"Human beings are social creatures - not occasionally or by accident but always. Sociability is one of our lives as both cause and effect."

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Source : Clay Shirky (2009). “Here Comes Everybody: How Change Happens when People Come Together”, p.19, Penguin UK

Clay Shirky

#Causes Quotes #Social Quotes #Cause And Effect Quotes

“If, in the present chaotic and shameful struggle for existence, when organized society offers a premium on greed, cruelty, and deceit, men can be found who stand aloof and almost alone in their determination to work for good rather than gold”
“The older women were Sunbeams and I guess we were Cherubs or Lambs, but our mothers were Nightingales.”
“Englishmen have always loved Moliere.”
“What you feel like eating at any given moment is what you should have.”
“I think for everyone it's good to have your own personal work on a character and a film before you even start rehearsing, to have an inner life.”
“Well Getaway was a script that was submitted to us for production and I read it and thought it would be a cool movie to make.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“The most ridiculous concept ever perpetrated by Homo Sapiens is that the Lord God of Creation, Shaper and Ruler of the Universes, wants the saccharine adoration of his creations, that he can be persuaded by their prayers, and becomes petulant if he does not receive this flattery. Yet this ridiculous notion, without one real shred of evidence to bolster it, has gone on to found one of the oldest, largest and least productive industries in history.”
“Playboy offered me a lot to do their mag but I'm not even the sort to go topless on the beach.”

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