Terry Eagleton

We face a conflict between civilisation and culture, which used to be on the same side. Civilisation means rational reflection, material wellbeing, individual autonomy and ironic self-doubt; culture means a form of life that is customary, collective, passionate, spontaneous, unreflective and irrational.

English Critic

Oscar Wilde

No better way is there to learn to love Nature than to understand Art. It dignifies every flower of the field. And, the boy who sees the thing of beauty which a bird on the wing becomes when transferred to wood or canvas will probably not throw the customary stone.

Irish Poet

Leon Trotsky

The depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves. People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life, for only then do they have to fall back on their reserves.

Russian Revolutionary

Martin Filler

Avant-garde architects have never been able to depend on the support of the establishment, since the customary patrons of this most conservative and slowly moving art form have historically been resistant to innovation and experiment.

American Critic

Sonia Sotomayor

I have ventured to write more intimately about my personal life than is customary for a member of the Supreme Court, and with that candor comes a measure of vulnerability.

American Judge

Ban Ki-moon

Any use of chemical weapons, by anyone, under any circumstances, is a grave violation of the 1925 Protocol and other relevant rules of customary international law.

South Korean Leader

Stacey Snider

I had a passion to not be a secretary forever. I was mindful of the customary career trajectory, and I knew I had to do something remarkable.

American Businesswoman

Thomas Huxley

History warns us that it is the customary fate of new truths to begin as heresies and to end as superstitions.

English Scientist

Andrew Cuomo

Flooding damage is not customary for New York, especially downstate.

American Politician

Fernando Torres

Spanish Athlete

The meaning of 'customary' can change based on different cultural or regional practices.

Cultural Variations

'Customary' often relates to polite behavior expected by society in different situations.

Social Interactions

Understanding what is 'customary' in a setting helps meet others' expectations and avoid awkwardness.

Expectations

In law, 'customary' refers to unwritten rules recognized by a community or court.

Legal Specificity

'Customary' in legal contexts often applies to practices of indigenous or local people.

Indigenous Practices

'Customary' laws, though not written, can be as binding as formal legislation in some cultures.

Binding Force

 you know like it you know it's as what's customary is that the security agents they came to our house they were really nice they not they knocked on my door tied me up whatever but they were really nice and he said listen listen you're about to perform for the president right a couple of things that you shouldn't do like firstly please don't make fun because we believe in your talent but

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 piled one over the other beyond them. I never saw such abundance of pure color." With no planes or automobiles and rarely a paved street, North rode donkeys, scaled cliffs, and crossed swamps to reach the plants she wanted. And all this in the customary dress of her day, floor-length gowns.

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 under customary international law and the Hague conventions. Again, the current legal framework stays silent on hypothetical questions and countless others because there are no easy answers, and there are only two ways to make progress on these peace or new laws.

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 which we use to count to ten. It's no coincidence that the ten symbols we use in our modern numbering system are called digits as well. But that's not the only way to count. In some places, it's customary to go up to twelve on just one hand. How?

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 I know where you're wondering and the answer is no I have never played soccer before in my life this is seriously before each game it's customary to greet the other coach to go over the rules on occasion when I would walk out onto the

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 who were not used to deal with non-governmental organizations. And in the first session, they all said, "This is not bribery, what we are doing." This is customary there. This is what these other cultures demand. They even applaud it.

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 have access to legal services and they have equal access to the courts. And also important is talking to communities so that we change interpretations of religious or customary law, which is too often used

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 we are not used to deal with mental organizations and in the first session they all said this is not private what we are doing this is customary there this is what these other

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 It was customary in her family to keep girls inside the homes. But her uncle, who was a university graduate, he wanted to give her an opportunity to see the world,

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 with plates of delicious holiday treats it's also customary for families to go to the tempest together on this day they all been dress and find new outfits

Customary

According to the customs or usual practices.

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Traditionally accepted.

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