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That man is a creature who needs order yet yearns for change is th

That man is a creature who needs order yet yearns for change is the creative contradiction at the heart of the laws which structure his conformity and define his deviancy. – Freda Adler

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The type of fig leaf which each culture employs to cover its social taboos offers a twofold description of its morality. It reveals that certain unacknowledged behavior exists and it suggests the form that such behavior takes. – Freda Adler

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Superstition
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The passionate controversies of one era are viewed as sterile preoccupations by another, for knowledge alters what we seek as well as what we find. – Freda Adler

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Knowledge
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Stripped of ethical rationalizations and philosophical pretensions, a crime is anything that a group in power chooses to prohibit. – Freda Adler

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Crime
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I think sometimes when children grow up, their parents grow up. Mine grew up with me. We coexist. I dont try to change them anymore, and I dont think they try to change me. We agree to disagree. – Katy Perry

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Be content with what you are, and wish not change nor dread your last day, nor long for it. – Marcus Aurelius

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People always fear change. People feared electricity when it was invented, didnt they? People feared coal, they feared gas-powered engines… There will always be ignorance, and ignorance leads to fear. But with time, people will come to accept their silicon masters. – Bill Gates

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Men are but children of a larger growth, Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain. – Diane Arbus

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Mr. Geithner is an excellent minister. We have a good personal relationship. – Wolfgang Schauble

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