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Western
«It is, indeed, a remarkable circumstance that when Western civilization discovers Relativity it applies it to the manufacture of atom-bombs, whereas Oriental civilization applies it to the development of new states of consciousness»
Author: Frederic Spiegelberg
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applies, atom, atom bomb, atom bombs, bombs, circumstance, discovers, manufacture, Oriental, remarkable, The Oriental, Western
«Acceptance without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western religion, Rejection without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western science»
«If the Aborigine drafted an I.Q. test, all of Western civilization would presumably flunk it.»
Author: Stanley Garn
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Aborigine, Aborigines, drafted, flunk, flunked, flunks, I.Q., IQ, IQ test, presumably, The Draft, Western, westerns
«It is fatally easy for Western folk, who have discarded chastity as a value for themselves, to suppose that it can have no value for anyone else. At the same time as Californians try to re-invent ''celibacy,'' by which they seem to mean perverse restraint, the rest of us call societies which place a high value on chastity ''backward.''»
Author: Germaine Greer
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backward, Californian, Californians, celibacy, chastity, discarded, fatally, folk, no value, perverse, restraint, societies, Western
«A pool is, for many of us in the West, a symbol not of affluence but of order, of control over the uncontrollable. A pool is water, made available and useful, and is, as such, infinitely soothing to the western eye.»
Author: Joan Didion
(Journalist, Novelist)
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affluence, as such, Order of, pool, soothing, the West, The Western, uncontrollable, Western
«Every aspect of Western culture needs a new code of ethics -- a rational ethics -- as a precondition of rebirth.»
«Come, my friends,'Tis not too late to seek a newer world.Push off, and sitting well in order smiteThe sounding furrows; for my purpose holdsTo sail beyond the sunset, and the bathsOf all the western stars, until I die.»
«Each of us in our own way can try to spread compassion into people?s hearts. Western civilizations these days place great importance on filling the human 'brain' with knowledge, but no one seems to care about filling the human 'heart' with compassion. This is what the real role of religion is.»
Author: Dalai Lama
| About:
Civilization,
Compassion,
Knowledge
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civilizations, day care, filling, great care, human brain, Human heart, importance, role, spread, These Days, Western, westerns, with compassion, with great care
«Eugene is located in western Oregon, approximately 278 billion miles from anything.»
Author: Dave Barry
(Humorist, Writer)
| About:
America and Americans
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approximately, billion, Eugene, locate, located, locates, locating, Oregon, Western
«All your Western theologies, the whole mythology of them, are based on the concept of God as a senile delinquent.»
Author: Tennessee Williams
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delinquent, delinquents, mythology, senile, theologies, Western