“I will continue to work for the advancement of freedoms in Egypt and the Arab world until I drop dead... Education itself - which can and should play an important role in the apprenticeship of tolerance and respect for other people -sometimes encourages identitarian closure, or even extremist behaviour... It is therefore vital to ensure that education does not encourage rejection of other people or identitarian closure, but that on the contrary it encourages knowledge and respect for other cultures, other religions and other ways of being and living.” PeopleWorldWayShouldDoeImportantSometimesPlayCultureRolesContraryToleranceRejectionBehaviourEgyptAdvancementRespecting OthersExtremistClosureOther CulturesArab WorldApprenticeshipTolerance And Respect Author:Boutros Boutros-Ghali
“What they have implanted here, which is really a 'gringo' custom, is terrorism. They disguise children as witches and wizards, that is contrary to our culture.” ChildrenCultureTerrorismContraryCustomsWitchDisguiseWizardsVenezuela Author:Hugo Chavez
“The influence of friendship upon culture differs from that of love, in that it assumes the basic idiosyncrasies of personal taste to be unalterable. Love, in spite of all rational knowledge to the contrary, is always in the mood of believing in miracles.” BelieveCultureInfluenceTasteMiracleAssumingContraryMoodRationalSpiteIdiosyncrasiesPersonal Taste Author:John Cowper Powys
“The drug war has nothing to do with making communities livable or creating a decent future for black kids. On the contrary, prohibition is directly responsible for the power of crack dealers to terrorize whole neighborhoods. And every cent spent on the cops, investigators, bureaucrats, courts, jails, weapons, and tests required to feed the drug-war machine is a cent not spent on reversing the social policies that have destroyed the cities, nourished racism, and laid the groundwork for crack culture.” WarWholeKidsCultureSocialBlackCommunityJusticeCitiesPolicyDrugCreatingWeaponsRacismTestsMachinesResponsibleCourtContraryDestroyedDecentNeighborhoodCracksJailCentsCopProhibitionDealerBureaucratsWar On DrugsInvestigatorsGroundworkSocial Policy Book:No More Nice Girls: Countercultural Essays Source: No More Nice Girls: Countercultural Essays
“Contrary to our culture, the Biblical doctrine of Grace humbles us without degrading us, and elevates us without inflating us.” CultureGraceContraryDoctrineBiblicalDegrading Author:Kenneth Boa
“Contrary to the macho culture of Mexico, both my grandmothers were very brave young widows. I was always very close to these hard-working, intelligent women.” HardYoungCultureHard WorkIntelligentBraveContraryGrandmotherMexicoMy GrandmotherWidowsMachoIntelligent Women Author:Carlos Fuentes