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"We are what we think about and meditate on. Look around people! America is a buffet of violence, a total immersion."
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Personal Development
"Culture is a symbolic veil with which we hide our animal nature from ourselves - and other animals."
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Personal Development
"Cultural heritage define the uniqueness of individuals. Appreciate cultural diversity."
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Personal Development
"The way of the consumerist culture is to spend so much energy chasing happiness that it has none left to be happy."
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Personal Development
"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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Personal Development
"Strategy, role-model, systems thinking, trust, relationship management, balance, etc., are all important culture change principles."
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Personal Development
"We are all artificial and have been unnaturally changed by violence and unwholesome conditioning."
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Personal Development
"Culture and holiness must be made compatible in the environment of the kingdom."
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Personal Development
"The American's literature is all about being hot and sexy, inspiring a girl and going to bed with her. It focuses on being a hero, saving lives and surviving last, but it has nothing to do with dignity, serenity."
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Personal Development
"Could dump two Chinee down in one of our maria and they would get rich selling rocks to each other while raising twelve kids. Then a Hindu would sell retail stuff he got from them wholesale--below cost at a fat profit. We got along."
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"The beauty of jazz is that it's malleable. People are addressing it to suit their own personalities."
Beauty
"I think I have a basic sound aesthetic that is in most of what I do."
Sound
"People sometimes say it takes a long time to become a jazz fan, but for me it took about five seconds."
Time
"I saw A Hard Day's Night 12 or 13 times."
Day
"I don't know if I would qualify as mainstream. I think I have managed to function pretty successfully on the fringes of the music world and have been able to play exactly what I have wanted the way I have wanted."
Music
"I hate the way chorus boxes sound."
Hate
"Listening is the key to everything good in music."
Music
"My older brother Mike is an excellent trumpet player. By the time he was 12, he was playing around Kansas City in classical situations. He was already an amazing talent."
Time
"Whatever my recorded output is, it's a reflection of a general love of music."
Love
"The first thing I learned was the theme from Peter Gunn."
First
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