"The core of common culture is religion. Tribes survive and flourish because they have gods, who fuse many wills into a single will, and demand and reward the sacrifices on which social life depends."

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Source : Roger Scruton (2013). “Modern Culture”, p.5, Bloomsbury Publishing

Roger Scruton

#Sacrifice Quotes #Culture Quotes #Demand Quotes

“I can't really speak to what it was like to call yourself a feminist in the past on a personal level but I think calling oneself a feminist in the past may have been inimical because feminists in the '70s were the first to really challenge deeply embedded gender roles and demand concrete political and economic rights. They were asking for rights that seemed like a direct threat to those in power - they were asking for equality in a society that didn't have it in an obvious way. They were put down and villainized because they were seen as threatening.”

Source : Source: www.glamour.com
“Simplicity in all things is the secret of the wilderness and one of its most valuable lessons”
“To feel the love of people whom we love is a fire that feeds our life.”

Source : Pablo Neruda, Mikis Theodorakis (1985). “Canto general: a song of the people”
“We put so much pressure on kids to excel in school at such a young age.”
“Who breaks his faith, no faith is held with him.”

Source : Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas (1613). “Du Bartas His Deuine Weekes and Workes”, p.555
“Say what you like, but such things do happen - not often, but they do happen.”
“The Brothers Grimm came along and I was so desperate for work ... Actually I've got to say that I like the movie, I won't apologize for it.”
“I hate The Police so much I'd probably assassinate Sting, My System of a Down Rages Against the Machine. Tie you up in a Slipknot and hold Alice In Chains inside her dreams.”

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