"If observed facts of undoubted accuracy will not fit any of the alternatives it leaves open, the system itself is in need of reconstruction."

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Source : Talcott Parsons (1968). “The structure of social action: a study in social theory with special reference to a group of recent European writers”

Talcott Parsons

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“Central to everything I am and believe and have written is my astonishment, naive as it seems to people, that you can use human speech both to bless, to love, to build, to forgive and also to torture, to hate, to destroy and to annihilate.”

Source : Interview with D.J.R. Bruckner, www.nytimes.com. 1982.
“Violence may be a good focus to organize around, but we have to look at women's lives in our entirety.”
“Whenever I realize I'm being a goofball, I write it down. When I release the joke onstage, I love watching the effect it has on the audience. No one wants to see someone talk who takes themselves too seriously.”
“And if I was going to go there â€“ the only person you can really compare Batman to, of those characters, would be Iron Man, another rich guy who has the ability to make fantastic toys â€“ so if you want to take Batman and Iron Man and put them in a battle, thatâ€™s an interesting battle. But if you want to take Christian Bale and Robert Downey Jr. and put them in a UFC fighting cage, Christian Bale will â€“ to quote Full Metal Jacket â€“ tear Robert Downey Jr.â€™s head off and sh-t down his neck.”
“We will stomp to the top with the wind in our teeth.”
“Drums were my first instrument, my first love. I need rhythm, something that moves.”
“A big part of life is realizing what you're good at.”
“It comes as second nature to men to sacrifice themselves, and their women to let them do it.”

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