"How do cultures differ from one another? Above all, in their customs. Tell me how you dress, how you act, what are your habits, which gods you honor, and I will tell you who you are. Man not only creates culture, he carries it around with him. Man is culture."

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Source : Ryszard Kapuscinski (2009). “Travels with Herodotus”, p.80, Vintage

Ryszard Kapuscinski

#Men Quotes #Honor Quotes #Dresses Quotes

“Many psychotherapists believe laziness is usually just the symptom. That the real problem is fear of failure, fear of success, or fear of authority.”
“If I had permitted my failures, or what seemed to me at the time a lack of success, to discourage me I cannot see any way in which I would ever have made progress.”
“What looks like enjoyment is the sneer of contempt. That's not a smile.”
“I court not the votes of the fickle mob.”
“Taking the money from drug operations and all that sort of stuff is something that goes past what most of us in society would expect a policeman should do. That temptation hits the police force at the same time as the temptation to take those drugs that are readily available hits the people on the streets.”
“You know the worst thing about oral sex ? The view.”
“Somebody asked me what do you regret. I said, well I was offered the role of Maverick in 'Top Gun' and I turned it down”
“Nature always springs to the surface and manages to show what she is. It is vain to stop or try to drive her back. She breaks through every obstacle, pushes forward, and at last makes for herself a way.”

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