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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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In 1945 J.A. Ratcliffe ... suggested that I [join his group at Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge] to start an investigation of the radio…
— Martin Ryle
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Man is not only part of a field, but a part and member of his group. When people are together, as when…
— Max Wertheimer
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He who suffers wins in politics. The martyr does not obtain the victory personally, but his group, his successors, win in the…
— Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy
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When an individual wishes to stand in opposition to authority, he does best to find support for his position from others in…
— Stanley Milgram
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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…
— Peter Farb
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Overall Bush's European trip has been an overwhelming success. Not once has he gotten separated from his group.
— David Letterman
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With a fascist the problem is never how best to present the truth to the public but how best to use the…
— Henry A. Wallace
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...anyone who attempts to do both, to adjust to his group and at the same time pursue his individual goal, becomes neurotic.
— Carl Jung
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I can't bear to hear a human being spoken of with contempt just because of his group identification...It's these respectable people here…
— Isaac Asimov
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The obvious types of American fascists are dealt with on the air and in the press. These demagogues and stooges are fronts…
— Henry A. Wallace
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When Karim and his group heard about Saddam coming, they wanted to kill him, but fate had other ideas.
— Saadi
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We're the only band that's got real communication between the stage and the audience. People know they can come and talk to…
— Unknown Author
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