"It's time to "stop being ambivalent." ... They (groups like the Islamic State) have no ideology beyond violence and chaos and the slaughter of innocent people."
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"The idea of the record is that it's a statement for working with a group, of a collaborative work. That should be visible in the music."
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"Every individual is in touch with the deeper level of being, the aware consciousness. If these humans form groups, they do not derive their sense of self from the group, which does not mean there cannot be a sense of being part of this group. But the group itself does not become an egoic entity."
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"The world is in such a mess because of the continuous conflict that arises between human beings - not only between individuals but between tribes and nations and this group and that group and so on. But change can come in only when people start with themselves."
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"Class is not a fixed designation in this country. We are an upwardly mobile society with a lot of movement between income groups."
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"If a manager spends more than 10 percent of his time on "human relations" the group is probably too large."
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"I'm not quite as limber, but for my peers and my age group, I'm still top notch!"
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"There was room for a Democrat to break with the interest groups and to vote for Roberts. (Hillary Clinton) could have because she has credentials of thirty-years standing."
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"Do you think its possible to live without wanting to put your name on your paintings? To belong to a group so securely you don't need to rise above it?"
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"The American economy is driven by small business. And there's nothing basically to create incentives for small businesses. We've done no tax reform. They're the highest-taxed group in the country. And corporations can go anywhere they want and do whatever they want. Small businesses have to stay."
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"I did not want vocal groups. I was not interested in singing with a group because there's too much problem with groups in the first place."
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"There is an irony that the most active anti-gay groups are Al-Qaeda and the American Right wing."
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"Committee: A group which succeeds in getting something done only when it consists of three members, one of whom happens to be sick and another absent."
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"There are two kinds of people I cannot abide: bigots and any well-organized ethnic group."
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"We know that so much of the war that is happening is the attempt of one group to snatch the resources of another group."
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"What you're saying is that 'I, the superior elite, will take care of you.' Why? Because, you see, that superior, elite group needs to feel superior and elite. And they can't be superior and elite unless you have a whole lot of people down there groveling around. So you keep them down there by feeding them."
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"Race should not be used to claim privileges and rights for one group, exclusively, which are denied other different groups. Then that is an illegitimate use of race."
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"Heads of state are actually prisoners of special interest groups."
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"I have to say that some philosophers such as the late Bernard Williams, and I would include myself in this group, would say that tranquillity is overrated as the goal of life."
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"A lot in the faith-based community, a lot of fundamentalist groups are - are now saying, you know, the Earth is the lord and the fullness there of, and we have an obligation to be good stewards of the planet."
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