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"Words are acoustical signs for concepts; concepts, however, are more or less definite image signs for often recurring and associated sensations, for groups of sensations. To understand one another, it is not enough that one use the same words; one also has to use the same words for the same species of inner experiences; in the end one has to have one's experiences in common."
"Madness is the exception in individuals but the rule in groups."
"Afghan women, as a group, I think their suffering has been equaled by very few other groups in recent world history."
"As a former Republican, I represent a group of Americans who all too often have no one to speak for them. This group doesn't necessarily have a name. We've been called 'moderates,' but that term can be misleading."
"Don’t stereotype, Jenks. HAPA is an equal-opportunity hate group,” I said."
"There are many animal-welfare groups that sometimes seem to forget that human beings are animals too, that we need to include them in our sphere of compassion."
"Subsisting on a diet drawn from one food group isn't healthy or gratifying. Even eating cupcakes 24/7 eventually would get old!"
"We have a group of people now who think they own the state. Its disgusting."
"There's lots of different feminist groups. It's not as straightforward as just looking like a plumber."
"The more government does, the greater chance that its efforts will be tilted toward a particular group's good, instead of the common good."
"The British press are a group of unremitting scumbags. And sometimes they use that scumbaggery to good ends, and often not."
"A little group of wise hearts is better than a wilderness full of fools."
"We are not a monolithic group of individuals, not every single person believes the exact same thing."
"One of the big no-nos in cyberspace is that you do not go into a social activity, a chat group or something like that, and start advertising or selling things. This etiquette rule is an attempt to separate one's social life, which should be pure enjoyment and relaxation, from the pressures of work."
"We're trying to divide groups or decide that some of them are truly victims and some of them are truly aggressors."
"If you have an Internet-connected system, there's no wall currently that you can build that's high enough or deep enough to keep a dedicated nation-state or even a sophisticated criminal group out of your system."
"Never, never let a person know you're frightened. And a group of them ... absolutely never. Fear brings out the worst in everybody."
"There's something beautiful about the fact that Obama was not just elected, but elected decisively across racial, and socio-economic and cultural groups and that we all celebrated in his win."
"I'm one of five girls in the whole entire world that can honestly say I'm a Spice Girl. I'm still proud of that, and what we've achieved as a group - spreading the word of positivity and girl power. I'm really proud to call myself that."
"Women are the last group anyone cares about in Hollywood."
