Arnold Aronson Quotes
Whereas Absurdism in Europe seemed a logical, almost inevitable response to the irrationality of war, the analogous elements that surfaced in American drama seemed more a response to a materialist society run amok. The American-style Absurdism seemed to spring full-blown out of television advertisements and situation comedies, which had become new myth-making machines.
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Contemporary art will help me to modernise our society.
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The magic of America is that we're a free and open society with a mixed population. Part of our security is our freedom.
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Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.
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Society attacks early, when the individual is helpless.
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Society doesn't like to deal with death, but it is a natural part of living.
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My view is that when in doubt, society should err on the side of life.
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Society is a republic. When an individual tries to lift themselves above others, they are dragged down by the mass, either by ridicule or slander.
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Conservatives sometimes forget that limiting government is not an end in itself but a means to a better society.
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Socrates gave a lifetime to the outpouring of his substance in the shape of the greatest benefits bestowed on all who cared to receive them. In other words, he made those who lived in his society better men and sent them on their way rejoicing.
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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.
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A mature society understands that at the heart of democracy is argument.
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Don't accumulate if you do not need. The excess of wealth in your hands is for the society, and you are the trustee for the same.
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Labels, boxes, and politically correct terminology all seem small and irrelevant when being compared to the violent and brutal attacks on the lives of people who are different than what society says we should be.
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We live in a technical society.
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I am as frustrated with society as a pyromaniac in a petrified forest.
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It is possible for Japan to become the model of a society that does not rely on nuclear power.
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No international court can ever substitute for a working national justice system. Or for a society at peace.
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Single-payer is about making our society a better place. It's about putting people over profits.
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I feel that I'll be buried in Ireland and don't think I'll ever live in the U.S. I'm not comfortable with many aspects of U.S. society - especially the justice system.
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War will exist as long as there's a food chain.
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I have a reward-and-punishment system: If I have done this much work, then I can play video games this long. It gives my day structure.
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The workingmen have perceived that women are in the field of industry to stay; and they see, too, that there can not be two standards of work and wages for any trade without constant menace to the higher standard.
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Whereas Absurdism in Europe seemed a logical, almost inevitable response to the irrationality of war, the analogous elements that surfaced in American drama seemed more a response to a materialist society run amok. The American-style Absurdism seemed to spring full-blown out of television advertisements and situation comedies, which had become new myth-making machines.
