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Society

For many centuries, suicides were treated like criminals by the society. That is part of the terrible legacy that has come down into societys method of handling suicide recovery. Now we have to fight off the demons that have been hanging around suicide for centuries. – Judy Collins

Once boys and mens challenges are clear, the question why now quickly becomes why didnt we see this sooner? The answer? Virtually every society that survived did so by socializing its sons to be disposable. – Warren Farrell

Ive always thought of acting as a tool to change society. I watch a lot of actors and I see panic in their eyes because they dont know why they act and I know why I act. Whether Im a good or a bad actor, I know why I do it. – Andy Serkis

So if we have anything original to offer, its to speak from our own life about the society were in. – Sean Penn

It is in Saudi Arabias best interest to allow women to fully participate in its society, and this includes the right to vote and run for office. – Barbara Boxer

Watching people just look out for themselves, I think, is extremely interesting. It goes right back to something like The Beggars Opera – the underbelly of society, how it operates, and how that reflects their so-called betters. – Peter Mullan

The real point is that totalitarian regimes have claimed jurisdiction over the whole person, and the whole society, and they dont at all believe that we should give unto Caesar that which is Caesars and unto God that which is Gods. – Jeane Kirkpatrick

I dont believe that in our society that we should have guns. – Ed Koch

One of the most destructive things thats happening in modern society is that we are losing our sense of the bonds that bind people together – which can lead to nightmares of social collapse. – Alexander McCall Smith

It seems to me that were in danger of losing sight of certain basic civic values in society by allowing the growth of a whole generation of people who really have no sense of attachment to society. – Alexander McCall Smith

If youre not adapting to the very rapidly changing environment, if you cant think creatively, you lose big in this society because there are very few jobs for you left. – Robert Sternberg

All you now do is pursue your private objectives within society. Instead of us being a community, everybody is asked to seek their own personal ends. Its called competition. And competition is antagonism. – Edward Bond

That person has to be accountable for himself. I think thats what we have to do in society today is to be accountable for yourself. I think we have the tendency to always want to live someone elses life. – Herschel Walker

I dont believe society understands what happens when everything is available, knowable and recorded by everyone all the time. – Eric Schmidt

I dont think anyone in the media thinks strategically about society. – Todd Gitlin

If anything needs to get fixed in society, its peoples consumption of other peoples problems. – Corey Feldman

Obama often criticizes policies that place the interests of the powerful ahead of the powerless. But through his administrations support of abortion rights, Obama shows his lack of empathy for societys most powerless. – Gary Bauer

When women make their image about youth and sexuality, and not about intellect, thats kind of a dead-end road. So I think its a combination of self-entrapment and entrapment by society. – K. D. Lang

I mean, I am fully aware of my influence and my responsibility to society in general representing the gay community. But in the same time, I dont represent the entire gay community because its a vast, vast community, as one can imagine. – K. D. Lang

Were in a period where society seems very attracted to flash, and that seeps into peoples musical taste. – K. D. Lang