Quote by Jacob Bronowski
Has there ever been a society which has died of dissent? Several h

Has there ever been a society which has died of dissent? Several have died of conformity in our lifetime. – Jacob Bronowski

Other quotes by Jacob Bronowski

The wish to hurt, the momentary intoxication with pain, is the loophole through which the pervert climbs into the minds of ordinary men. – Jacob Bronowski

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Torture
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We gain our ends only with the laws of nature; we control her only by understanding her laws. – Jacob Bronowski

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Conflict
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Somethings happened in our society which I dont think is beneficial, and thats that you see the public being fed box-office news. Newscasts now, every local station – Ive been traveling around the country a lot, and you see the local news, and they give box-office reports. – Bryan Cranston

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Society

I work with the Humane Society a lot and have three rescue cats. – Ian Somerhalder

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Society

Once the fabric of a just society is undone, it takes generations to weave it back together. – Deepak Chopra

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To conclude that women are unfitted to the task of our historic society seems to me the equivalent of closing male eyes to female facts. – Lyndon B. Johnson

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My everyday job is about superficial beauty, but when Im not working I prefer to work on my inner beauty – I read a lot, I try to learn. – Bar Refaeli

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If we can find God only as he is revealed in nature we have no moral God. – Reinhold Niebuhr

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No one understands that you have given everything. You must give more. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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Once every five hundred years or so, a summary statement about poetry comes along that we cant imagine ourselves living without. – A. R. Ammons

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