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Few things are more absurd than wise saws originally designed to inculcate or maintain the social needs of a society long past - when they are applied to today. Idries Shah
The vast differences in power contributed to faulty social theories of these differences that are still with us today. When a society is economically dominant, it is easy for its members to assume that such dominance reflects a deeper superiority--whether religious, racial, genetic, cultural, or institutional--rather than an accident of timing or geography. Jeffrey Sachs
To build a better world we need to replace the patchwork of lucky breaks and arbitrary advantages today that determine success--the fortunate birth dates and the happy accidents of history--with a society that provides opportunities for all. Malcolm Gladwell
Because today we live in a society in which spurious realities are manufactured by the media, by governments, by big corporations, by religious groups, political groups... So 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. I do not distrust their motives; I distrust their power. They have a lot of it. And it is an astonishing power: that of creating whole... Philip K. Dick
Samantha Morton quote: "My mind boggles at the amount of violence inflicted upon..."
My mind boggles at the amount of violence inflicted upon children in today's society. Samantha Morton
Simply that we are mirroring the trends in society, at any given time smuggling was an issue in the seventies, corruption is an issue today, and we faithfully reflect those issues. Ajay Devgan
Without intervention today, the cost of care for adults with autism will be significantly greater and the burden will no longer lie with the parents, but on our entire society. Jenny McCarthy
Diversity in the world is a basic characteristic of human society, and also the key condition for a lively and dynamic world as we see today. Jinato Hu
The stark and inescapable fact is that today we cannot defend our society by war since total war is total destruction, and if war is used as an instrument of policy, eventually we will have total war. Lester B. Pearson
Yakov Smirnoff quote: "In today's society we sometimes forget to balance our hearts..."
In today's society we sometimes forget to balance our hearts and our heads; this is the reason we stop laughing. Yakov Smirnoff
Instead of having to be a member of the Royal Society to do science, the way you had to be in England in the 17th, 18th, centuries today pretty much anybody who wants to do it can, and the information that they need to do it is there. Seth Lloyd
A society that has made "nostalgia" a marketable commodity on the cultural exchange quickly repudiates the suggestion that life in the past was in any important way better than life today. Christopher Lasch
Saudi Arabia has also changed. People today are connecting with each other all across the world through small gadgets and television. It's a different society. Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud
If you grow up in the South Bronx today or in south-central Los Angeles or Pittsburgh or Philadelphia, you quickly come to understand that you have been set apart and that there's no will in this society to bring you back into the mainstream. Jonathan Kozol
This is the greatest society in all of human history, the greatest country ever. Many of the decisions being made in Washington today by both parties are threatening that greatness. And if we stay on this road we're on right now, our children are going to be the first Americans ever to inherit a diminished country. Marco Rubio

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