“Scholars have been arguing for a long time whether the Soviet Union could have been turned into some kind of social democracy. I doubt it myself. I think what Gorbachev didn't quite understand, until it was too late, is that his efforts at change unleashed new, certrifical forces he hadn't counted on. He opened the door a crack and a huge wind blew it open.” ThinkingKindLongHas BeensForceSocialEffortDemocracyDoubtDoorsWindHugeLateLong TimeUnionsArguingToo LateCracksSovietScholarSoviet UnionCould Have BeenUnleashedGorbachevSocial Democracy Author:David Hoffman
“Technology has already opened the door a bit wider for filmmakers, with smaller digital cameras making production less cumbersome. Social media is allowing self-distribution, and girl groups like Spark Summit are leading the way in calling for fewer Photoshop image alterations of girls in print media.” WaySelfGirlSocialBitsTechnologyDoorsGroupsMediaCallingCamerasProductionsSocial MediaFilmmakerDigitalPrintAllowingSparksFewerDistributionSummitAlterationsPhotoshopDigital CamerasLeading The WayGirl GroupsPrint Media Author:Sharon Lawrence
“Many of us who read the literature of social science as laymen are conscious of being admitted at a door which bears the watchword "scientific objectivity" and of emerging at another door which looks out upon a variety of projects for changing, renovating, or revolutionizing society. In consequence, we feel the need of a more explicit account of how the student of society passes from facts to values or statements of policy.” NeedsFeelsLooksFactsValuesLiteratureSocialDoorsPolicyStudentsBearsProjectsConsciousConsequenceAccountsStatementsVarietyEmergingObjectivityExplicitSocial ScienceLayman Book:In defense of tradition: collected shorter writings of Richard M. Weaver, 1929-1963 Source: In defense of tradition: collected shorter writings of Richard M. Weaver, 1929-1963
“I respect the social graces enormously. How to pass the food. Don't yell from one room to another. Don't go through a closed door without a knock. Open the doors for the ladies. All these millions of simple household behaviors make for a better life. We can't live in constant rebellion against our parents - it's just silly. I'm very well mannered. It's not an abstract thing. It's a shared language of expectations.” WellsLanguageSocialParentSimpleRoomsMillionsGraceDoorsBehaviorExpectationsConstantSillyAbstractRebellionHouseholdBetter LifeClosed DoorsWell ManneredSocial Graces Author:Jack Nicholson
“We, as humans, have actually developed a sense of social responsibility. We have gone beyond our basic instincts. We can and we do. This is what sets us apart from the chimps. They are extremely brutal and hostile. Your next door neighbor is to be killed unless she is a juicy young female, who hasn't yet had her first baby, in which case you want her.” WantFirstsHumansYoungNextSocialResponsibilityCasesGoneDoorsBabyFemaleInstinctNeighborBrutalSocial ResponsibilityHostileJuicyNext Door NeighborsFirst Baby Author:Jane Goodall
“I feel that the social revolution of the sixties is like a revolving door that came our way, and then left. It's back again.” WayFeelsLeftSocialDoorsRevolutionSixtyBack AgainRevolvingSocial RevolutionRevolving Doors Author:Marianne Williamson
“Pain and pleasure are transitory; endure all dualities with calmness, while trying at the same time to remove their hold. Imagination is the door through which disease as well as healing enters. Disbelieve in the reality of sickness even when you are ill [...].The power of unfulfilled desires is the root of all man's slavery.” MenTryingWellsRealityPainDesireSocialImaginationPleasureHealingDoorsDiseaseRootsPhilosophicalSlaveryEndureIllSicknessRemoveCalmnessDualityTransitoryPain And PleasureUnfulfilled Desires Author:Sri Yukteswar Giri