952 private quotes tagged society

“I come from a line of self-motivated, determined folk - not grand, not high society, but no-nonsense, family-minded go-getters.” — Bear Grylls

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“When I got out of acting school, I was lucky to have gotten any job at all. A lot of people hiring African American actresses - it was right after 'Roots,' and for society, not me, it was great. Nice richly dark-skinned people was the fashion, and I was not.” — Anna Deavere Smith

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“I understand why society, especially American society, is gravitating toward fairy tales, given our economy. We've been exploring the world of witches and wizards for years. We've been exploring the world of vampires for years. Clearly the public - I mean, I feel like all of this was ushered in by 'Harry Potter' - in my own fannish beliefs.” — Ginnifer Goodwin

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“A generous basic state pension is the least a civilized society should offer those who have worked hard and saved through their whole lives.” — George Osborne

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“In a repressive society, a writer can be deeply influential, but in a society that's filled with glut and repetition and endless consumption, the act of terror may be the only meaningful act.” — Don DeLillo

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“Society questions the police and their methods, and the police say, Do you want the criminals off the street or not?” — Kurt Russell

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“In a society which is structured the wrong way, piety has no effect.” — Friedrich Durrenmatt

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“A person's worth is quite independent of their usefulness to society.” — Kjell Magne Bondevik

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“In this I-me society, my job is to get people to buy into something bigger than themselves.” — Curt Schilling

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“I work with the Humane Society a lot and have three rescue cats.” — Ian Somerhalder

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“I have, in some ways, saved characters that have been marginalized by society by playing them - and having them still have dignity and still survive, still get through it.” — Jodie Foster

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“The word power has such a generally negative implication in our society. What are people talking about? Are they talking about muscles, or control?” — James Hillman

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“We're an air bag society that wants guarantees on everything that we buy. We want to be able to take everything back and get another one. We want a 401-k plan and Social Security.” — James Hillman

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“I think we are all interested in end-times ideas and also in the current climate that we are all living in, where money is a little harder to come by, things continue to get expensive gas prices are not too far from people's heads. There are more and more people. Human society's going to have real problems.” — Dominic Monaghan

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“There is only one thing more harmful to society than an elected official forgetting the promises he made in order to get elected that's when he doesn't forget them.” — John McCarthy

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“Before a group can enter the open society, it must first close ranks.” — Stokely Carmichael

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“Drama lives on conflict. If you're trying to deal with social issues seriously, there's no way of avoiding violence, which is so present in society.” — Michael Haneke

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“I'm very old-fashioned in some ways because of my father, who thought that being a public servant was an honor. Everyone must find a capacity in which they can serve, because we all benefit from society.” — Kathleen Turner

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“Mainstream cinema raises questions only to immediately provide an answer to them, so they can send the spectator home reassured. If we actually had those answers, then society would appear very different from what it is.” — Michael Haneke

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“The public school has become the established church of secular society.” — Ivan Illich

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“Remember and help America remember that the fellowship of human beings is more important than the fellowship of race and class and gender in a democratic society.” — Marian Wright Edelman

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“A Libertarian society of unfettered individualism spreads its benefits to virtually everyone - not just those who have the resources to seize political power.” — Harry Browne

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“Everyone in our society has had to make a contribution towards dealing with the debts.” — George Osborne

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“I knew that I did not have to buy into society's notion that I had to be handsome and healthy to be happy. I was in charge of my 'spaceship' and it was my up, my down. I could choose to see this situation as a setback or as a starting point. I chose to begin life again.” — Warren Mitchell

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“On the surface we all act like we all love each other and we're free and easy, and actually we're far more moralistic than any other society I've ever lived in.” — Kathy Acker

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