofstede Quotes
Culture is the collective programming of the mind distinguishing the members of one group or category of people from others.
Quotes to Explore
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When you fall in love, you become weak.
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Learning is what most adults will do for a living in the 21st century.
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Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
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Growing up, I'd just be at home, playing tennis, spending my allowance on an ice-cream truck.
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I realized after writing songs for years how important it is. Whether it provides a living for me or not, that creative outlet is something I need.
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Bolivar's legacy has always been a part of the Venezuelan/Latin American imagery, especially in the countries that he liberated or he helped to liberate. He's been a very prominent figure.
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I long for a South African society that's free of ideological forces - no society can ever really be free of ideological forces - but I wish it was free of power.
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Ultimately, in the long run we need to immunise our system from being overly responsive to fluctuations in the exchange rate; that is, people should, by and large, be reasonably hedged, or they should borrow more in domestic currency rather than foreign currency.
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My project was radiation damage of Si and Ge by energetic electrons, critical for the use of the recently developed semiconductor devices for applications in outer space.
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Take one flower that you like and get lots of them. And don't try to 'arrange' them. It's surprisingly hard to do a flower arrangement the way a florist does one. Instead, bunch them all together or put them in a series of small vases all down the table.
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Here is God's purpose - for God, to me, it seems, is a verb not a noun, proper or improper.
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As a political current, Maoism was always weak in Britain, confined largely to students from Asia, Africa and Latin America.
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Maybe the bike is more dangerous, but the passion for the car for me is second to the bike.
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I'm not really the sex symbol type.
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There is no gender to my music. There's no male or female voice, no trite lyrics or poetry. It's much more abstract, so it lives with you longer.
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Our public officials have forgotten that they are ultimately accountable to the people who put them in office, that the information they keep in secrecy belongs to all of us.
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I do not approve of anything that tampers with natural ignorance. Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone.
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Very quickly I fell in with others like me-newcomers, dreamers, young people drawn to the city in spite of its dangers because sometimes, for some of us, tedium and familiarity feel worse than risking your life.
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I've gotten a lot of people saying. 'That is awesome. You're so brave.' I hate when people say brave. I'm not brave. I'm just living my life. Why is that brave?
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Americans may have no identity, but they do have wonderful teeth.
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My brain is like a hard drive. Once you start adding new information, you start cutting off old information.
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During the long process of history, by relying on our own diligence, courage and wisdom, Chinese people have opened up a good and beautiful home where all ethnic groups live in harmony and fostered an excellent culture that never fades.
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Culture is the collective programming of the mind distinguishing the members of one group or category of people from others.
