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IBM Plus Reality Plus Humanism = Sociology.


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You can never really understand an individual unless you also understand the society,historical time period in which they live,personal troubles, and social issues

You can never really understand an individual unless you also understand the society,historical time period in which they live,personal troubles, and social issues



Neither the life of an individual nor the history of a society can be understood without understanding both.

Neither the life of an individual nor the history of a society can be understood without understanding both.



The sociological imagination enables us to grasp history and biography and the relations between the two within society. This is its task and its promise.

The sociological imagination enables us to grasp history and biography and the relations between the two within society. This is its task and its promise.



What ordinary men are directly aware of and what they try to do are bounded by the private orbits in which they live; their visions and their powers are limited.

What ordinary men are directly aware of and what they try to do are bounded by the private orbits in which they live; their visions and their powers are limited.



Nobody talks more of free enterprise and competition and of the best man winning than the man who inherited his father's store or farm.

Nobody talks more of free enterprise and competition and of the best man winning than the man who inherited his father's store or farm.



Here's to the day when the complete works of Leon Trotsky are published and widely distributed in the Soviet Union. On that day the USSR will have achieved democracy!

Here's to the day when the complete works of Leon Trotsky are published and widely distributed in the Soviet Union. On that day the USSR will have achieved democracy!



Every revolution has its counterrevolution - that is a sign the revolution is for real.

Every revolution has its counterrevolution - that is a sign the revolution is for real.



To overcome the academic prose you have first to overcome the academic pose.

To overcome the academic prose you have first to overcome the academic pose.



If you do not specify and confront real issues, what you say will surely obscure them. If you do not embody controversy, what you say will be an acceptance of the drift to the coming human hell.

If you do not specify and confront real issues, what you say will surely obscure them. If you do not embody controversy, what you say will be an acceptance of the drift to the coming human hell.



Whatever sociology may be, it is the result of constantly asking the question, what is the meaning of this?

Whatever sociology may be, it is the result of constantly asking the question, what is the meaning of this?





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A person must first learn how to walk on their own before you can guide them in the right direction.

A person must first learn how to walk on their own before you can guide them in the right direction.



if it's true your life flashes past your eyes before you die, then it is also the truth that your life rushes forth when you are ready to start to truly be alive.

if it's true your life flashes past your eyes before you die, then it is also the truth that your life rushes forth when you are ready to start to truly be alive.



To campaign against colonialism is like barking up a tree that has already been cut down.

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It's important to try to get people to think about women's wellness.

It's important to try to get people to think about women's wellness.



Christianity without the living Christ is inevitably Christianity without discipleship, and Christianity without discipleship is always Christianity without Christ.

Christianity without the living Christ is inevitably Christianity without discipleship, and Christianity without discipleship is always Christianity without Christ.



People don't want to accept the responsibility for their own weakness, so they place the blame on something that they're not responsible for, like disease or genetics.

People don't want to accept the responsibility for their own weakness, so they place the blame on something that they're not responsible for, like disease or genetics.



You hear about actors who were doing five years on a series as lovers and actually hated each other. I don't know if I could pull it off.

You hear about actors who were doing five years on a series as lovers and actually hated each other. I don't know if I could pull it off.



Writings may be compared to wine. Sense is the strength, but wit the flavor.

Writings may be compared to wine. Sense is the strength, but wit the flavor.



This loss of self contributes to illness in its myriad forms.

This loss of self contributes to illness in its myriad forms.



That goes with the saying that you call on God a lot of times and you pray for things and it may not happen at that moment.

That goes with the saying that you call on God a lot of times and you pray for things and it may not happen at that moment.




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