#highly

The functions of the family in a highly differentiated society are not to be interpreted as functions directly on behalf of the society, but on behalf of personality. ↗

— Talcott Parsons

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In all highly civilised communities Pretence is prominent, and sooner or later invades the regions of Literature. ↗

— James Payn

#communities #highly #invades #later #literature

Some problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well informed just to be undecided about them. ↗

— Laurence J. Peter

#complex #highly #informed #intelligent #just

You get the feeling that many of my guests feel that the French language gives them entry into a more cultivated, more intelligent world, more highly civilised too, with rules. ↗

— Bernard Pivot

#cultivated #entry #feel #feeling #french

Well, the wonderful thing about making movies, oddly enough, is that they're sort of highly motivated graduate studies in one or another field. ↗

— Sydney Pollack

#another #enough #field #graduate #highly

I highly recommend worrying. It is much more effective than dieting. ↗

— William Powell

#dieting #effective #highly #i #more

Globalisation means that for a high-wage, developed economy like Britain's to compete we need to focus our efforts on the highly skilled, added-value sectors such as advanced manufacturing, creative industries, engineering and even financial services. ↗

— Lucy Powell

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A good man, though he will value his own countrymen, yet will think as highly of the worthy men of every nation under the sun. ↗

— Samuel Richardson

#countrymen #every #every nation #good #good man

We should conceive of ourselves not as rulers of Earth, but as highly powerful, conscious stewards: The Earth is given to us in trust, and we can screw it up or make it work well and sustainably. ↗

— Kim Stanley Robinson

#conscious #earth #given #highly #make

Drones can be a highly effective way of dealing with high-priority targets, but they should not become the drug of choice for an administration that is afraid to use successful, legal and safe tactics of the past. ↗

— Jose A. Rodriguez, Jr.

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