"Women hate everything which strips off the tinsel of sentiment, and they are right, or it would rob them of their weapons."
-George Byron
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"There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar I love not Man the less, but Nature more.“
-George Byron
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"If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one and I envy no one the certainty of his self-approved wisdom."
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"Shelley is truth itself and honour itself notwithstanding his out-of-the-way notions about religion."
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"The whole system of society tells you what to do."
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"I want a society that provides decent jobs for those who can work and decent security for those can't."
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"That a society controls, to a greater or lesser extent, the behavior of its members is a universal but the methods, the particulars of that control, vary from one culture to another."
-Kenneth L. Pike
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"Europeans say they are proud of their social fabric, of strong rights for workers and the weak in society."
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"RFK was a compelling figure because he was willing to challenge his audiences, and in turn connect with them in a unique way. Kennedy showed that our values define us and can inspire others to believe in the possibility of change and a better society."
-Frances O'Grady
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"I think human society for tens of thousands of years has sent young men out in small groups to do things that are necessary but very dangerous. And they've always gotten killed doing it. And they've always turned it into a matter of honor and a way of gaining acceptance back into society if they survived."
-Sebastian Junger
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