- 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
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am a marked person, and no one who's unmarked is going to understand that. It's very intimidating. I don't even know what my place is anymore. What's my role in society? Who am I, after everybody has branded me?
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
Once electricity and petrol and facilities and food stop, society stops. It's crazy.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think I am as useful as a bat is to the society.
- Creativity
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everyone is born with it but, unfortunately, our society and culture are programmed to kill creativity.
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
Art has often been and continues to be considered transcendent. I see this as misguided and, in fact, a way of subverting the powerful voice art can be in global discussions about politics, economics, society, culture, religion and international relations.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the definitions of sanity is the ability to tell real from unreal. Soon we'll need a new definition.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I applaud the American Cancer Society for all they do to eradicate smoking. Their local, state and national efforts help to discourage young people from taking up this deadly habit and the resources they provide have helped numerous smokers quit.
- Language
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- Nov 07, 2020
One does, after all, take on many of the givens of a society when one takes on its language.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
We develop social systems for the handicapped, but when you're handicapped in your mind, society doesn't handle those situations well. I think we don't recognize or acknowledge the power of messages and how deeply affected we all are by the messages we receive from the media.
- Great Society
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- Nov 07, 2020
But we look back now, and we realize the Great Society was not a success.
- Doctors
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- Nov 07, 2020
According to its doctors, my one intransigent desire is to have been a Confederate general, and because I could not or would not become anything else, I set up for poet and beg an to invent fictions about the personal ambitions that my society has no use for.
- Blessing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I bless a society that tolerates and supports an eternal childhood for some, a childhood whose playfulness can, in turn, be a blessing to society.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are so many issues in society - we talk about the violence, the drugs, the unwanted pregnancies - but at the end of the day, it comes down to what we taught our children to be.
- Problems
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- Nov 07, 2020
We don't want to put a band-aid on our problems that we keep talking about in society; we want to get down to the nitty gritty and do some surgery.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020