- Behind
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- Nov 07, 2020
Society Quotes
Society examined from the inside, not just observed.
These quotes treat society as something actively shaped by present decisions, from communication policy to who gets admitted into leadership. For lines on how people choose to live day to day, see Live quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
Marxism is an interpretation of history which explains the progress of society as a product of the expansion of the forces of production of the material means of life, that is, the development of economy.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
The stage of the development of the productive forces determines the political and ideological superstructure of society which are crystallized into a system of social organization.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
Like art and politics, gangsterism is a very important avenue of assimilation into society.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not the sort of writer who can walk into a party and take a look around, see who's sleeping with whom and go home and write a novel about society. It's not the way I work.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
Often too many expectations are put on by society as to what we're supposed to look like and it's fed to people at an age that's too young.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
What is wrong in getting divorced? If a couple is incompatible and just cannot stay married anymore, should they put on a show of togetherness just for the sake of society, or, for that matter, any extended family?
- Filibuster
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- Nov 07, 2020
Healthy debate has been replaced by automatic sensors that eliminate the need for actual talking during a filibuster - a la 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.' Robust debate is necessary in a democratic society. Instead, our discourse has been relegated to media spin by expert entertainers.
- Intelligence
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think there can be a positive sort of futurism even in a presentist society. But I think it's a kind of futurism that envisions augmenting human ability and intellect rather than creating some artificial machine intelligence that displaces us.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was making films about American society, and it is true that I never felt at home there, except perhaps when my wife and I lived on a farm in the San Fernando Valley.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
When they're growing up, if you tell kids God exists, they believe it. It's the same with the techno-cultural society. They believe in it - that it's the road to paradise, that there are no limits.
- Nobody
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just realized at least what I was doing was making a lot of stuff that nobody needed and pushing a consumerist society. So I went to do something else.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am not a socialite, though I seem to have got the reputation for being one. I have some very good friends who happen to be in so-called Society; but Society as such is a bore and holds no fascination for me.
- Marriage
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- Nov 07, 2020
The whole institution of marriage itself really has no place in a progressive society.
- Crisis
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- Nov 07, 2020