#soc

The great drama of Russian history has been between its state and society. Put simply, Russia has always had too much state and not enough society. ↗

— Fareed Zakaria

#been #between #drama #enough #great

Whenever societies do well, they believe that there is something in their cultural DNA that made it happen. ↗

— Fareed Zakaria

#cultural #dna #happen #made #societies

When I had made more money than I needed for myself and my family, I set up a foundation to promote the values and principles of a free and open society. ↗

— George Soros

#foundation #free #had #i #made

The more equality women have, the fairer, more civilized and tolerant society will be. Sexual equality is a lot more effective against terrorism than military strength. ↗

— Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

#civilized #effective #equality #fairer #lot

The runway symbolizes something in society that's very intimidating to women. ↗

— Tyra Banks

#runway #society #something #symbolizes #very

My athleticism was really the core to social acceptance, because in those days the overwhelming number of students came from more of a public school background than I did. ↗

— Roger Bannister

#background #because #came #core #days

Major sports are major parts of society. It's not anomalous to have people who love sports come from other parts of that society. ↗

— A. Bartlett Giamatti

#love #major #other #parts #people

Reading at meals is considered rude in polite society, but if you expect to succeed as a writer, rudeness should be the second-to-least of your concerns. The least of all should be polite society and what it expects. ↗

— Stephen King

#norms #politeness #reading #society #writing

If I could read while I was driving, showering, socializing or sleeping, I would do it. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#driving #i #if i could #read #showering

I am far more of a loner than people would imagine. But I am the most gregarious and socially interactive loner you ever met. The thing is, I am fascinated by people's stories and I'm very talkative and can't ever say no to anything or anyone, so I tend to over-socialize, to give away too much of my time to the many people I adore. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#am #anyone #anything #away #ever