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Own Quotes by Edward T. Hall
- Culture hides more than it reveals and strangely enough what it hides, it hides most effectively from it's own participants. Years of study have convinced…
- The reason man does not experience his true cultural self is that until he experiences another self as valid he has little basis for validating…
- Because we have put ourselves in our own zoo, we find it difficult to break out.
- Each culture has its own characteristic manner of locomotion, sitting, standing, reclining, and gesturing.
- ... while infants will sync with the human voice regardless of language, they later become habituated to the rhythms of their own language and culture…
- We should never denigrate any other culture but rather help people to understand the relationship between their own culture and the dominant culture. When you…
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- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. — Aristotle
- Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life. — Aristotle
- The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because… — Aristotle
- I believe that the whole idea of the consumer society is tottering. We've kept ourselves going by producing more and more goods,… — Paul Auster
- I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own work, I was translating contemporary French poets.… — Paul Auster
- Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I think it's your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I like being a strong, independent woman, and to be honest, I was never afraid to be on my own. — Dido Armstrong
- We are addicted to our egotism, our likes and dislikes and prejudices, and depend upon them for our own sense of identity. — Karen Armstrong
- And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that… — Isaac Asimov