Yoko Ono Quotes
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Do our children now have to choose between getting an education and dying? Some of us cannot move on and accept that kind of society.
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Cleanliness is a good thing, which the society should embrace. But it has nothing to do with Modi, nor can he implement it.
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Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.
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The permissiveness of society must be balanced with authoritativeness.
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Stories in which the destruction of society occurs are explorations of social fears and issues that filmmakers, novelists, playwrights, painters have been examining for a long time.
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My view is that when in doubt, society should err on the side of life.
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When I read about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut, I can only think that American society has found one more way to destroy itself.
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I respond very well to well-written material and women who have had an effect on society, something tragic or monumental has happened to them.
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What 'Deadwood' did was to talk about how capitalism started, how civilised society came in, and how that brought its own problems.
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The Holocaust changed our perception of morality not only because we discovered that morality is the only thing that can stand up to the ultimate evil, but also because it shifted the focus from society to the individual.
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Modern society has evolved to the point where we counter the old-fashioned fatalism surrounding the word 'cancer' by embracing the idea of the Uber-mind - that our will possesses nearly supernatural powers.
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History is full of people who went to prison or were burned at the stake for proclaiming their ideas. Society has always defended itself.
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Philanthropy is often seen as society's risk capital. That means the onus is on philanthropists, nonprofit leaders and social entrepreneurs to innovate. But philanthropic innovation is not just about creating something new. It also means applying new thinking to old problems, processes and systems.
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I think Stella Tennant is amazing. And then I really loved all those '60s society models, like Edie Sedgwick.
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We are not yet a society free of sexism, and this will continue to be an issue for all women candidates.
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I'm about to become a member of the Chemists Society of America. I'm very proud of that.
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We live in a multi-cultural society far more open to international ideas. If you'd told me 20 years ago I'd drive through Bury and see someone sitting outside a cafe drinking a latte, I'd have laughed. In fact, I wouldn't have even known what a latte was.
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If history judges society for how it treats those in need, so markets judge economies by the incentives they provide for private investment, the infrastructure that supports growth, and the burdens placed on job creation.
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Everybody keeps calling for Excellence - excellence not just in schooling, throughout society. But as soon as somebody or something stands out as Excellent, the other shout goes up: 'Elitism!' And whatever produced that thing, whoever praises that result, is promptly put down. 'Standing out' is undemocratic.
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Not democracy has to change, but democrats. We have to stand up again and fight for our cause ... perhaps populism is our chance ... because its dull simplicity forces ourselves to also convince with clear and comprehensible language on what we stand for: A tolerant, open-minded, democratic society inside Europe.
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We want rights. The flour merchant, the house-builder, and the postman charge us no less on account of our sex; but when we endeavor to earn money to pay all these, then, indeed, we find the interest.
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Writing is a creative process, and you need to have the doors and windows of your mind open so that you have the possibility of change.
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Change happens at the frontier.
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The 1960s were about releasing ourselves from conventional society and freeing ourselves.