Individual Quotes
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Utopianism also attempts to shape and dominate the individual by doing two things at once: it strips the individual of his uniqueness, making him indistinguishable from the multitudes that form what is commonly referred to as 'the masses,' but it simultaneously assigns him a group identity based on race, ethnicity, age, gender, income, etc., to highlight differences within the masses.
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The wise individual doesn't get too attached to any of life's pleasures, knowing that wonderful science is hard at work proving it's bad for him.
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Kids are different. Boys and girls at 14, 15, 16 - some are more developed in the mind; some aren't... It comes down to the individual.
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When I was a child, for a public/civil servant to be caught in corrupt practices, that individual will be a pariah. He will be a complete reject of the society; he/she could not raise his or her voice to speak in the public. So what happened between that time and now? That time when a public officer, prison or customs officer caught in corruption hides his face in shame amongst his peers, he just couldn't come out publicly. Today, when they come back, they get chieftaincy titles, they are received in grand style, cows are killed, they ride on white horses.
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Sexual and reproductive health and rights are universal human rights!They are an indivisible part of the broader human rights and development equation. Their particular power resides in the fact that they deal with the most intimate aspects of our identities as individuals and enable human dignity, which is dependent on control of our bodies, desires and aspirations.
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As soon as we get out of our urban shell, we're still at the mercy of nature as individuals.
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Most other competitions are individual achievements, but the Olympic Games is something that belongs to everybody.
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Clearly, health and disease cannot be defined merely in terms of anatomical, physiological, or mental attributes. Their real measure is the ability of the individual to function in a manner acceptable to himself and to the group of which he is a part.
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The strength of the team lies within the individual. And the strength of the individual lies within the team.
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Statism – the subordination of the individual to the state - leads inevitably to the most hideous oppression.
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“It’s very demoralizing to be regarded as a problem rather than an individual.”
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This individual does not know where initiative ends and rocket-propelled idiocy begins.
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Popular music is all about traveling at the speed of you and elevating the individual as the highest thing in the world.
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Around the world, Gandhi, Nelson Mandela -- what they did was hard. It takes time. It takes more than a single term. It takes more than a single president. It takes more than a single individual.
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I never bought the idea of individual genius from which the novel spews forth. It's always an act of curation.
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I'm from the south side of Atlanta, College Park, and we all really care about our dress code and our apparel and our attire, so I think it's just something that started when I was growing up. Just trying to be me and up to date and being an individual at the same time.
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Is there not a certain satisfaction in the fact that natural limits are set to the life of the individual, so that at the conclusion it may appear as a work of art?
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It is the bane and the balm of individual perception that 'objective' reality is seen through the filter of each person's temperament.
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In the early stages of wealth, up to 10 years after individuals became very rich, they display a bit of reluctance to spend money. It's a lot easier rationalizing spending a lot for a house.
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A good teacher sees the commonality of all human beings
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We must stop thinking of the individual and start thinking about what is best for society.
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It is hereby earnestly proposed that the USA would be much better off if that big, sprawling, incoherent, shapeless, slobbering civic idiot in the family of American communities, the City of Los Angeles, could be declared incompetent and placed in charge of a guardian like any individual mental defective.
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Your uniqueness is your strength. Remember that. Don't mold yourself to others or to what others think. You're an individual. You're special.
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It's up to couples, to individuals, to have a trust between each other.
