#individuals

It is because nations tend towards stupidity and baseness that mankind moves so slowly; it is because individuals have a capacity for better things that it moves at all. ↗

— George Gissing

#because #better #better things #capacity #individuals

As individuals, we are shaped by story from the time of birth; we are formed by what we are told by our parents, our teachers, our intimates. ↗

— Helen Dunmore

#formed #individuals #intimates #our #parents

Human beings either function as individuals or as members of a pack. There's a switch inside us, deep in our spirit, that you can turn one way or the other. It's almost always the case that our worst behaviour comes out when we're switched to the mob setting. The problem with a lot of software designs is that they switch us to that setting. ↗

— Jaron Lanier

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Clearly there are individuals who don't understand what the church teaches, or they think it's so limiting. ↗

— William P. Leahy

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Individuals will speak their minds, which I think is healthy. ↗

— William P. Leahy

#i #i think #individuals #minds #speak

You know, in a business, you have to operate on the basis of voluntary investment by individuals in a cause. With government, there is no voluntary effort to invest capital. It's just taken and invested. And the same accountability is not at play. The same natural forces in the economy are not at play. ↗

— Mike Lee

#basis #business #capital #cause #economy

Christians who have influence in political life must feel as individuals responsibility in front of their own faith. And the duty of encouraging laws that are not in contradiction with the Commandments comes within the mission of the Church. ↗

— Karl Lehmann

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Globalisation makes it clear that social responsibility is required not only of governments, but of companies and individuals. All sources must interact in order to reach the MDGs. ↗

— Anna Lindh

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The best part is seeing my kids grow and become individuals, and the fact that they're happy and well-adjusted. ↗

— Martina McBride

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Great nations are simply the operating fronts of behind-the-scenes, vastly ambitious individuals who had become so effectively powerful because of their ability to remain invisible while operating behind the national scenery. ↗

— R. Buckminster Fuller

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