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Modern sociology is virtually an attempt to take up the larger program of social analysis and interpretation which was implicit in Adam Smith's moral philosophy, but which was suppressed for a century by prevailing interest in the technique of the production of wealth. ↗

— Albion W. Small

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I never felt oppressed because of my gender. When I'm writing a poem or drawing, I'm not a female; I'm an artist. ↗

— Patti Smith

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Many people, including some conservatives, have been very impressed with how brainy the president and his advisers are. But that is not quite as reassuring as it might seem. ↗

— Thomas Sowell

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But ultimately what I was impressed by during my years in government was how much the intellectual climate and the prevailing intellectual notions constrained and represented the universe within which the discourse took place. ↗

— Lawrence Summers

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The most potent weapon of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed. ↗

— Steven Biko

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Being gay is a fundamental part of my being - the core of who I've always been, and the thing that I had repressed and run from all my life. ↗

— James McGreevey

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Most people suspend their judgment till somebody else has expressed his own and then they repeat it. ↗

— Ernest Dimnet

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The Blues are the true facts of life expressed in words and song, inspiration, feeling, and understanding. ↗

— Willie Dixon

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The president and I sat down in the Oval Office, and he expressed very clearly that what he wants from me is my best professional military advice. ↗

— David Petraeus

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My only regret about being gay is that I repressed it for so long. I surrendered my youth to the people I feared when I could have been out there loving someone. Don't make that mistake yourself. Life's too damn short. ↗

— Armistead Maupin

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