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"People change, though, especially after they are dead."
Margaret Atwood
"People change, though, especially after they are dead."
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"The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins."
Soren Kierkegaard
"The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins."
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"Law represents the effort of man to organize society; governments, the efforts of selfishness to overthrow liberty."
Henry Ward Beecher
"Law represents the effort of man to organize society; governments, the efforts of selfishness to overthrow liberty."
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"Why do women use make-up? They know the world is a make-up."
Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Why do women use make-up? They know the world is a make-up."
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"The great principle of Western society is that competition rules here as it rules in everything else. The best man - that is to say, the strongest and cleverest - is likely to get the best woman, in the sense of the most beautiful person."
Lafcadio Hearn
"The great principle of Western society is that competition rules here as it rules in everything else. The best man - that is to say, the strongest and cleverest - is likely to get the best woman, in the sense of the most beautiful person."
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"Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing."
Edmund Burke
"Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing."
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"Everyone should be respected as an individual, but no one idolized."
Albert Einstein
"Everyone should be respected as an individual, but no one idolized."
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"When everyone believes they are the life coaches, who are the players?"
Criss Jami
"When everyone believes they are the life coaches, who are the players?"
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"Every sound alarms."
Virgil
"Every sound alarms."
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"None of them want to delay. Understand that. None of them."
Jack Kevorkian
"None of them want to delay. Understand that. None of them."
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"I understand personally that it is frustrating to lose presidential elections by narrow margins."
James Baker
"I understand personally that it is frustrating to lose presidential elections by narrow margins."
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"Anarchists are socialists because they want the improvement of society, and they are communists because they are convinced that such a transformation of society can only result from the establishment of a commonwealth of property."
Johann Most
"Anarchists are socialists because they want the improvement of society, and they are communists because they are convinced that such a transformation of society can only result from the establishment of a commonwealth of property."
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"What is the damnation of hell? To go with that society who have not obeyed His commands."
Joseph Smith, Jr.
"What is the damnation of hell? To go with that society who have not obeyed His commands."
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"War is the supreme drama of a completely mechanized society."
Lewis Mumford
"War is the supreme drama of a completely mechanized society."
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"The sound principle of a topsy-turvy lifestyle in the framework of an upside-down world order has stood every test."
Karl Kraus
"The sound principle of a topsy-turvy lifestyle in the framework of an upside-down world order has stood every test."
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"And today more than ever, knowing about that society involves first of all choosing what approach the inquiry will take, and that necessarily means choosing how society can answer."
Jean-Francois Lyotard
"And today more than ever, knowing about that society involves first of all choosing what approach the inquiry will take, and that necessarily means choosing how society can answer."
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"These interests of the workers, as the exploited and oppressed, class of society, are the same in all countries."
Clara Zetkin
"These interests of the workers, as the exploited and oppressed, class of society, are the same in all countries."
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"The only yardstick for success our society has is being a champion. No one remembers anything else."
John Madden
"The only yardstick for success our society has is being a champion. No one remembers anything else."
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"Some people never contribute anything positive to society, they may even drain our resources, but most of us try to do something better, to give back."
Martin Yan
"Some people never contribute anything positive to society, they may even drain our resources, but most of us try to do something better, to give back."
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"Sometimes the most positive thing you can be in a boring society is absolutely negative."
Johnny Rotten
"Sometimes the most positive thing you can be in a boring society is absolutely negative."
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"Society is composed of two great classes those who have more dinners than appetite, and those who have more appetite than dinners."
"Society is composed of two great classes those who have more dinners than appetite, and those who have more appetite than dinners."
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"Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance."
Virgil
"Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance."
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"AIDS and malaria and TB are national security issues. A worldwide program to get a start on dealing with these issues would cost about $25 billion... It's, what, a few months in Iraq."
Jared Diamond
"AIDS and malaria and TB are national security issues. A worldwide program to get a start on dealing with these issues would cost about $25 billion... It's, what, a few months in Iraq."
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"If the rain spoils our picnic, but saves a farmer's crop, who are we to say it shouldn't rain?"
Tom Barrett
"If the rain spoils our picnic, but saves a farmer's crop, who are we to say it shouldn't rain?"
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"Maybe I won't stay out of prison. Who knows?"
Jack Kevorkian
"Maybe I won't stay out of prison. Who knows?"
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"I loathe narcissism, but I approve of vanity."
Diana Vreeland
"I loathe narcissism, but I approve of vanity."
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"The completion of the Iraqi cabinet with the appointment of three critical ministers is also confirmation of continued movement toward a just and democratic society in Iraq."
Spencer Bachus
"The completion of the Iraqi cabinet with the appointment of three critical ministers is also confirmation of continued movement toward a just and democratic society in Iraq."
