Behavior Quote by Ruth Benedict

“Man is not committed in detail by his biological constitution to any particular variety of behavior.”

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We grow in time to trust the future for our answers.

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An observer will see the bizarre developments of behavior only in alien cultures, not his own. Nevertheless this is obviously a local and temporary…

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In world history, those who have helped to build the same culture are not necessarily of one race, and those of the same race…

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It is strange how long we rebel against a platitude until suddenly in a different lingo it looms up again as the only verity.

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“Experience, contrary to common belief, is mostly imagination.”

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I gambled on having the strength to live two lives, one for myself and one for the world.

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Western civilization, because of fortuitous historical circumstances, has spread itself more widely than any other local group that has so far been known.

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The trouble is not that we are never happy - it is that happiness is so episodical

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It is my necessary breath of life to understand and expression is the only justification of life that I can feel without prodding.

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The purpose of anthropology is to make the world safe for human differences.

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Success and failure in our own national economy will hang upon the degree to which we are able to work with races and nations…

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I haven't strength of mind not to need a career.

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You don't put milk in chamomile tea - that's disgusting behavior! That's not right.

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