"The capacity to be intrinsic and vulgar is American."

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"Culture and possessions, there is the bourgeoisie for you."

Thomas Mann, German Writer

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"Concerning culture as a process, one would say that it means learning a great many things and then forgetting them; and the forgetting is as necessary as the learning."

Albert J. Nock, American Philosopher

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"Have you ever noticed that when you must struggle to hear something, you close your eyes?"

Marilyn vos Savant, American Writer

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"After 9/11, we realized that all these silly culture wars, and arguing about rock lyrics... who cares? You know, we, for some reason, remembered what our real problems are."

Frank Rich, American Journalist

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"Whoever controls the media, the images, controls the culture."

Allen Ginsberg, American Poet

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"What other culture could have produced someone like Hemmingway and not seen the joke?"

Gore Vidal, American Novelist

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"Partial culture runs to the ornate, extreme culture to simplicity."

Christian Nestell Bovee, American Author

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"Learning has always been made much of, but forgetting has always been deprecated; therefore pedantry has pretty well established itself throughout the modern world at the expense of culture."

Albert J. Nock, American Philosopher

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"It is simply not part of my culture to preserve notes. I have never heard of a writer preserving his early drafts."

Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian Novelist

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"Santa is our culture's only mythic figure truly believed in by a large percentage of the population. It's a fact that most of the true believers are under eight years old, and that's a pity."

Chris Van Allsburg, American Author

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"Culture and possessions, there is the bourgeoisie for you."

"Concerning culture as a process, one would say that it means learning a great many things and then forgetting them; and the forgetting is as necessary as the learning."

"Have you ever noticed that when you must struggle to hear something, you close your eyes?"

"After 9/11, we realized that all these silly culture wars, and arguing about rock lyrics... who cares? You know, we, for some reason, remembered what our real problems are."

"Whoever controls the media, the images, controls the culture."

"What other culture could have produced someone like Hemmingway and not seen the joke?"

"Partial culture runs to the ornate, extreme culture to simplicity."

"Learning has always been made much of, but forgetting has always been deprecated; therefore pedantry has pretty well established itself throughout the modern world at the expense of culture."

"It is simply not part of my culture to preserve notes. I have never heard of a writer preserving his early drafts."

"Santa is our culture's only mythic figure truly believed in by a large percentage of the population. It's a fact that most of the true believers are under eight years old, and that's a pity."

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"Art is a sense of magic."

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"The capacity to be intrinsic and vulgar is American."