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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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"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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"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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"This connection we have isn't going away, it's only getting stronger. Because the more I spend time with her, the closer I want to be."
Romance
"If my name was Richard, I'd go by Richard or Rich...not Dick. Hell I'd even settle for being called Chard."
Identity
"Hey, Carlos,' the Professor says when he walks in. 'How was REACH?''It sucked.''Can you be more specific?' my guardian asks.'It really sucked,' I elaborate, sarcasm dripping from every word."
Dialogue
"And my piece of advice is...don't flirt with any of the female instructors. They all have access to weapons bigger than yours."
Humor
"I thought we were gonna take this relationship slow.''A back rub is harmless.'My eyes roam over her kick-ass bikini-covered bod. 'I'll have you know I've been intimate with girls wearin' a lot more."
Affection
"Snakes don't have fuckin' legs, so how was I supposed to think there'd be one hidin' in the face of a damn rock that's ten feet below the summit?"
Adventure
"She's a Texan, born and raised. Football is in our blood."
Tradition
"Do you think about making love with me?'I lie awake most nights, fantasizing about sleeping next to her ... loving her. 'Right now, muneca, makin' love to you is the only thing on my mind."
Desire
"Fifty percent of all doctors graduate in the bottom half of their class - Hope your surgery went well!"
Humor
"What are you boys doing? she asks, as if we're still little kids messing around.'Arguin', Carlos says matter-of-factly."
Family
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