Society Quotes
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In the society of men the truth resides now less in what things are than in what they are not. Our social realities are so ugly if seen in the light of exiled truth, and beauty is no longer possible if it is not a lie.
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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.
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People adjust their behavior to fit the society they live in. They integrate because they have to. But what they are on the inside doesn't change.
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In real life, people are integrated into society. That's what happens in my books as well. Minor characters don't just walk in and spout lines, they interact and have an effect on the events. It's not an isolated universe.
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As far as I can see, many people who don’t have ADD are charter members of the Society of the Congenitally Boring.
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All kids are born geniuses, but are crushed by society.
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I don't see how the study of language and literature can be separated from the question of free speech, which we all know is fundamental to our society.
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If you say to people that they, as a matter of fact, can't protect their conversations, in particular their political conversations, I think you take a long step toward making a transition from a free society to a totalitarian society.
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Gay people are born into, and belong to, every society in the world. They are all ages, all races, all faiths. They are doctors and teachers, farmers and bankers, soldiers and athletes. And whether we know it or whether we acknowledge it, they are our family, our friends, and our neighbors. Being gay is not a Western invention. It is a human reality.
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The principles of Jefferson are the definitions and axioms of free society.
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The whole fabric of southern society must be changed, and never can it be done if this opportunity is lost. Without this, this government can never be, as it never has been, a true republic.
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The great always sell their society to the vanity of the little.
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The activity of rooting for baseball and other sports teams is one of the strongest expressions of community remaining in our society.
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It is impossible, in our condition of Society, not to be sometimes a Snob.
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There is a strong view in Nigeria, as in many other cultures, that a marriage is not complete without children. I don’t agree; I’m wary of the idea that people have to have some particular functionality in order to be full members of society. I think it’s a very dangerous idea. Humans are humans and they are worthy of respect…
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One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude.
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Kids are going to try drugs and alcohol; that's part of society.
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In Cuba we are building a socialist society and we could say we are on the verge of a communist society which is hard to achieve, very hard to achieve, but is a longing worth fighting for.
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The consumption society has made us feel that happiness lies in having things, and has failed to teach us the happiness of not having things.
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In Germany representatives of the Islamic communities try to hijack children who are born here, along with the entire Islamic community, to prevent them from being influenced by the society which has taken them in. Children born here are like blank sheets on which you can write European or Islamic texts. Muslim representatives want to raise their children as if they don't even live in Europe.
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If you're not tough it's hard to survive in this world; and if you're not kind then you don't deserve to survive.
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This isn't a little debate society. That's high school stuff.
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Trade is a social act. Whoever undertakes to sell any description of any goods to the public, does what affects the interest of other persons, and of society in general; and thus his conduct, in principal, comes within the jurisdiction of society.
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If honey bees become extinct, human society will follow in four years.
