#individual

For three hundred years we have had our focus on the individual. We have distinguished him from the objective world as the Middle Ages did not think of doing. We have given him the world and the universe as a playground for exploration and discovery. ↗

— John Grierson

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My view... would be that we are entering upon a new and interim society which is neither capitalist nor socialist, but in which we can achieve central planning without loss of individual initiative, by the mere process of absorbing initiative in the function of planning. ↗

— John Grierson

#capitalist #central #entering #function #individual

The cult of individuality and personality, which promotes painters and poets only to promote itself, is really a business. The greater the 'genius' of the personage, the greater the profit. ↗

— George Grosz

#cult #genius #greater #individuality #itself

Congress will pass a law restricting public comment on the Internet to individuals who have spent a minimum of one hour actually accomplishing a specific task while on line. ↗

— Andy Grove

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Individuals and nations owe it to themselves and the world to become informed. ↗

— Paul Harris

#individuals #informed #nations #owe #themselves

This dullness of vision regarding the importance of the general welfare to the individual is the measure of the failure of our schools and churches to teach the spiritual significance of genuine democracy. ↗

— Henry A. Wallace

#democracy #dullness #failure #general #general welfare

I think that things happen individually first, and then collectively. It's not the other way around. ↗

— Neale Donald Walsch

#collectively #first #happen #i #i think

You'll find individuals agreeing on this, but when they get into collective societies and larger groups they find it difficult to achieve group agreement. ↗

— Neale Donald Walsch

#agreeing #agreement #collective #difficult #find

Markets change, tastes change, so the companies and the individuals who choose to compete in those markets must change. ↗

— An Wang

#choose #companies #compete #individuals #markets

Laws made by common consent must not be trampled on by individuals. ↗

— George Washington

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