Quote by Talcott Parsons
Among those who are satisfactory in this respect it is desirable t

Among those who are satisfactory in this respect it is desirable to have represented as great a diversity of intellectual tradition, social milieu and personal character as possible. – Talcott Parsons

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The hypothesis may be put forward, to be tested by the s subsequent investigation, that this development has been in large part a matter of the reciprocal interaction of new factual insights and knowledge on the one hand with changes in the theoretical system on the other. – Talcott Parsons

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But the scientific importance of a change in knowledge of fact consists precisely in j its having consequences for a system of theory. – Talcott Parsons

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It is probably safe to say that all the changes of factual knowledge which have led to the relativity theory, resulting in a very great theoretical development, are completely trivial from any point of view except their relevance to the structure of a theoretical system. – Talcott Parsons

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Men who love their mothers treat women wonderfully. And they have enormous respect for women. – Ellen Barkin

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Thats what people respect, the fact that I wasnt a chump that laid on his back and gave up. – Mike Tyson

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One who breaks an unjust law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for law. – Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Being a monarchist – saying that one small group is born more worthy of respect than another – is just as warped and strange as being a racist. – Julie Burchill

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