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Culture is an abstraction; it cannot actually be seen or touched.... We see people acting in agreed-upon ways in the face of similar situations...we notice people moving their bodies in certain ways - making choices in their lives about where to live, what to eat, how to learn, how to work and love - in response to similar events and experiences, and say: "oh, these people belong to the same culture".
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The story of humans is the story of ideas that shine light into dark corners.
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What are you waiting for in order to give up?
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We have President-elect [Donald] Trump out there calling the CIA assessment that Russia was trying to help elect him ridiculous. He also questions - says he doesn't believe the earlier findings of all 17 intelligence agencies that Russia was trying to get involved in our elections.
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It is an expensive government program with the power to kill people.
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This is the road I have tried to follow as a teacher: living my convictions; being open to the process of knowing and being sensitive to the experience of teaching as an art; being pushed forward by the challenges that prevent me from bureaucratizing my practice; accepting my limitations, yet always conscious of the necessary effort to overcome them and aware that I cannot hide them because to do so would be a failure to respect both my students and myself as a teacher.
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At the core, we're all spiritual beings.
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I am very driven. I do believe in what I call "the G factor." I must be spirit led.
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Blush at your faults.
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I find that, once you get into a position where you can afford a pair of shoes and a decent level of living, success in itself is empty.
