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Society

Society, being codified by man, decrees that woman is inferior she can do away with this inferiority only by destroying the males superiority. – Simone de Beauvoir

Im interested in that drive, that rush to judgment, that is so prevalent in our society.We all know that pleasurable rush that comes from condemning, and in the short term its quite a satisfying thing to do, isnt it? – J. K. Rowling

If you look at any Muslim society and you make a scale of how developed they are, and how successful the economy is, its a straight line. It depends on how much they emancipate their women. – Christopher Hitchens

Although images of perfection in peoples personal lives can cause unhappiness, images of perfect societies – utopian images – can cause monstrous evil. In fact, forcefully changing society to conform to societal images was the greatest cause of evil in the twentieth century. – Dennis Prager

We live in a disposable society. Its easier to throw things out than to fix them. We even give it a name – we call it recycling. – Neil LaBute

Americas a very traumatized society. – Alanis Morissette

The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not societys dream, her own personal dream. – Barbara Bush

But hey, when you live in Watts, you need a little smack to get by, you know what I mean? You need something soft and comfortable in your life, cause youre not going to get it from whats around you. And society isnt going to give it to you. – Jerry Garcia

In my view, there is nothing more vicious and outrageous than the abuse, exploitation and harm of the most vulnerable members of our society, and I firmly believe that our nations laws and resources need to reflect the seriousness of these terrible crimes. – Bob Ney

Congress acknowledged that societys accumulated myths and fears about disability and disease are as handicapping as are the physical limitations that flow from actual impairment. – William J. Brennan, Jr.

Its a repressive society where you cant be horrible, Im not horrible, they made me horrible, Im just honest. – Johnny Rotten

I dont have any well-developed philosophy about journalism. Ultimately it is important in a society like this, so people can know about everything that goes wrong. – Charles Kuralt

The runway symbolizes something in society thats very intimidating to women. – Tyra Banks

Weve turned into a whining society. – Billy Corgan

Whats done to children, they will do to society. – Karl A. Menninger

I cant imagine what it is like to be raised in a society where their only statues that exist are to you and your father. – Madeleine Albright

There are many things that people do happily that I cant imagine why they would do it… But I have to say that even though I am critical or judgmental of society at large, Im not critical of people individually. We are who we are. – Ian MacKaye

I cant say that Ive changed anybodys life, ever, and thats the real work of the world, if you want a better society. – Charles Kuralt

I had a little insight into life that most kids probably didnt have. My mother was a schoolteacher, and my father was a social worker. Through his eyes I saw the underside of society. – Charles Kuralt

Since my retirement, Ive spent a lot of time trying to help the School of Social Work at the University of North Carolina. A society like this just cant afford an uneducated underclass of citizens. – Charles Kuralt