The concept of culture leapt fully formed from the head of Johann Gottfried Herder in the mid-eighteenth century, and has been embroiled in battles ever since.
‘Kultur’, for Herder, is the life-blood of a people, the flow of moral energy that holds society intact. ‘Zivilisation’, by contrast, is the veneer of manners, law, and technical know-how.
Nations may share a civilisation; but they will always be distinct in their culture, since culture defines what they are.
When a cat is dropped, it always lands on its feet, and when toast is dropped, it always lands with the buttered side facing down.
I propose to strap buttered toast to the back of a cat; the two will hover, spinning, inches above the ground.
With a giant buttered-cat array, a high-speed monorail could easily link New York with Chicago.
— John Frazee, in The Journal of Irreproducible Results
Wanting to do the business right now.
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This is why we give birth to new projects and ideas. To free us from the 9 to 5, so we can live our lives.
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