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The writer is the person who stands outside society, independent o

The writer is the person who stands outside society, independent of affiliation and independent of influence. – Don DeLillo

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I watch movies occasionally, and I watch documentaries. Virtually nothing else. – Don DeLillo

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movies
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Don Delillo
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Men with secrets tend to be drawn to each other, not because they want to share what they know but because they need the company of the like-minded, the fellow afflicted. – Don Delillo

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Secrets
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In a repressive society, a writer can be deeply influential, but in a society thats filled with glut and repetition and endless consumption, the act of terror may be the only meaningful act. – Don DeLillo

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Society
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In return, society rewards those who give it what it wants. That is why how much money people have earned is a rough measure of how much they gave society what it wanted. – Ray Dalio

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Society

But, actually, so many of the clerics that Ive met, particularly the Church of England clerics, are people of such extraordinary smugness and arrogance and conceitedness who are extraordinarily presumptuous about the significance of their position in society. – Rowan Atkinson

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Society

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

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Society

Is it my imagination, or does shipping and handling settle a box of crackers more than it used to? – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Society

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Which is, Im an optimist that two people can be together to work out their conflicts. And that commitment, I think, might be what love is, because they both grow from their relationship. – Garry Shandling

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It is not governments job to mandate responsibility on our behalf. We have the intelligence and good sense to make wise consumption choices for ourselves and our children. It is up to us to do what is best for our health and our childrens health. – Michael Crapo

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In the Lords Prayer, the first petition is for daily bread. No one can worship God or love his neighbor on an empty stomach. – Woodrow Wilson

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God