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"What is interesting is the power and the impact of social media... So we must try to use social media in a good way."
Malala Yousafzai
"What is interesting is the power and the impact of social media... So we must try to use social media in a good way."
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"Television is just one more facet of that considerable segment of our society that never had any standard but the soft buck."
Raymond Chandler
"Television is just one more facet of that considerable segment of our society that never had any standard but the soft buck."
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"We won't have a society if we destroy the environment."
Margaret Mead
"We won't have a society if we destroy the environment."
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"There have been two great narcotics in European civilisation: Christianity and alcohol."
Friedrich Nietzsche
"There have been two great narcotics in European civilisation: Christianity and alcohol."
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"And then we do a much greater disservice to girls, because we raise them to cater to the fragile egos of males."
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
"And then we do a much greater disservice to girls, because we raise them to cater to the fragile egos of males."
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"Human beings are born with different capacities. If they are free, they are not equal. And if they are equal, they are not free."
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
"Human beings are born with different capacities. If they are free, they are not equal. And if they are equal, they are not free."
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"A society that does not correctly interpret and appreciate its past cannot understand its present fortunes and adversities and can be caught unawares in a fast changing world."
Ibrahim Babangida
"A society that does not correctly interpret and appreciate its past cannot understand its present fortunes and adversities and can be caught unawares in a fast changing world."
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"The main consideration with those who, possessing some capital, propose to emigrate as the means of improving their condition, is, the society likely to be found in the land fixed on for their future residence."
Charles Sturt
"The main consideration with those who, possessing some capital, propose to emigrate as the means of improving their condition, is, the society likely to be found in the land fixed on for their future residence."
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"We are all murderers and prostitutes - no matter to what culture, society, class, nation one belongs, no matter how normal, moral, or mature, one takes oneself to be."
R. D. Laing
"We are all murderers and prostitutes - no matter to what culture, society, class, nation one belongs, no matter how normal, moral, or mature, one takes oneself to be."
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"Today's 'religious freedom' policies should not be seen as a problem limited to LGBT people but as a co-optation of religion that affects us all."
DaShanne Stokes
"Today's 'religious freedom' policies should not be seen as a problem limited to LGBT people but as a co-optation of religion that affects us all."
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"We seek to create a united Democratic and non-racial society."
Oliver Tambo
"We seek to create a united Democratic and non-racial society."
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"The most unpardonable sin in society is independence of thought."
Emma Goldman
"The most unpardonable sin in society is independence of thought."
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"They have provided a system which for terse comprehensiveness surpasses Justinian's Pandects and the By-laws of the Chinese Society for the Suppression of Meddling with other People's Business."
Herman Melville
"They have provided a system which for terse comprehensiveness surpasses Justinian's Pandects and the By-laws of the Chinese Society for the Suppression of Meddling with other People's Business."
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"Cinema explains American society. It's like a Western, with good guys and bad guys, where the weak don't have a place."
Jacques Delors
"Cinema explains American society. It's like a Western, with good guys and bad guys, where the weak don't have a place."
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"In this country we have no place for hyphenated Americans."
Theodore Roosevelt
"In this country we have no place for hyphenated Americans."
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"I don't think of myself as giving interviews. I just have conversations. That gets me in trouble."
Charles Barkley
"I don't think of myself as giving interviews. I just have conversations. That gets me in trouble."
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"War never leaves where it found a nation."
Edmund Burke
"War never leaves where it found a nation."
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"What looks like enjoyment is the sneer of contempt. That's not a smile."
Jack Kevorkian
"What looks like enjoyment is the sneer of contempt. That's not a smile."
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"We will outstretch the hand if you unclench your fist."
Barack Obama
"We will outstretch the hand if you unclench your fist."
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"The citizen must have high ideals, and yet he must be able to achieve them inpractical fashion."
Theodore Roosevelt
"The citizen must have high ideals, and yet he must be able to achieve them inpractical fashion."
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"You can't beat women anyhow and that if you are wise or dislike trouble and uproar you don't even try to."
William Faulkner
"You can't beat women anyhow and that if you are wise or dislike trouble and uproar you don't even try to."
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"The Holocaust illustrates the consequences of prejudice, racism and stereotyping on a society. It forces us to examine the responsibilities of citizenship and confront the powerful ramifications of indifference and inaction."
Tim Holden
"The Holocaust illustrates the consequences of prejudice, racism and stereotyping on a society. It forces us to examine the responsibilities of citizenship and confront the powerful ramifications of indifference and inaction."
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"I believe society has a right to defend itself, just as the individual has the right to attack that with which he disagrees."
Naguib Mahfouz
"I believe society has a right to defend itself, just as the individual has the right to attack that with which he disagrees."
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