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    I do not want my house to be walled in on all sides and my windows to be stuffed. I want the cultures of all the lands to be blown about my house as freely as possible. But I refuse to be blown off my feet by any.

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As the soil, however rich it may be, cannot be productive without cultivation, so the mind without culture can never read more

As the soil, however rich it may be, cannot be productive without cultivation, so the mind without culture can never produce good fruit.

by Seneca Found in: Culture Quotes,
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I have a microwave fireplace in my house. The other night I laid down in front of the fire for read more

I have a microwave fireplace in my house. The other night I laid down in front of the fire for the evening in two minutes.

by Stephen Wright Found in: Houses Quotes,
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The end of culture is right living.

The end of culture is right living.

by W. Somerset Maugham Found in: Culture Quotes,
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We are at the precipice of great transformation within our culture and government.

We are at the precipice of great transformation within our culture and government.

by Zachary Quinto Found in: Culture Quotes,
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That is true culture which helps us to work for the social betterment of all.

That is true culture which helps us to work for the social betterment of all.

by Henry Ward Beecher Found in: Culture Quotes,
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"What sets worlds in motion is the interplay of differences, their attractions and repulsions. Life is plurality, death is uniformity. read more

"What sets worlds in motion is the interplay of differences, their attractions and repulsions. Life is plurality, death is uniformity. By suppressing differences and pecularities, by eliminating different civilizations and cultures, progress weakens life and favors death. The ideal of a single civilization for everyone, implicit in the cult of progress and technique, impoverishes and mutilates us. Every view of the world that becomes extinct, every culture that disappears, diminishes a possibility of life"

by Octavio Paz Found in: Culture Quotes,
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A house that does not have one worn, comfy chair in it is soulless.

A house that does not have one worn, comfy chair in it is soulless.

by George Moore Found in: Houses Quotes,
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Be what you would seem to be - or, if you'd like it put more simply - A house is read more

Be what you would seem to be - or, if you'd like it put more simply - A house is no home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body

by Margaret Fuller Found in: Houses Quotes,
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Culture is one thing and varnish is another.

Culture is one thing and varnish is another.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Culture Quotes,
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