“I suppose it's not a social norm, and not a manly thing to do - to feel, discuss feelings. So that's what I'm giving the finger to. Social norms and stuff...what good are social norms, really? I think all they do is project a limited and harmful image of people. It thus impedes a broader social acceptance of what someone, or a group of people, might actually be like.” PeopleThinkingGivingFeelsFeelingsBodyMightSocialStuffRelationshipGroupsAcceptanceProjectsFingersThings To DoNormManlySocial NormsSocial Acceptance Book:Trouble (poetry, contemporary) Source: Trouble (poetry, contemporary)
“At 17, the first time I saw a dead body, I froze. By 31 it was a natural occurrence for me, and no group of people should live like that.” PeopleShouldFirstsBodyNaturalSawsGroupsFirst Time Author:Leymah Gbowee
“One bit in or out of focus makes the difference between our bodies being ourselves and our being part of a group. I want to melt the idea of specificity and blend individuality into the crowd.” WantIdeasBodyBitsDifferencesFocusGroupsIndividualityCrowdsSpecificity Author:Ross Bleckner
“A source of strength in the early days was that groups in various parts of the world were prepared to construct experimental computers without necessarily intending them to be the prototype for serial production. As a result, there became available a body of knowledge about what would work and what would not work.” WorldBodyResultsGroupsSourceComputerPreparedProductionsVariousAvailableConstructsSerialsPrototypeSource Of Strength Author:Maurice Wilkes
“When I make a portrait,I cannot limit it tothe lines of the head, for that head belongs toa body, it exists ina setting which influences it, it is part of a totality that I cannot suppress. The impression you produce upon me is not thesame if I catchsight of youalone ina gardenor if Isee you in the midst of a group of other people, in a living room or on the street.” PeopleIfsBodyLinesRoomsGroupsInfluenceStreetsProduceLimitsImpressionSettingSettingsMidstPortraitsLiving RoomTotality Author:Medardo Rosso
“We ourselves are part of a guild of species that lie within and without our bodies. Aboriginal peoples and the Ayurvedic practitioners of ancient India have names for such guilds, or beings made up (as we are) of two or more species forming one organism. Most of nature is composed of groups of species working interdependently.” MadeTwoBodyLyingNamesGroupsIndiaSpeciesAncientOrganismsAboriginalGuildsAncient India Author:Bill Mollison
“Any Organized social group is always a stratified social body. There has not been and does not exist any permanent social group which is "flat" and in which all members are equal.” DoeBodySocialGroupsEqualMembersPermanentOrganizedFlatsSocial Groups Book:Social Mobility Source: Social Mobility
“An ideology can be defined as a group of beliefs that individuals borrow; most people borrow an ideology by identifying with a social group ... with a body of sacred documents and heroes.” PeopleBodyIndividualBeliefSocialGroupsAtheismHeroSacredPositive AtheismIdeologyDefinedDocumentsIdentifyingSocial Groups Author:Robert E Lane