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It is important to remember that some of the most serious thinkers once thought that democracy was not compatible with the cultures of Germany, Italy, Japan, Latin America and Russia.
by Natan Sharansky (Writer, Russian , born in 1948) keywords: america, compatible, cultures, democracy, germany, important, italy, japan, latin, most, once, remember, russia, serious, some, thinkers , thought Jerusalem is a festival and a lamentation. Its song is a sigh across the ages, a delicate, robust, mournful psalm at the great junction of spiritual cultures.
by David K. Shiplerkeywords: across, ages, cultures, delicate, festival, great, jerusalem, junction, lamentation, mournful, robust, sigh, song , spiritual At the descriptive level, certainly, you would expect different cultures to develop different sorts of ethics and obviously they have; that doesn't mean that you can't think of overarching ethical principles you would want people to follow in all kinds of places.
by Peter Singer (Philosopher, Australian , born in 1946) keywords: certainly, cultures, descriptive, develop, different, ethical, ethics, expect, follow, kinds, level, mean, obviously, places, principles, sorts, think, want , would Exclusively oral cultures are unencumbered by dead knowledge, dead facts. Libraries, on the other hand, are full of them.
by Huston Smith (Theologian, American , born in 1919) keywords: cultures, dead, exclusively, facts, full, hand, knowledge, libraries, oral, other , them There's lots of institutions and lots of different cultures, and so that's the kind of thing that parents need to be able to evaluate, and students themselves, when they make a selection.
by Margaret Spellings (Public Servant, American , born in 1957) keywords: able, cultures, different, evaluate, institutions, kind, lots, make, need, parents, selection, students, themselves , thing The world has become more complex as technology and easy travel mixes cultures without homogenizing them.
by Norman Spinrad (Author, American , born in 1940) keywords: become, complex, cultures, easy, mixes, more, technology, them, travel, without , world I certainly can't speak for all cultures or all societies, but it's clear that in America, poetry serves a very marginal purpose. It's not part of the cultural mainstream.
by Mark Strand (Poet, American , born in 1934) keywords: america, certainly, clear, cultural, cultures, mainstream, marginal, part, poetry, purpose, serves, societies, speak , very Xenophobia manifests itself especially against civilizations and cultures that are weak because they lack economic resources, means of subsistence or land. So nomadic people are the first targets of this kind of aggression.
by Antonio Tabucchi (Writer, Italian , born in 1943) keywords: against, aggression, because, civilizations, cultures, economic, especially, first, itself, kind, lack, land, manifests, means, nomadic, resources, subsistence, targets, weak , xenophobia We stand strong together - as Americans - many cultures, races and faiths, but one nation under God.
by Bob Taft (Politician, American , born in 1942) keywords: americans, cultures, faiths, god, many, nation, races, stand, strong, together , under In microbiology the roles of mutation and selection in evolution are coming to be better understood through the use of bacterial cultures of mutant strains.
by Edward Lawrie Tatum (Scientist, American , born in 1909) keywords: better, coming, cultures, evolution, mutant, mutation, roles, selection, strains, through, understood , use The teacher of history's work should be, ideally, not simply a description of past cultures, but a performance of the culture in which we live and are increasingly taking our being.
by William Irwin Thompson (Philosopher, American , born in 1938) keywords: being, culture, cultures, description, history, ideally, increasingly, live, our, past, performance, should, simply, taking, teacher, which , work The ability to mingle with so many countries and cultures is extremely valuable for men and women.
by Bill Toomey (Athlete, American , born in 1939) keywords: ability, countries, cultures, extremely, many, men, mingle, valuable , women In both business and personal life, I've always found that travel inspires me more than anything else I do. Evidence of the languages, cultures, scenery, food, and design sensibilities that I discover all over the world can be found in every piece of my jewelry.
by Ivanka Trump (Businessman, American , born in 1981) keywords: always, anything, both, business, cultures, design, discover, else, every, evidence, food, found, inspires, jewelry, languages, life, more, over, personal, piece, scenery, sensibilities, than, travel , world Throughout the ages, stories with certain basic themes have recurred over and over, in widely disparate cultures; emerging like the goddess Venus from the sea of our unconscious.
by Joan D. Vinge (Author, American , born in 1948) keywords: ages, basic, certain, cultures, disparate, emerging, goddess, our, over, sea, stories, themes, throughout, unconscious, venus , widely For these cultures, getting rid of the pain without addressing the deeper cause would be like shutting off a fire alarm while the fire's still going.
by David Foster Wallace (Writer, American , born in 1962) keywords: addressing, alarm, cause, cultures, deeper, fire, getting, going, off, pain, rid, shutting, still, these, while, without , would A fascist is one whose lust for money or power is combined with such an intensity of intolerance toward those of other races, parties, classes, religions, cultures, regions or nations as to make him ruthless in his use of deceit or violence to attain his ends.
by Henry A. Wallace (Vice President, American , born in 1888) keywords: attain, classes, combined, cultures, deceit, ends, fascist, him, his, intensity, intolerance, lust, make, money, nations, other, parties, power, races, regions, religions, ruthless, such, those, toward, use, violence , whose Every major religion today is a winner in the Darwinian struggle waged among cultures, and none ever flourished by tolerating its rivals.
by E. O. Wilson (Scientist, American , born in 1929) keywords: among, cultures, darwinian, ever, every, flourished, major, none, religion, rivals, struggle, today, tolerating, waged , winner As I stand here today and tell you about these, I am heavy with an awareness of the fact that I am in more than one sense a product of both the Chinese and Western cultures, in harmony and in conflict.
by Chen Ning Yang (Physicist, American , born in 1922) keywords: am, awareness, both, chinese, conflict, cultures, fact, harmony, heavy, here, more, product, sense, stand, tell, than, these, today , western Being an American is such a rich environment, because there's so many people from other countries and cultures, and through that you're able to see other people's experiences.
by Rick Yune (Actor, American , born in 1971) keywords: able, american, because, being, countries, cultures, environment, experiences, many, other, rich, see, such , through
