"Society does not consist of individuals but expresses the sum of interrelations, the relations within which these individuals stand."
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"In proportion as the exploitation of one individual by another is put an end to, the exploitation of one nation by another will also be put an end to. In proportion as the antagonism between classes within the nation vanishes, the hostility of one nation to another will come to an end."
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"In my own mind, we are a much happier and much more functional family and a much more well balanced group of individual s both off and on the stage - in the current incarnation."
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"Religion is the worst thing that ever happened to mankind - the ironic part is that it's presented as a good thing, and its effect is absolutely catastrophic to individuals and to societies."
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"Sensuality is the total mobilization of the senses: an individual observes his partner intently, straining to catch every sound."
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"A man has as many social selves as there are individuals who recognize him."
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"The individual act of obedience is the cornerstone not only of the strength of authoritarian society but also of its weakness."
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"I quickly learned that you don't have to be incarcerated by suffering, and that, in spite of the dysfunctional nature of your family, you are an individual in full possession of your life."
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"Mankind must work continually to produce individual great human beings - this and nothing else is the task... for the question is this : How can your life, the individual life, retain the highest value, the deepest significance? Only by living for the good of the rarest and most valuable specimens."
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"When everybody in a group is susceptible to similar biases, groups are inferior to individuals, because groups tend to be more extreme than individuals."
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"Nonviolence is a method that transforms, first of all, the individual once you understand it and embrace it. It begins with you and, if you can, about transforming individuals so that they love unconditionally."
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"Every individual is at once the beneficiary and the victim of the linguistic tradition into which he has been born."
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"If it is difficult to know yourself as an individual, it seems to be more complex as a couple. So if you say, "Oh I like a person who is like this and that," you might take away the possibility of seeing the only one that might be right for you."
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"When a system of oppression has become institutionaliz ed it is unnecessary for individuals to be oppressive"
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"The individual is not accountable to society for his actions in so far as these concern the interests of no person but himself."
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"Most individuals work much harder to hang on to what they have than to take the necessary risk to shoot for their dreams."
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"A man lives not only his personal life, as an individual, but also, consciously or unconsciously, the life of his epoch and his contemporaries."
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"I'm just an individual who doesn't feel that I need to have somebody qualify my work in any particular way. I'm working for me."
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"No community dictates to any individual how to live their lives. You can criticize and you can push but people freely choose."
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"Clothes and jewellery should be startling, individual."
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