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		The big question society will have to answer is whether it wants computers thinking like humans.
	
	  David Smith David Smith
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		I was interested in the narrative of how we nurture our elite in this society: all that stuff about believing in yourself and not accepting second best. Our inner world is at odds with that.
	
	  Lenny Abrahamson Lenny Abrahamson
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		I suggest that, if India is to evolve along nonviolent lines, it will have to decentralize many things. Centralization cannot be sustained and defended without adequate force . . .Centralization as a system is inconsistent with non-violent structure of society.
	
	  Mahatma Gandhi Mahatma Gandhi
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		The society of life on Mars, or the challenge of making Mars more livable, will have significant benefits on our attempts to modify and change in some ways the environment here on Earth.
	
	  Buzz Aldrin Buzz Aldrin
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		As a society, I think we express our cultural mores through our politics. We're trying constantly to figure out what's OK and what's not OK. And it's hard, because our society is constantly buffeted by gale force winds of technology. Things are always changing.
	
	  Daniel H. Wilson Daniel H. Wilson
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		Society is, and must be, based upon appearances, and not upon the deepest appearances, and not realities.
	
	  Philip Gilbert Hamerton Philip Gilbert Hamerton
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		More than anything else, we need in this society the opportunity for people to tell us what they think without being told that they're either dumb, or stupid, or uninformed.
	
	  Brian Lamb Brian Lamb
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		It's not easy for a film to tell a story of the experiences of an entire society. However, from an individual's perspective, it is possible to tell one aspect of an entire society's story.
	
	  Jiang Wen Jiang Wen
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		We live in a society in which spurious realities are manufactured by the media, by governments, by big corporations, by religious groups, political groups. I ask, in my writing, 'What is real?' Because unceasingly we are bombarded with pseudo realities manufactured by very sophisticated people using very sophisticated electronic mechanisms.
	
	  Philip K. Dick Philip K. Dick
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		We want to live, love and build a just and peaceful society. We dedicate ourselves to working with our neighbors day in and day out to create this peaceful society.
	
	  Betty Williams Betty Williams
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		I think that popular culture takes a long time to catch up to what's actually happening in the world. Women have had to take care of themselves for quite a while. Actually, not had to take of themselves, but have wanted to take care of themselves, so I think it's a big transition that our country and our society has been going through a long time.
	
	  Lisa Edelstein Lisa Edelstein
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		Every age has its massive moral blind spots. We might not see them, but our children will. Slavery was one of them and the people who best served that age were the ones who called it as it was - which was ungodly and inhuman. Ben Franklin called it what it was when he became president of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society.
	
	  Bono
			
			
				U2 Bono
			
			
				U2
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		You are not born racist. You are born into a racist society. And like anything else, if you can learn it, you can unlearn it. But some people choose not to unlearn it, because they're afraid they'll lose power if they share with other people. We are afraid of sharing power. That's what it's all about.
	
	  Jane Elliott Jane Elliott
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		Whatever flaws or personal failings afflict them, it remains the case that the overwhelming majority of priests and politicians are honourable and honest - seeking to live out their beliefs and serve society.
	
	  Keith O'Brien Keith O'Brien
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		'The Leftovers' takes place three years after 2% of the population has gone missing. And it's about how that changes society. Cults form as a result, and it drastically changes home life for a lot of people, including the Garvey family, which is the family I belong to.
	
	  Margaret Qualley Margaret Qualley
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		Puritanical attempts to cure society by taking toys away from children are hypocritical and futile.
	
	  Brian Sutton-Smith Brian Sutton-Smith
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		Writing genetic code like we do software will usher in a completely new way of living for all of us. When this happens, our society will be as fundamentally changed as we have seen from the invention of computers.
	
	  Arvind Gupta Arvind Gupta
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		My strong sense now is that, as women have become more equal in society, so their depictions onscreen have become lamer and lamer and lamer, to the point that it's an embarrassment.
	
	  Allison Pearson Allison Pearson