#soc

There's good art and there's bad art. A lot of action films are bad art, but Paul Greengrass showed us with the Bourne films that it's possible to make an action film with a political, social conscience. ↗

— Joe Wright

#action film #action films #art #bad #bourne

Soft addictions are an alluring, seductive aspect of our culture - they are easy to attain and socially acceptable, they are even encouraged in many cases. Yet they are lethal to the spirit. ↗

— Judith Wright

#addictions #alluring #aspect #attain #cases

Societies that do not eat people are fascinated by those that do. ↗

— Ronald Wright

#fascinated #people #societies #those

A lot of the interesting issues and dynamics within a city occur over things such as socio-economic issues or ethnic issues. But they require a much more elaborate model of human behavior. ↗

— Will Wright

#city #dynamics #economic issues #elaborate #ethnic

In an online community, there's this kind of social economy between the community members. Some people have status because they make cool skins or that's a good website that's visited a lot, but there's no real gameplay there. ↗

— Will Wright

#between #community #cool #economy #good

When I compliment you, I compliment myself, because I am who I associate with. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#compliment #flattery #funny #wise #funny

Men and women who have served in harm's way experience higher rates of divorce and suicide. Many battle the debilitating effects and stigma associated with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. ↗

— Ron Wyden

#battle #debilitating #disorder #divorce #effects

That's why for Zakk Wylde's Black Label Society the colors are black and white. There are no gray issues. Life is black and it's white. There's no in-between. ↗

— Zakk Wylde

#black and white #colors #gray #in-between #issues

The guy keeps making speeches about redistribution and maybe we ought to do something to businesses that don't invest, their holding too much money. We haven't heard that kind of talk except from pure socialists. Everybody's afraid of the government and there's no need soft peddling it, it's the truth. It is the truth. ↗

— Steve Wynn

#afraid #businesses #everybody #except #government

The failure of women to have reached positions of leadership has been due in large part to social and professional discrimination. ↗

— Rosalyn S. Yalow

#discrimination #due #failure #large #leadership