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Culture Quotes by Terry Eagleton
- From the viewpoint of political power, culture is absolutely vital. So vital, indeed, that power cannot operate without it. It is culture, in the sense…
- Being brought up in a culture is a matter of learning appropriate forms of feeling as much as particular ways of thinking.
- A truly common culture is not one in which we all think alike, or in which we all believe that fairness is next to godliness,…
- It is easy to see why a diversity of cultures should confront power with a problem. If culture is about plurality, power is about unity.…
- The political currents that topped the global agenda in the late 20th century - revolutionary nationalism, feminism and ethnic struggle - place culture at their…
- We face a conflict between civilisation and culture, which used to be on the same side. Civilisation means rational reflection, material wellbeing, individual autonomy and…
- The frontier between public and private shifts from time to time and culture to culture.
- Men and women do not easily submit to a power that does not weave itself into the texture of their daily existence - one reason…
More Culture Quotes
- Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are… — Aristotle
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- The university is our culture's assertion that what is made by the mind has value and can convey values. — A. Bartlett Giamatti
- You do not know our culture, our ethics, or the unwritten codes that already provide our society more order than could be… — John Perry Barlow
- Don't tire yourself more than need be, even at the price of founding a culture on the fatigue of your bones. — Antonin Artaud
- 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
- Independent economists say immigration reform will grow our economy and shrink our deficits by almost $1 trillion in the next two decades.… — Barack Obama