Kurt Vonnegut Quotes About Culture
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What passes for culture in my head is really a bunch of commercials.
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A first grader should understand that her or his culture isn't a rational invention; that there are thousands of other cultures and they all work pretty well; that all cultures function on faith rather than truth; that there are lots of alternatives to our own society...Cultural relativity is defensible, attractive. It's a source of hope. It means we don't have to continue this way if we don't like it.
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What has been America's most nurturing contribution to the culture of this planet so far? Many would say jazz. I, who love jazz, will say this instead: Alcoholics Anonymous.
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I have no culture, no humane harmony in my brains. I can't live without a culture anymore.
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We have such a young culture that there is an opportunity to contribute wonderful new myths to it, which will be accepted.
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It strikes me as gruesome and comical that in our culture we have an expectation that man can always solve his problems ... This is so untrue that it makes me want to cry-or laugh.
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