Reading is socially accepted disassociation. You flip a switch and you’re not there anymore. It’s better than heroin. More effective and cheaper and legal.
After an hour or two of being socially on, we introverts need to turn off and recharge ... This isn't antisocial. It isn't a sign of depression.
Mathematicians don't like it when they're associated with mental illness and sort of bristle when you say that they can't get along socially, that they're not good with people.
I have songs - even from my first album, I've always been on some socially conscience/love whatever music, you know?
You're not allowed to step out of whatever the rules are, politically, or socially, and they'll get you for it, they'll hunt you down. That's the really frightening thing.
Being socially responsible is one of Gucci's core values, and we will continue to strive to do better for the environment and animals.
The nicest thing about quotes is that they give us a nodding acquaintance with the originator which is often socially impressive.
The nice thing about quotes is that they give us a nodding acquaintance with the originator which is often socially impressive.
Whole Foods is a wonderland molded to accommodate the psyche of the socially-responsible, guilt-ridden liberal - the crunchy Kucinich capitalist.
One advantage to having a kid on the spectrum: they tend to be rule followers. Socially, things are harder for them than most kids.
It is our duty to create a social milieu in which the young and the socially weak feel that the present and future belong to them.
Accomplishment is socially judged by ill defined criteria so that one has to rely on others to find out how one is doing.
The next generation of luxury consumers are much more socially conscious, and they look to invest in brands that see the world the way they do.
I'm being mocked because I don't live up to a socially determined view of what other people think a person should look like.
Numerically speaking, half the population cannot be a minority. Yet when it comes to women, the numbers plainly show that the mathematically impossible is the socially acceptable.
If you are socially isolated, you are more vulnerable to stereotypes and myths; you won't have the opportunity to have conversations with someone who has a different social background than you.
The biggest challenge for cyborgs is to be socially accepted. Society needs to accept that there are people who wish to use technology as part of the body.
Unfortunately, as obsessed as I am with all of those Grimm's slash Disney princesses, I do think women have evolved socially in so many ways.
It should go without saying that there are as many working-class people who hold socially liberal views as there are public-school bigots.
I'm definitely musician and storyteller. But I always like to take an active role in things I care about socially and environmentally.
Getting socially outcast can be the best and most informative thing that can ever happen to you because you have to learn who you are separate from the pack.
I could go on a long rant about how much I despise e-mail. I wish it was more socially acceptable to ignore people.
Let's face it: if you're an elite basketball player and you choose to be socially and politically active, it could harm your brand.
Buddhism has become a socially recognized religious philosophy for Americans, whereas it used to be considered an exotic religion.
One of the reasons that fascism ascended to power so quickly was that it was considered socially elegant to support this new way of government.
I get so nervous. I happen to be socially awkward and shy. I spent a lot of my time as an adult not going places.
Japanese moe relationships socially dysfunctional men develop deep attachments to body pillows with women painted on them.
A good teacher who can take the zero pay and help kids develop physically, emotionally, socially, is literally an angel.
There are some circles in America where it seems to be more socially acceptable to carry a hand-gun than a packet of cigarettes.
Romanians are culturally European, very close to the French. Socially, they are now building a society that is emotionally closer to the Balkans, Turkey and Greece.
Their suffering is intense, widespread, expanding, systematic and socially sanctioned. And the victims are unable to organize in defence of their own interests.
The popular notion that an increase in the stock of money is socially and economically beneficial and desirable is one of the great fallacies of our time.
When you share work, and you have the opportunity of seeing people you like doing what they do best, and you also interchange socially with them, it's very addictive.
I feel like a lot of the guys who are trying to do political or socially relevant humor just haven't figured out who the enemy is.
I went and studied music in Leeds. It really woke me up socially, to stop being so naïve and narrow-minded.
I was never in the office [of Rolling Stone]. It was very different from Lampoon, where we spent a lot of time together socially, which is to say "drunk."
Socially, the Cuban revolution created an education system and health service that remain the envy of much of the neo-liberal world.
In civilized societies, we spend our lifetimes trying to become what is socially acceptable. We're dark and we're light. We all have both sides to us.
Black Lives Matter is the culmination of racial divide. They're nothing more than the last socially acceptable hate group in America.
What today's business reality makes clear is that brands cannot survive in a society that is failing economically, socially, ethically, and morally.
I think 'Bridesmaids' has changed things socially and culturally. Before, it was really difficult for women to do scatological humour without seeming gross.
I've been told that I'm incompetent, socially retarded, maladjusted. I still know that I couldn't function in reality. Los Angeles is a good place for me.
I thought it was great fun to scare people. I also knew it was socially acceptable because there were a lot of horror movies out there.
Haiti is extremely stratified socially with a number of large families controlling most of the economy, and import-export.
I think the world looks down on Republicans for their socially conservative views, which includes religion in government.
The UPA's strategy of 'inclusive growth' remains the foundational pillar of economically, politically, and socially sustainable development.
By its very nature and design, Network Marketing is a strikingly Fair, Democratic, Socially Responsible system of generating wealth.
Ever since college, I have been a libertarian - socially liberal and fiscally conservative. I believe in individual liberty and personal responsibility.
It's true that when Christianity is socially powerful, faith can look from the outside as if it is mainly a matter of membership, of participation in the vast synchronised swim of institutions.
Political journalists, socially inept or no, are not nerds. Most of them can't do math, a fact that campaigns and politicians regularly exploit.
Executives can no longer hide behind the corporate veil. They need to be accountable for what their companies do, because entities are responsible for socially irresponsible behavior.
I'm not inherently the most politically or, like, socially conscious rapper, you know? You're not just going to wake up tomorrow and be Common.
I want to see people using Perl to glue things together creatively, not just technically but also socially.
Intolerance is the most socially acceptable form of egotism, for it permits us to assume superiority without personal boasting.
I came from a socially deprived background when I was 15, 16 years old, but one thing I knew was one - you don't abuse a policeman, and two - you don't steal things.
Banning hate speech doesn't end racism or antisemitism. Social pressure does that. It becomes socially unacceptable.
You know you're a bigot when you can't take out the word 'Muslim' from a sentence you stated and replace it with 'Jew' and still have it be socially acceptable.
If you care about your longevity and health, be a socially affiliated baboon who is better than high-ranking ones at walking away from provocations.
We live in a world economically, socially, and culturally dependent on science not only functioning well, but being wisely applied.
I love to ask people questions. I want to know everything about them, even things that may be seemingly socially inappropriate.
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