#gettin

Concerning culture as a process, one would say that it means learning a great many things and then forgetting them; and the forgetting is as necessary as the learning. ↗

— Albert J. Nock

#culture #forgetting #great #learning #many

Diligent as one must be in learning, one must be as diligent in forgetting; otherwise the process is one of pedantry, not culture. ↗

— Albert J. Nock

#diligent #forgetting #learning #must #otherwise

Learning has always been made much of, but forgetting has always been deprecated; therefore pedantry has pretty well established itself throughout the modern world at the expense of culture. ↗

— Albert J. Nock

#been #culture #established #expense #forgetting

A lot of people have tried to put labels on me, but right now I'm focused on being Kristi Noem and getting my message out to South Dakotans. ↗

— Kristi Noem

#dakotans #focused #getting #i #labels

The reason this country continues its drift toward socialism and big nanny government is because too many people vote in the expectation of getting something for nothing, not because they have a concern for what is good for the country. ↗

— Lyn Nofziger

#big #concern #continues #country #drift

The trick to forgetting the big picture is to look at everything close-up. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#big picture #close-up #everything #forgetting #look

The conception that, instead of this, contemporary society is at or near a turning point is very prominent in the views of a school of social scientists who, though they are still comparatively few, are getting more and more of a hearing. ↗

— Talcott Parsons

#conception #contemporary #contemporary society #few #getting

My principal motivation is supporting my family, which is not a bad reason for getting up in the morning. That's always been my motivation - to take care of the people who rely on me. ↗

— Tony Parsons

#bad #been #care #family #getting

Where I've arrived now is the product of mixing the very straight with the very exploratory; there's a fine line between the two, although it tends to be getting straighter and straighter because my songwriting is getting better. ↗

— Andy Partridge

#arrived #because #better #between #fine

I was ill. I was told I was stressed, so I had to get everything checked out. I didn't think I was, but someone told me I was. As a result, I went to get a blood test. I'd never had one before, so I held my breath when I was getting it done. That caused me to go into a fit. ↗

— Liam Payne

#blood #breath #caused #checked #done