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title: "4 Cultural Ideal Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [The American cultural ideal of the self-made man, of everyone standing on his own feet, is as tragic a picture as the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-lewin/the-american-cultural-ideal-of-the-self-made-man-of-everyone-standing/)

[Kurt Lewin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-lewin/)

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> [For the first time, the weird and the stupid and the coarse are becoming our cultural norms, even our cultural ideal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-bernstein/for-the-first-time-the-weird-and-the-stupid-and-the-coarse-are/)

[Carl Bernstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-bernstein/)

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> [For most women being other-directed, focused on how other people feel and nurturing them, was (and can still be) a quality that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-m-bardwick/for-most-women-being-other-directed-focused-on-how-other-people-feel/)

[Judith M Bardwick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-m-bardwick/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/541/judith-m-bardwick-17540_energy_for-most-women-being-other-directed-focu_1781351.jpg)

> [“When it comes to current attitudes about surgery, the practice of dismissing the cultural context and rationalizing it as individual betterment "flattens…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andi-zeisler/when-it-comes-to-current-attitudes-about-surgery-the-practice-of/)

[Andi Zeisler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andi-zeisler/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad7/andi-zeisler-38416_appearances_when-it-comes-to-current-attitudes-about_2803328.jpg)

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