“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
“The Urban Literate Southern California Sub-Group of the Early Atomic Period has not yet produced a distinct body of folk music of its own.” BodyGroupsPeriodsFolksCaliforniaSouthernUrbanFolk MusicSouthern California Author:Sam Hinton
“A group of psychologists say they have discovered twenty-three different body language indicators that show whether or not a person is lying. If you would like to see all twenty-three at the same time, they recommend taking a guided tour of the White House” IfsPersonsDifferentShowsBodyLyingThreeHouseLanguageWhiteGroupsTwentiesWhite HousePsychologistBody LanguageIndicators Author:Conan O'Brien
“You can play a particular sport as long as you take good care of your body and you're confident enough and still have that hunger to where you want to be a part of an organization, a group of individuals where you feel you can contribute to the success of that team.” WantFeelsLongStillsEnoughPlayBodyCareIndividualSportsGroupsTeamParticularOrganizationHungerYour Body Author:Alonzo Mourning
“You have the script in front of you. It doesn't involve your body. It's all about your voice. And its fast work. Its also very lonely work. You are by yourself. Very rarely are you in a group. You act with yourself, and someone else mumbles the lines back at you. If at all.” IfsBodyVoiceLinesGroupsFrontsLonelyScriptsYour Body Author:Jane Lynch
“I was assigned to a medical unit and was part of a group receiving men returning from theater headed to hospital care, many forever maimed with life-altering wounds. It made a strong impression because wounded men and body bags come back to home districts, not Washington, D.C., and accordingly, there is no more sacred vote than those surrounding war where life hangs in the balance.” MenMadeWarHomeBodyCareStrongForeverGroupsBalanceVoteTheaterSacredMedicalWoundsImpressionBagsHospitalsReceivingWoundedUnitsLife Altering Author:Mark Sanford
“Christianity thinks of human individuals not as mere members of a group or items in a list, but as organs in a body-different from one another and each contributing what no other could.” ThinkingHumansDifferentBodyIndividualChristianityGroupsMembersMereListsOrgansItemsContributing Book:Mere Christianity Source: Mere Christianity
“I'm trying to create flesh architecture. I aim to get a sculptural feel for groups of bodies, as well as create performance art.” FeelsTryingWellsArtBodyGroupsPerformancesAimArchitectureFleshPerformance Art Author:Spencer Tunick
“A body is a living entity. It represents life, freedom, sensuality, and it is a mechanism to carry out our thoughts. A body is always beautiful to me. It depends on the individual work and what I do with it and what kind of idea lies behind it - if age matters or not. But in my group works, the only difference is how far people can go if it rains, snows etc.” PeopleIfsKindIdeasMatterBodyAgeBeautifulLyingIndividualDifferencesBehindsGroupsDependsRainSnowSensualityEtcMechanismEntityOur ThoughtsIndividual WorkGroup Work Author:Spencer Tunick
“It's tough, you know, when you're thin and you don't put on muscle mass that easily. What you've got to remember is that you really have to eat a lot and you have to work your body out with basic exercises like deadlifts and squats and the bench press - the workouts that are basic in form but work a large group of muscles.” KnowsBodyRememberFormGroupsExerciseMassToughPressesYour BodyMusclesWorkoutBenchesLarge Groups Author:Daniel Cudmore
“That was a very natural process because as I was creating the animatic I added music clips as reference of the kind of music I wanted in the film. These were from musicians like Naná Vasconcelos and Barbatuques, the body percussion group.” KindBodyWantedFilmProcessNaturalGroupsCreatingMusicianClipPercussionNans Author:Alex Abreu