“I think anyone that thought that we were coming in as a bunch of liberal Democrats to deliver more large-scale social programs was nuts. I sure didn't expect it.” ThinkingSocialProgramDemocratScalesBunchNutsLarge ScaleSocial Programs Author:Donna Shalala
“The real axis of social change is not horizontal, but vertical. We don’t need a whole bunch of people gathering to think shallow thoughts together. What we need is for as many people as are ready to go there, to gather and think deep thoughts together.” PeopleThinkingNeedsRealWholeTogetherSocialReadyBunchShallowDeep ThoughtGatheringSocial ChangeAxesVerticalHorizontal Author:Marianne Williamson
“'Prom' is a movie that follows a bunch of high-schoolers' lives leading up to the prom, the climax of the movie. It focuses all their struggles and the social pressures that prom creates on their lives.” SocialStrugglePressureBunchPromClimaxSocial Pressure Author:Cameron Monaghan
“Mild autism can give you a genius like Einstein. If you have severe autism, you could remain nonverbal. You don't want people to be on the severe end of the spectrum. But if you got rid of all the autism genetics, you wouldn't have science or art. All you would have is a bunch of social 'yak yaks.'” PeopleIfsWantGivingArtEndsSocialGeniusBunchAutismSevereSpectrumGeneticsAutisticNonverbalYaks Author:Temple Grandin
“I would never talk just to be social. Now, to sit down with a bunch of engineers and talk about the latest concrete forming systems, that's really interesting. Talking with animal behaviorists or with someone who likes to sail, that's interesting. Information is interesting to me. But talking for the sake of talking, I find that quite boring.” InspirationalFunnySocialAnimalInterestingTalkingInformationSakeBoringLikesBunchConcreteEngineersSailSailingReally Interesting Author:Temple Grandin