Description "It\'s all in your mind""The spirit of tolerance does constant battle with the ghost of Calvin for control of the Dutch psyche. .""". .
Dialogue is the lubricant of tolerance, and the essential ingredient of dialogue is "Yes, but .
The Netherlands acts as a giant cultural sponge.""""Double Dutch""For the Dutch, the other side of the question is as important as the question itself.
This means that rather than producing an indigenous culture, they have become voracious consumers of everybody else\'strue Europeans, whose cultural fads and fancies know no borders.
They keep a beady eye on other people\'s cultural trends, and are swift to snap up sparkling new fashions.
The Dutch "think with their pockets." Parsimony is not an embarrassment, but a virtue.""""Culture vultures""The Dutch are cultural magpies.
Inside every Hollander\'s head is a little pulpit containing a preacher with a wagging finger.""""Going Dutch""This is the nation that once sold scrapers for getting the last remnants of the film of buttermilk from the inside of the bottle.
Few Dutch people go to church anymore, but they don\'t need to.
Description "It\'s all in your mind""The spirit of tolerance does constant battle with the ghost of Calvin for control of the Dutch psyche
