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All you now do is pursue your private objectives within society. I

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

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The human mind is a dramatic structure in itself and our society is absolutely saturated with drama. – Edward Bond

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Religion enabled society to organise itself to debate goodness, just as Greek drama had once done. – Edward Bond

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I write about violence as naturally as Jane Austen wrote about manners. Violence shapes and obsesses our society, and if we do not stop being violent we have no future. – Edward Bond

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I think top scientists need to be compensated at a different scale in society. Somebody with experience will tell you that true scientists are not motivated by money – they are motivated by the quest itself. That is true. But I think an additional recognition will not hurt. – Yuri Milner

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Philanthropy is involved with basic innovations that transform society, not simply maintaining the status quo or filling basic social needs that were formerly the province of the public sector. – David Rockefeller

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Therefore, a person should first be changed by a teachers instructions, and guided by principles of ritual. Only then can he observe the rules of courtesy and humility, obey the conventions and rules of society, and achieve order. – Xun Zi

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