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  • Henry van Dyke Culture is the habit of being pleased with the best and knowing why.
    Henry van Dyke
    American Protestant Clergyman and Writer (1852 - 1933)
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  • Jawaharlal Nehru Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit.
    Jawaharlal Nehru
    Indian nationalist and statesman (1889 - 1964)
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  • Matthew Arnold Culture is „To know the best that has been said and thought in the world".
    Source: Literature and Dogma, Preface
    Matthew Arnold
    British critic and poet (1822 - 1888)
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  • Northrop Frye Culture's essential service to a religion is to destroy intellectual idolatry, the recurrent tendency in religion to replace the object of its worship with its present understanding and forms of approach to that object.
    Northrop Frye
    Canadian literair criticus (1912 - 1991)
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  • Matthew Arnold Culture, the acquainting ourselves with the best that has been known and said in the world, and thus with the history of the human spirit.
    Matthew Arnold
    British critic and poet (1822 - 1888)
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  • Matthew Arnold Culture, then, is a study of perfection, and perfection which insists on becoming something rather than in having something, in an inward condition of the mind and spirit, not in an outward set of circumstances.
    Matthew Arnold
    British critic and poet (1822 - 1888)
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  • Billy Collins Cummings' career as a writer - and a painter - was as wobbly as his love life. He tried his hand at playwriting, satirical essays, and even a dance scenario for Lincoln Kirsten.
    Billy Collins
    American poet (1941 - )
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  • Francis Bacon Cure the disease and kill the patient.
    Francis Bacon
    English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
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  • Alistair Cooke Curiosity ... endows the people who have it with a generosity in argument and a serenity in their own mode of life which springs from their cheerful willingness to let life take the form it will.
    Alistair Cooke
    British journalist (1908 - 2004)
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  • E. M. Forster Curiosity is one of the lowest of the human faculties. You will have noticed in daily life that when people are inquisitive they nearly always have bad memories and are usually stupid at bottom.
    E. M. Forster
    English novelist, short story writer, essayist and librettist (1879 - 1970)
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  • Samuel Johnson Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Samuel Johnson Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous mind.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Samuel Johnson Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Lewis Carroll Curiouser and curiouser!
    Source: Alice in wonderland
    Lewis Carroll
    British Writer, Mathematician (1832 - 1898)
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  • Bill Rancic Currently, I am overseeing the construction of the new Trump Tower in Chicago. I am involved in meeting with the construction crews, architects and sales teams. I am learning a lot and working with some of the best in the business.
    Bill Rancic
    American entrepreneur (1971 - )
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  • Anacreon Cursed be he above all others Who's enslaved by love of money. Money takes the place of brothers, Money takes the place of parents, Money brings us war and slaughter.
    Anacreon
     
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  • Lord Chesterfield Custom has made dancing sometimes necessary for a young man; therefore mind it while you learn it, that you may learn to do it well, and not be ridiculous, though in a ridiculous act.
    Lord Chesterfield
    English statesman, diplomat and writer (Philip Dormer Stanhope) (1694 - 1773)
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  • Brad D. Smith Customer-driven innovation was at the core of Intuit's first product, 'Quicken,' and it continues to guide us as we look to solve new problems in areas like mobile payments. Products like Intuit 'GoPayment' and the IntuitPayment Network are helping small businesses get paid faster, keeping cash flow strong and their business healthy.
    Brad D. Smith
    American businessman
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  • John Updike Customs and convictions change; respectable people are the last to know, or to admit, the change, and the ones most offended by fresh reflections of the facts in the mirror of art.
    John Updike
    American writer and criticus (1932 - 2009)
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  • Barack Obama Cutting the deficit by gutting our investments in innovation and education is like lightening an overloaded airplane by removing its engine. It may make you feel like you're flying high at first, but it won't take long before you feel the impact.
    Barack Obama
    American politician (1961 - )
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