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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
- Clean Energy
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are a lot of different ways of building a prosperous society, and some of them use much less energy than others. And it is possible and more practical to talk about rebuilding systems to use much less energy than it is to think about trying to meet greater demands of energy through clean energy alone.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
Climate change is not a discrete issue; it's a symptom of larger problems. Fundamentally, our society as currently designed has no future. We're chewing up the planet so fast, in so many different ways, that we could solve the climate problem tomorrow and still find that environmental collapse is imminent.
- Promotion
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- Nov 07, 2020
LearnVest provides women with the necessary tools and resources to manage their personal finances; its core mission, to positively contribute to society through education and, ultimately, the promotion of self-sufficient and financially aware women.
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
The United States and Turkey are the only two countries that don't have some kind of subsidy for the Arts. The whole culture in society has made certain films more acceptable. I turned down so many films in the '60s and '70s.
- Essayist
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- Nov 07, 2020
Christopher Hitchens, the late essayist and sot, was a man who purposefully cultivated a lot of friends of a certain type - rich, self-important, generally dim-witted and hence easy for a well-spoken Oxbridge debater to impress - and he electrified Washington D.C. society mainly by not being a completely charmless bore.
- Questions
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- Nov 07, 2020
Because TED is for, and by, unbelievably rich people, they tiptoe around questions of the justness of a society that rewards TED attendees so much for what usually amounts to a series of lucky breaks.
- Football
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some people don't like change. Some embrace it. But the way it's going - not just in football, but in society generally - it's more diverse. People want freshness.
- Prized
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- Nov 07, 2020
In a society that tries to standardize thinking, individuality is not highly prized.
- Dissimilar
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- Nov 07, 2020
Racism is taught in our society, it is not automatic. It is learned behavior toward persons with dissimilar physical characteristics.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
A word, for example, that is negative, pejorative, and has caused more pain and suffering is 'illegitimate.' But every person has a mother and father. It is another way we let society hurt others.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I try to preserve whatever balance society has between public and personal life. I never try to eat on the subway. I never try to listen to loud music on the subway.
- Meaning
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- Nov 07, 2020
Over the past few years, many of us have increasingly begun to question the direction and meaning of our society as it has developed over the past several centuries.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
But most Canadians have recognized to a greater or lesser extent that despite much of the so-called progress of the affluent society, essential ingredients to a meaningful life seem to be either entirely lacking, or at best, difficult to grasp.
- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every one of us is a perfect human being, deformed by the family, the society and the culture.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020