John Stuart Mill Quotes
The idea is essentially repulsive, of a society held together only by the relations and feelings arising out of pecuniary interest.
Quotes to Explore
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A government capable of controlling the whole, and bringing its force to a point, is one of the prerequisites for national liberty. We combine in society, with an expectation to have our persons and properties defended against unreasonable exactions either at home or abroad.
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The Florida peninsula is, in fact, an emerging plateau, honeycombed with voids and vents, caves and underground waterways. Travelers on Interstate Highway I-75 have no idea that, beneath them, are cave labyrinths still being mapped by speleologists - 'cavers,' they prefer to be called.
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I had an interest in Scandinavian countries because I'd never seen snow.
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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.
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If you ask an economist what's driven economic growth, it's been major advances in things that mattered - the mechanization of farming, mass manufacturing, things like that. The problem is, our society is not organized around doing that.
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What I want is to try and get across the idea that reading for pleasure is so beneficial. And turn children on who have maybe been switched off reading or never found a love of it in the first place.
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I was raised to want to work for a living. The idea of just sitting around or going shopping every day appalls me.
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Every idea has its time.
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I think rap music is brought up, gangster rap in particular, as well as video games, every other thing they try to hang the ills of society on as a scapegoat.
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What's my audience? British society. Am I received relatively well? Yes. Is there within that... if you break it down, challenges with Muslim communities? Of course there are.
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Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.
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I dread the idea of a paparazzi snapping me while I'm out running.
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The 1960s were about releasing ourselves from conventional society and freeing ourselves.
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I've walked away in the middle of a conversation and had no idea that was wrong until someone told me I was being rude.
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You can't reorder any society from outside. You can help from within.
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I have no interest in writing, directing or producing.
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It wasn't until I let go of the idea of the brass ring that it showed up, and fortunately for me, it coincided with getting clean.
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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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There was no professional theater in Cork, but still I did a lot of performing.
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Andre Recke and I and my mom worked very hard to really get good music that I related to and was age-appropriate for me and wasn't just cheesy pop stuff.
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Happiness mainly depends on man's ability to work and the way in which he does it.
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Do you know why I don't like doing press? I have trouble condensing things. I'd rather have a conversation.
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The idea is essentially repulsive, of a society held together only by the relations and feelings arising out of pecuniary interest.
