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"I'm not allowing my perspective to be dictated by the dominant culture."
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"Retro is a symptom of a generation that is too lazy to innovate."
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"Anyone who has used that comforting phrase 'a nice cup of tea' invariably means Indian tea."
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Personal Development
"Our culture has bred consumers and addicts. We eat too much, buy too much, and want too much. We set ourselves on the fruitless mission of filling the gaping hole within us with material things. Blindly, we consume more and more, believing we are hungry for more food, status, or money, yet really we are hungry for connection."
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"The Frenchman works until he can play. The American works until he can't play; and then thanks the devil, his master, that he is donkey enough to die in harness. But the Englishman, as he has since become, works until he can pretend that he never worked at all."
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"To breathe Paris is to preserve one's soul."
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Personal Development
"I see Lord Buddha in the 21st Century across national borders, across faith systems, across political ideologies, playing the role of a bridge to promote understanding to counsel patience and to enlighten us with tolerance and empathy."
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"Culture, religion, and education, are conspiracies to standardize worldviews."
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"Confession. Years ago, I was invited to a cocktail party for an Asian-American networking group. As I introduced myself to a Japanese businessman, I reached out and firmly shook his hand. Much to my embarrassment now, I automatically took my other hand and wrapped our hands in a "hand hug. This is a common gesture of friendship in the South. As his wife approached, however, she appeared appalled and felt disrespected that I was touching her husband. Our cultural differences were marked. Despite this cultural mishap, I was able to redeem myself. We all moved past it and delighted in an interesting conversation. Physical touch is a touchy topic (pun intended), especially when various cultures are involved."
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"The nation that honors a dancer more than a scholar is no more a nation."
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"Culture is a symbolic veil with which we hide our animal nature from ourselves - and other animals."
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"My creativity and my political work are linked. I don't do this work out of guilt or out of responsibility."
Work
"I like this life. I like it when it's hard, and I like it better when it's not, but I know you don't get the sweet part without the bitter."
Life
"Once women are not excluded, I don't think any of us will give a damn what pronouns are used. That wasn't the point."
Woman
"People love to hear the mistakes you've made."
Love
"Leaping away from my mistakes has propelled me forward. It has great force behind it. It makes for great storytelling."
Force
"Why do we kill people who are killing people to show that killing people is wrong?"
People
"I don't believe in nirvana. If nirvana was handed to us on a silver platter, this would be the first day of our struggle to keep it."
Day
"The women's movement completely changed attitudes all over the world in ways we'll never be able to count."
Woman
"White middle- and upper-class men have a longer journey to go than many people."
Men
"My parents encouraged thought. You'll get through life better if you learn how to think."
Life
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