Society Quotes
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Society is so slow. A feminist is a bore.
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Any society which gives lip-service to the idea of equal opportunity is going to generate jealousy of others who are better off than you are, even if the thing that's in short supply can't be carved up and shared without destroying it.
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We live in a kissy society.
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Parents need to be more accepting of who their kids are and less concerned about what society thinks they need to be.
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Where are the leaders who can speak to the idea that it is not alien to American interests, but very much in our socioeconomic interests - not to mention our spiritual health - to integrate immigrants, that our nation functions best when we welcome newcomers and help them participate fully in our society?
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Too elevated qualities often unfit a man for society. We do not go to market with ingots, but with silver and small change.
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I'm opposed to abortion because I happen to believe that life deserves the protection of society.
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Society is a kind of parent to its members. If it, and they, are to thrive, its values must be clear, coherent and generally acceptable.
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Cash imposes a huge burden. We don't understand it, as it is not immediately visible. It is a huge burden on society.
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The fabric of our complex society is woven too tightly to permit any part of it to be damaged without damaging the whole.
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We're not in control of circumstances, but that does not mean we don't exercise a certain kind of conditioned agency. That's what it means to live in a community. That's what it means to live in society.
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We have a society that is going through life not talking about what's really hard about life and trying to pretend like everything's great when it's not. As a result, people feel more and more isolated.
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In an industry with highly sequential innovation, it may be better for society to scrap patents altogether than try to tighten them.
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You either have a civil society or you dont.
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We want, as the Saudi people, to enjoy the coming days and concentrate on developing our society and developing ourselves as individuals and families while retaining our religion and customs.
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School is the advertising agency which makes you believe that you need the society as it is.
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Society is the choice between freedom on someone else’s terms and slavery on yours.
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Our society is blind. We have lost our ability to be affected by imagery.
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Political change and academic change and intellectual change are obviously crucial, but they don't necessarily change society. They can change a particular class and give everybody in that class great arguments, but that doesn't necessarily translate into the body of the culture.
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I do want to have that feeling that people are actively involved in something, rather than just consuming something. I suppose that's what it comes down to, because it's such a dominant capitalist society, everything becomes a consumer product. And I don't think that's really appropriate to the creative arts, really.
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[On journalists:] They are the scavengers of society who, possessing no guts of their own, tear out the guts of celebrities. They have the sycophantic, false enthusing gush of maiden aunts: who are accustomed to being trampled on doormats.
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If the economy becomes disembodied from society it can only lead to disaster.
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To think that because those who wield power in society wield in the end that of government, therefore it is of no use to attempt to influence the constitution of the government by acting on opinion, is to forget that opinion is itself one of the greatest active social forces. One person with a belief is a social power equal to ninety-nine who have only interests.
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Soldiers out here have kept us safe for so long, that there is essentially no real danger in this society.
