E. F. Schumacher Quotes
There are poor societies which have too little; but where is the rich society that says: 'Halt! We have enough'? There is none.
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These political movements flourish on the margins of Turkish society because of poverty and because of the people's feeling that they are not being represented.
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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.
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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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Our society needs to recognize the unstoppable momentum toward unequivocal civil equality for every gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered citizen of this country.
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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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Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.
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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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Capital is reckless of the health or length of life of the laborer, unless under compulsion from society.
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And I do believe that the way to change a society, to uplift people - not just their spirit, but to uplift their society and economic base - is through education.
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You can't reorder any society from outside. You can help from within.
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I have observed that society in general always seems to honor its living conformists and its dead troublemakers.
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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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I think Stella Tennant is amazing. And then I really loved all those '60s society models, like Edie Sedgwick.
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Besides entertainment and action, I want to educate. You know, as a producer or director, we do have a responsibility to society.
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To embrace Hindutva is to embrace an obscurantist, backward looking, divisive ideology that seeks to polarise society through identity politics.
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If you don't have good horses, it's very tough to win.
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I come from a line of self-motivated, determined folk - not grand, not high society, but no-nonsense, family-minded go-getters.
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Society is what we make of it, so we'd better try to make it the best we can.
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A society that respects women needs to elect leaders who care more about women's lives than they do about their or their company's bottom line.
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All this probing and grappling we must do, out in society: how much easier, Annabelle thinks, it is to stay in rooms you know as well as your own body, having a warm meal and an evening of television, where it's all so comfortably one-way.
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Slavery, Confederate Vice-President Alexander H. Stephens proudly affirmed, was the cornerstone of the Confederacy. Accordingly, slavery's disintegration compelled the Confederate government to take steps to save the institution, and these policies, in turn, sundered white society.
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I remember playing with some friends and being aware that I was acting as I was playing with them - I would think of a character and pretend to be someone else.
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When we dance we touch the essence of who we are and experience the unity between spirit and matter.
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There are poor societies which have too little; but where is the rich society that says: 'Halt! We have enough'? There is none.
