"The social self is simply any idea, or system of ideas, drawn from the communicative life, that the mind cherishes as its own."

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Source : Charles Horton Cooley, Hans-Joachim Schubert (1998). “On Self and Social Organization”, p.161, University of Chicago Press

Charles Horton Cooley

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“Our experiences of the Solstice depends entirely upon where we are when it occurs. Neither Solstice encompasses everyone. Neither can. The Solstices stand forever opposed, literally at the two poles of our Earth and experiences.”
“The most important thing for me is the image, not the thought.”
“We don't separate out men and women working together in corporations.”
“I look at my contemporaries, and we're all at different stages and levels, and all choosing different routes, different ways to do things.”
“Many Liberals are rightly dismayed that on this vital issue of climate change we are not simply without a policy, without any prospect of having a credible policy but we are now without integrity. We have given our opponents the irrefutable, undeniable evidence that we cannot be trusted.”

Source : "Coalition's climate policy 'bullshit': Turnbull". www.abc.net.au. December 7, 2009.
“Enchanted worlds still exist because the child within us never dies. The doorways may be more obscure, but we can still seek them out. There are still noble adventures to undertake. There are still trees that speak and caverns that lead to nether realms. There will always be faeries and elves within nature because they will always be dancing in our hearts.”
“But you cannot know a place without loving it and hating it and feeling everything in between. You cannot understand a complex people by only looking at dataâ€”something inside you has to crack to let in the light so your eyes and brain and heart can adjust properly.”
“I came on the intro with 'The Rapture.' If you know what the rapture is, it's the coming of Jesus, and I had to take it off because of what happened...I had the destruction, the bombs, and...the world coming to a end, so it had to come off.”

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