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Food to a large extent is what holds a society together, and eating is closely linked to deep spiritual experiences.
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Men in all societies possess the biological equipment to remove their hats or shoes, but it is the birth within a particular…
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Speakers who have grown up in the American community unconsciously know its rules about taking turns in conversations-in the same way that…
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An inability to communicate has little to do with international friction-as is seen in the special ferocity of wars fought between people…
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Gestures and facial expressions do indeed communicate, as anyone can prove by turning off the sound on a television set and asking…
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Language does not stand still. Surprisingly, despite this knowledge, most speakers are fearful of change.
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No child is capable of speech until he has heard other human beings speak, and even two infants reared together cannot develop…
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At every moment of his life the Shoshone must be careful to observe the complicated folkways of his group, to do reverence…
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Despite the theories traditionally taught in high-school social studies, the truth is: the more primitive the society, the more leisured its way…
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The dictionary is a closed system in which someone interested in the meaning of a word can go around and around and…
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The environment does not determine man's culture; it merely sets the outer limits and at the same time offers opportunities.
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Native speakers of a language know intuitively whether a sentence is grammatical or not. They usually cannot specify exactly what is wrong,…
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Lobbying' is the activity of attempting to influence legislation by privately influencing the legislators. It is the result and creation of a…
— Ayn Rand
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The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it.
— Christian Nestell Bovee
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Our obligation to others and a gift to ourselves is to acknowledge and authentically express genuine appreciation for courtesies, caring and concern…
— Michael Josephson
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Authentic gratitude is much more rare and precious than expressions of gratitude which are often empty courtesies or simply tactical ploys to…
— Michael Josephson
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I had not to this time subsisted, but that I was supported by your frequent courtesies and favours.
— Philip Massinger
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A man who understands decorum and the courtesies is a great treasure; I hope to train and send into society as many…
— Mas Oyama
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When two people in a marriage are more concerned about getting the golden eggs, the benefits, than they are in preserving the…
— Stephen Covey
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The habit of attending to small things and of appreciating small courtesies is one of the important marks of a good person,
— Nelson Mandela
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No man gains credit for his cowardly courtesies.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Manhood is melted into courtesies, valor into compliment, and men are only turned into tongue, and trim ones, too.
— William Shakespeare
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Politics is a war of causes; a joust of principles. Government is too serious a matter to admit of meaningless courtesies.
— Woodrow Wilson
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Hail! the small courtesies of life, for smooth do ye make the road of it, like grace and beauty, which beget inclinations…
— Laurence Sterne
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