- 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
- Solution
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've already lived through a default and it's very hurtful for society. No one could want a default as a solution.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
My main point in this regard was to compete for my country and my people and to receive the support of the entire Cuban society, to carry my flag in whatever competition I was in, the Olympic Games, Pan-American Games.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
It used to be that readers were relegated because they considered themselves far above society, and so the metaphor of the ivory tower developed. Now there's still this idea that the reader doesn't take part in the social game and in politics, the res publica, but for other reasons: he doesn't do it because he's not making any money.
- Dissemination
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- Nov 07, 2020
The business of a scientific school is the dissemination of useful knowledge, and this is a noble enterprise and indispensable withal; society can not exist unless it goes on.
- Knowledge
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- Nov 07, 2020
The university's business is the conservation of useless knowledge; and what the university itself apparently fails to see is that this enterprise is not only noble but indispensable as well, that society can not exist unless it goes on.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Really, drag is like, 'Oh, I'm putting on women's clothing,' but it's just clothing. The people who assign it as being for women is the culture and society.
- Purpose
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- Nov 07, 2020
Very early on in the process of trying to sell 'The Summer Prince,' I was told, 'Slavery seems to be very important to this society - is that on purpose?' Well, duh.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are people with an explicit political bent complaining about people having political agendas while nominating stories with political agendas. Is it political to try to be diverse? Is it political to try to imagine a non-heteronormative society? Yes, because it involves politics. But how do they expect us to not write about our lives?
- Community
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the past, modeling influences were largely confined to the styles of behavior and social practices in one's immediate community. The advent of television vastly expanded the range of models to which members of society are exposed day in and day out.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't see many explosions or ten-car crashes in the course of my life, so I don't put them into my movies. I would love to live in a society where 'My Dinner with Andre' made $100,000,000. Then I would be in the mainstream. I could do that stuff easier than I could do 'Meatballs.'
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was offered 'Pretty Woman.' I was offered 'Big' and 'Dead Poets Society.' But what was important to me in those years was to make movies, to make these Albert Brooks movies.
- Desert
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a remedy to life in society I would suggest the big city. Nowadays, it is the only desert within our means.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future.
- Innocent
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- Nov 07, 2020