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title: "6 Cultural Conditioning Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [The spirit of the West, of America, is different than the East. The cultural conditioning is very different. It seems to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/the-spirit-of-the-west-of-america-is-different-than-the-east-the/)

[Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/)

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> [To the non-initiate, whose experience of sexuality and bodily pleasure may be distorted by negative cultural conditioning, the introduction of sexuality into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zeena-schreck/to-the-non-initiate-whose-experience-of-sexuality-and-bodily-pleasure/)

[Zeena Schreck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zeena-schreck/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ab/zeena-schreck-12024_conditioning_to-the-non-initiate-whose-experience-of_701950.jpg)

> [Cultural conditioning is like bad software. Over and over it's diddled with and re-written so that it can just run on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/cultural-conditioning-is-like-bad-software-over-and-over-it-s-diddled/)

[Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4be/terence-mckenna-287_authenticity_cultural-conditioning-is-like-bad-softwa_2401664.png)

> [It doesn't matter what your cultural conditioning is, it falls into question under the influence of the psychedelic. And for most people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/it-doesn-t-matter-what-your-cultural-conditioning-is-it-falls-into/)

[Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d3/terence-mckenna-287_conditioning_it-doesn-t-matter-what-your-cultural-con_2560976.png)

> [“Being considered "crazy" by those who are still victims of cultural conditioning is a compliment.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-hairston/being-considered-crazy-by-those-who-are-still-victims-of-cultural/)

[Jason Hairston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-hairston/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6b/jason-hairston-246363_crazy_being-considered-crazy-by-those-who-are_2696403.jpg)

> [I find that my cultural conditioning leads me to focus attention on places where I am unlikely to get what I want.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marshall-b-rosenberg/i-find-that-my-cultural-conditioning-leads-me-to-focus-attention-on/)

[Marshall B. Rosenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marshall-b-rosenberg/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/173/marshall-b-rosenberg-1145_attention_i-find-that-my-cultural-conditioning-lea_2716541.jpg)

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