"All theory of modernity in sociology suggests that the more modernity there is, the less religion. In my theory we can realize that this is wrong: atheism is only one belief system among many."

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Source : "Risky business". Interview with Stuart Jeffries, www.theguardian.com. February 11, 2006.

Ulrich Beck

#Atheism Quotes #Belief Quotes #Realizing Quotes

“But again, we, I think, over the years have set the example for a lot of nations that may not have had the same values, the same type of coming out of the same culture that we as Americans have and enjoy. But we can be an example, a role model for them.”

Source : "America's New War: Responding to Terrorism". "Larry King Live", edition.cnn.com. October 1, 2001.
“Justice is the one thing you should always find.”
“In book subjects a student can only do a student's work. All that can be measured is how well he learns, rather than how well he performs. All he can show is promise.”
“I never wore earplugs â€” that would have been cheating.”
“Simply put, the best teachers are the ones you work your tail off for because in the end you just don't want them to think any less of you. You want and need their approval.”

Source : Taylor Mali (2012). “What Teachers Make: In Praise of the Greatest Job in the World”, p.14, Penguin
“People have expectations of me but I'm not a magician.”
“I find waiting unbearable because it makes me passive and negates me. I hate being nothing.”

Source : Kathy Acker (1991). “Hannibal Lecter, my father”, Semiotext
“One should see that all appearance is like mist and fog.”

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