"I believe myself to be a worthwhile and inventive performer in my own right. But I'm not in a league with Lenny [Bruce], certainly not in terms of social commentary."
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"Regard the society of women as a necessary unpleasantness of social life, and avoid it as much as possible."
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"Jesse Ventura is basically proof that the people of Minnesota are not social drinkers... they are obviously alcoholics."
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"In the postindustrial age, labor is seen as essentially uninvolved in the social process because there is no need for assertive labor."
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"We learn the social norms of our society and modify our behaviour accordingly."
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"[Donald Trump] is not going to cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid."
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"I'm incapable of writing without social commentary. I like to think that it's integrated and not really heavy handedly didactic."
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"Trade is a social act. Whoever undertakes to sell any description of any goods to the public, does what affects the interest of other persons, and of society in general; and thus his conduct, in principal, comes within the jurisdiction of society."
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"First you must find your trajectory, and then comes the social coordination."
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"A commercial society whose members are essentially ascetic and indifferent in social ritual has to be provided with blueprints and specifications for evoking the right tone for every occasion."
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"The church that preaches the gospel in all of its fullness, except as it applies to the great social ills of the day, is failing to preach the gospel."
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"Our happiness often depends upon social hypocrisies to which we will never stoop."
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"Everybody's social life in Jordan revolves around family."
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"I've been talking about things like reversing the rise of inequality and strengthening social mobility,since before it was cool."
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"Every single social and global issue of our day is a business opportunity in disguise."
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"At American weddings, the quality of the food is in inverse proportion to the social position of the bride and groom."
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"We are terribly imaginative, as far as technique in science is concerned. As far as changes in social arrangements are concerned, we lack utterly in imagination."
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"I'm obsessed with the idea of social TV."
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"Each human being is a more complex structure than any social system to which he belongs."
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"And, while it was regarded as pretty good evidence of criminality to be living in a slum, for some reason owning a whole street of them merely got you invited to the very best social occasions."
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