Talcott Parsons Quotes

Spencer's god was Evolution, sometimes also called Progress.

Talcott Parsons

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GodProgressEvolutionSometimes

People are not just going to bars and meeting people; they're connecting through social media.

Andrew Keenan-Bolger

Social MediaPeopleMediaMeeting

I should like to think how we write as theologians would reflect our confidence in the One who makes that writing possible. That is one of the reasons, moreover, that the scriptures remain paradigmatic for how we are to write.

Stanley Hauerwas

ConfidenceWritingThinkPossible

Mysticism, poor mysticism! When it is underestimated and oversimplified, it comes down from its original sphere and stands beside religion.

Sri Chinmoy

ReligionDownPoorOriginalBeside

This is fundamentally true of the media business, the rigmarole you go through while trying to make 25 movies while not seeing your kids.

Stacey Snider

BusinessMediaTryingYouSeeingGo

Ambiguity depletes as your budget rises.

Tony Gilroy

BudgetAmbiguityYourRises

I love science fiction. I read a lot of science fiction.

Romola Garai

LoveScienceScience FictionFiction

I always credited my mother with inspiring me to be a writer because she was such a passionate reader. She read poetry to me as a child. But rather late in life, I've come to appreciate my father, the accountant. He was a solid, organized, get-the-job-done kind of person-and you need that piece of it to be a writer, too.

Judith Viorst

LifeFatherMotherPoetryChildMe

When human beings stop progressing at an endeavor, they stop enjoying it and move on to something else. Not golfers. Masochists, all of them.

Jay Mohr

StopMove OnHumanEndeavorMove

No one ceases to be a man, no one forfeits his rights to civilization merely by being more or less uncultured, and since the Filipino is regarded as a fit citizen when he is asked to pay taxes or shed his blood to defend the fatherland, why must this fitness be denied him when the question arises of granting him some right?

Jose Rizal

FitnessManCivilizationCitizenWhy

When I come onto a show where I haven't met any actors, I try to zero in on the script and what's expected of the character I'm going to play and hopefully keep my focus on that, and friendships develop from that.

Christopher Lloyd

CharacterFocusPlayTryGoingZero

Terrorism does not disappear with revenge tactics but through making justice and equality before law a reality.

Asma Jahangir

JusticeEqualityLawRevengeReality

The principle of acting in good faith is at the heart of decent work.

Richard Eyre

WorkGoodFaithHeartActingDecent

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