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I am convinced that living in an enclave shapes the personality, and living alone shapes the personality too.
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Without the letters of condolence, telegrams of congratulations, and occasional postcards, the friendship of a separated friend is not a social reality.…
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I am sure it must be true that people opt out of the mainstream society because they feel that there are going…
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It is only partly true that religion does more harm than good in society. The community makes God into the image it…
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Since 1970, relationships can be more volatile, jobs more ephemeral, geographical mobility more intensified, stability of marriage weaker.
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The natural response of the old-timers is to build a strong moral wall against the outside. This is where the world starts…
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Our technological infrastructure alienates us from each other. No need to form a workplace community, everybody there will be out in a…
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The theory of cultural bias... is the idea that a culture is based on a particular form of organization. It can't be…
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Behind a leader there must be followers, but they should always be on the lookout for the main chance and ready to…
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If people want to compete for leadership of a religious group, they can compete in piety. A chilling thought. Or funny.
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The human body is always treated as an image of society.
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It seems true that the growth of science and secularism made organized Christianity feel under threat.
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Has there ever been a society which has died of dissent? Several have died of conformity in our lifetime.
— Jacob Bronowski
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Our lifetime may be the last that will be lived out in a technological society.
— Arthur C. Clarke
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Sleep lingers all our lifetime about our eyes, as night hovers all day in the boughs of the fir-tree.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Moment by moment throughout our lifetime, our brains hum with the work of making meaning: weaving together many thousands of threads of…
— Daniel Tammet
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Of all the forces that are exerted on us over our lifetime, at least for me, love has been the most powerful…
— Yanni
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We've got to learn hard things in our lifetime, but it's love that gives you the strength. It's being nice to people…
— Dag Hammarskjold
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We start this new year in the midst of an economic crisis unlike we have seen in our lifetime.
— Barack Obama
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We are forced to choose, for the processes we have initiated in our lifetime cannot continue in the lifetime of our children.…
— Ervin Laszlo
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Movies touch our hearts, and awaken our vision, and change the way we see things. They take us to other places. They…
— Martin Scorsese
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There's only been three giant promoters in our lifetime. There's Michael Todd, P.T. Barnum, and yours truly.
— Don King
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The essence of warriorship, or the essence of human bravery, is refusing to give up on anyone or anything. We can never…
— Chogyam Trungpa
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The family is the great catechism God has given the world. The work of our lifetime is to learn how to read…
— Mike Aquilina
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