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Culture Quotes by Michael Pollan
- Are we, finally, speaking of nature or culture when we speak of a rose (nature), that has been bred (culture) so that its blossoms (nature)…
- A tension has always existed between the capitalist imperative to maximize efficiency at any cost and the moral imperatives of culture, which historically have served…
- Food is also about pleasure, about community, about family and spirituality, about our relationship to the natural world, and about expressing our identity. As long…
- ... the way we eat represents our most profound engagement with the natural world. Daily, our eating turns nature into culture, transforming the body of…
- The shared meal elevates eating from a mechanical process of fueling the body to a ritual of family and community, from the mere animal biology…
- Culture, when it comes to food, is of course a fancy word for your mom.
- More grass means less forest; more forest less grass. But either-or is a construction more deeply woven into our culture than into nature, where even…
- The first thing to understand about nutritionism is that it is not the same thing as nutrition. As the "-ism" suggests, it is not a…
- There's been progress toward seeing that nature and culture are not opposing terms, and that wilderness is not the only kind of landscape for environmentalists…
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- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are… — Aristotle
- Don't tire yourself more than need be, even at the price of founding a culture on the fatigue of your bones. — Antonin Artaud
- The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your chromosomes. — Bella Abzug
- It is a sad fact about our culture that a poet can earn much more money writing or talking about his art… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- Violence against women in all its forms is a human rights violation. It's not something that any culture, religion or tradition propagates. — Michelle Bachelet
- Morals are built on religious faith. Virtue is built on morality and influences a culture. — Michele Bachmann
- The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities. — Lord Acton
- Well, if you look at all of the cultures in America, this is a great opportunity for us to really get acquainted… — Erykah Badu
- You don't get to choose how you're going to die, or when. You can only decide how you're going to live. Now. — Joan Baez
- A schoolmaster should have an atmosphere of awe, and walk wonderingly, as if he was amazed at being himself. — Walter Bagehot
- We look into mirrors but we only see the effects of our times on us - not our effects on others. — Pearl Bailey