Social Quotes

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The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the outstanding event of… — Hannah Arendt
Stories in which the destruction of society occurs are explorations of social fears and issues that filmmakers, novelists, playwrights, painters have been examining for a… — J. J. Abrams
Music is the social act of communication among people, a gesture of friendship, the strongest there is. — Malcolm Arnold
Social media is called social media for a reason. It lends itself to sharing rather than horn-tooting. — Margaret Atwood
I was once a graduate student in Victorian literature, and I believe as the Victorian novelists did, that a novel isn't simply a vehicle for… — Margaret Atwood
If social stability goes pear-shaped, you have a choice between anarchy and dictatorship. Most people will opt for more security, even if they have to… — Margaret Atwood
It's frightening how easy it is to commit murder in America. Just a drink too much. I can see myself doing it. In England, one… — Wystan Hugh Auden
As the most social apes, we inhabit a mirror-world in which every important relationship, whether with spouse, friend or child, shapes the brain, which in… — Diane Ackerman
The average Nigerian person has come to reconcile himself with the fact that his or her social progress remain essentially in his or her hands… — Ibrahim Babangida
You don't see Indians in Hollywood films around which a story can revolve. As soon as we have a social presence in your society, I… — Amitabh Bachchan
I am a woman with a calling for social struggle and public service. — Michelle Bachelet
Chile has done a lot to rid itself of poverty, especially extreme poverty, since the return to democracy. But we still have a ways to… — Michelle Bachelet
Corporations are social organizations, the theater in which men and women realize or fail to realize purposeful and productive lives. — Lester Bangs
Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse. — Francis Bacon
The business that people do in LA on the social level is amazing. You go to a restaurant, bump into this guy or that guy.… — Kevin Bacon
Even the most wretched individual of our present society could not exist and develop without the cumulative social efforts of countless generations. — Mikhail Bakunin
I am for socialism, disarmament, and, ultimately, for abolishing the state itself... I seek the social ownership of property, the abolition of the propertied class,… — Roger Nash Baldwin
Directing is physically exciting because there's a ticking clock, you're working with people, it's very social, it's very enjoyable. — Alan Ball
Social media is a giant distraction to the ultimate aim, which is honing your craft as a songwriter. There are people who are exceptional at… — Bryan Adams
I suspect that many of the great cultural shifts that prepare the way for political change are largely aesthetic. A Buick radiator grille is as… — J. G. Ballard

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