Robert Frost Quotes
A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity.
Robert Frost
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We need to say that women have sex, have abortions, are at peace with the decision, and move on with their lives. We need to say that is their right, and, moreover, it's good for everyone that they have this right: The whole society benefits when motherhood is voluntary.
Katha Pollitt
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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.
Victor Ponta
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Conservatives sometimes forget that limiting government is not an end in itself but a means to a better society.
Sam Brownback
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I think kids in every minority need to see people like themselves in books; that's an acknowledgment of their existence on this planet and in this society.
Nancy Garden
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Again, as a gay man I look at that and say there's a hopelessness that surrounds it, but as a human being I look at it and say 'Why? Where's this disparity coming from, and why can't we as a culture and society dig deeper to examine that?' We're terrified of facing ourselves.
Zachary Quinto
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In a free society the state does not administer the affairs of men. It administers justice among men who conduct their own affairs.
Walter Lippmann
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It is possible for Japan to become the model of a society that does not rely on nuclear power.
Naoto Kan
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We live in a world of empty spectacle, the world of spectacle rock, songs you can't remember, it's all about the expression of money, power and kind of empty and fascistic. Where technology has changed society, where people are not using their brains as much, not seeing the bigger picture but constantly looking down at the cellphone and not seeing the bigger picture. Today's songwriter need to be on outside, find their own trip if you will and find a way to connect from a place that no one has heard before. It might be taken as weird but that is what makes it unique.
Don McLean
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Whenever society gets too stifling and the rules too complex, there's some sort of musical explosion.
Slash
Guns N' Roses
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I've been lucky to listen to lots of different types of music.
Elvis Costello
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I always feel like out of every session that I do, whether it's a record session or even a concert, I like to think that there was something in there that I didn't do before. That's my goal.
Buddy DeFranco
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A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity.
Robert Frost