- 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
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
Much of the misgiving that Muslims feel for the West stems from our strong emphasis on freedom, always a risky enterprise. I've heard some say they would rather rear their children in a closely guarded Islamic society than in the United States, where freedom so often leads to decadence.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
We live in a society in which spurious realities are manufactured by the media, by governments, by big corporations, by religious groups, political groups. I ask, in my writing, 'What is real?' Because unceasingly we are bombarded with pseudo realities manufactured by very sophisticated people using very sophisticated electronic mechanisms.
- Night
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- Nov 07, 2020
We need society, and we need solitude also, as we need summer and winter, day and night, exercise and rest.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
When they show the destruction of society on color TV, I want to be able to look out over Los Angeles and make sure they get it right.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think there's a notion in our society, and it may be valid, that people aren't as funny when they get older. It's a stigma still attached to the rebelliousness of youth.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to look at it as things and people and whole society in general being uneducated about facts. There are a lot of stereotypes. But I don't see color, I don't see race.
- Body
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm used to being told by society that I must regulate my body to fit the norm. I'm used to the fact that images of unaltered women are seen as unacceptable.
- Hero
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- Nov 07, 2020
No-one will protect us unless we learn to protect us ourselves... Our army should become one of the elites of Ukrainian society... The word 'general' should not be associated with the word 'corruption' but the word 'hero.'
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
What is good for society is also good for business.
- Language
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- Nov 07, 2020
In a society that celebrates the inessential, architecture can put up a resistance, counteract the waste of forms and meanings and speak its own language.
- Clout
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you are realistic about how our present society works, the economic clout - and a lot of the political clout, frankly - is in the business sector. And it's the locus of innovation.
- Nature
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- Nov 07, 2020
The further human society drifts away from nature, the less we understand interdependence.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you're writing a piece for the Boston Pops, the balance is towards one end. If you're writing a piece for a chamber music society, then it's towards another point. I won't make a final answer on that. I think it changes with every piece.
- Today
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- Nov 07, 2020
Today the world changes so quickly that in growing up we take leave not just of youth but of the world we were young in.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't understand and don't enjoy sci-fi, and it's just that if people aren't real, and they don't live in a real and recognizable society, I don't understand what to do.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Watching people just look out for themselves, I think, is extremely interesting. It goes right back to something like 'The Beggar's Opera' - the underbelly of society, how it operates, and how that reflects their so-called betters.
- Integrity
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- Nov 07, 2020