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		A satirist is a man whose flesh creeps so at the ugly and the savage and the incongruous aspects of society that he has to express them as brutally and nakedly as possible in order to get relief.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				John Dos Passos 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		The only thing I have learnt over the years is that if you enjoy your work and put in the best efforts, it will show. If you follow this process, things work out. But if you go chasing a formula, success will elude you. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Mahesh Babu 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Yes, all fundamentalists feel that in a secular society, God has been relegated to the margin, to the periphery and they are all in different ways seeking to drag him out of that peripheral position, back to center stage. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Karen Armstrong 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Clothes are a big part of a free society, I think, and what you wear is so indicative of the political climate you're living in. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Nazanin Boniadi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If we don't change from a world society that worships money and power to one that worships compassion and generosity, I think we'll be extinct by mid-century. I don't say that as an alarmist or as a pessimist. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Patch Adams 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair sex, the ugly ones included. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Karl Marx 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		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. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Obiageli Ezekwesili 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		Artists are political in the sense that they've subtracted themselves from the structure of the marketplace and are contributing something that's not utilitarian. Even though books get sold, and I get advances, I get to look at society and think for a living. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Rachel Kushner 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We must erase bin Laden's ugly legacy, not extend it: by ending the Patriot Act's erosion of our civil liberties, we can protect the freedoms that make America worth fighting for. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Aaron Swartz 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I have observed that society in general always seems to honor its living conformists and its dead troublemakers. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Wayne Dyer 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The more democratic and open a society is, the more it's exposed to terrorism. The more a country is free, not governed by a police regime, the more it risks hijackings or massacres like the ones that took place for many years in Italy and Germany and other parts of Europe. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Oriana Fallaci 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think the ideology of the Congress is closest to mine. Congress is a party where I should be. I have joined politics to bring change in society. The Congress gave me a chance with the Aadhaar project. It's a party that will allow me to bring change. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Nandan Nilekani 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think society, in general, is hard on women, period. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Faith Hill