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David Riesman Quotes: It is no longer clear which way is up even if one wants to rise.
         

It is no longer clear which way is up even if one wants to rise.


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Men are created different; they lose their social freedom and their individual autonomy in seeking to become like each other.



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Words not only affect us temporarily; they change us, they socialize or unsocialize us.



Nowadays, truth is the greatest news. The mass media are the wholesalers, the peer groups, the retailers of the communications industry.

Nowadays, truth is the greatest news. The mass media are the wholesalers, the peer groups, the retailers of the communications industry.



Etiquette can be at the same time a means of approaching people and of staying clear of them.

Etiquette can be at the same time a means of approaching people and of staying clear of them.



The media, far from being a conspiracy to dull the political sense of the people, could be viewed as a conspiracy to disguise the extent of political indifference.

The media, far from being a conspiracy to dull the political sense of the people, could be viewed as a conspiracy to disguise the extent of political indifference.



America is not only big and rich, it is mysterious; and its capacity for the humorous or ironical concealment of its interests matches that of the legendary inscrutable Chinese.

America is not only big and rich, it is mysterious; and its capacity for the humorous or ironical concealment of its interests matches that of the legendary inscrutable Chinese.



If you want to get out of medicine the fullest enjoyment, be students all your lives.

If you want to get out of medicine the fullest enjoyment, be students all your lives.



Those who are excluded from meaningful work are, by an large, excluded from meaningful play.

Those who are excluded from meaningful work are, by an large, excluded from meaningful play.



Why, I ask, isn't it possible that advertising as a whole is a fantastic fraud, presenting an image of America taken seriously by no one, least of all by the advertising men who create it?

Why, I ask, isn't it possible that advertising as a whole is a fantastic fraud, presenting an image of America taken seriously by no one, least of all by the advertising men who create it?



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If anything remains more or less unchanged, it will be the role of women.





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The core of creation is to summon an image and the power to work with the image.



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War hurts. It hurts no matter which sides the bombs are falling on.



My faith is a wounded faith, but my life is not without faith. I didn't divorce God, but I'm quarrelling and arguing and questioning, it's a wounded faith.

My faith is a wounded faith, but my life is not without faith. I didn't divorce God, but I'm quarrelling and arguing and questioning, it's a wounded faith.



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When you reach a certain age in life, time becomes more important than money, and I think that happens in your 50s.



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He loves each one of us like there is only one of us to love (when God whisper your name)



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Meditation, more than any other factor, has been the reason for what success I've had.



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You should think about for the next 10 years, you're going to be giving out 3-5% of the company every year.



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Persevere on, my brave lads, We have only just begun. Never despond! Never say enough!




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