“Three hundred men, who all know each other direct the economic destinies of the Continent and they look for successors among their friends and relations. This is not the place to examine the strange causes of this strange state of affairs which throws a ray of light on the obscurity of our social future.” KnowsMenLooksStatesLightThreeSocialCausesDestinyEconomicStrangeHundredDirectRelationAffairJewRaysContinentsObscuritySuccessorsRays Of Light Author:Walther Rathenau
“I think that social media is a really good way to stay in touch with the people who are following you, and I think it's nice to have that very direct relationship with them - you don't necessarily need a middleman or woman. A lot of people, when I meet them, I recognize them by their profile pictures.” PeopleThinkingWayNeedsSocialNiceMediaDirectFollowingSocial MediaGood WayProfileMiddlemen Author:Tove Styrke
“Social Democracy preached against capitalism for half a century. After the November revolution the Reds had the opportunity to direct capitalism into the proper paths: but nothing happened!” OpportunitySocialHalfDemocracyPathHappenedCenturyRevolutionCapitalismDirectNovemberHalf A CenturySocial Democracy Author:Julius Streicher
“Like so many empires before it, the Soviet Union eventually imploded and fragmented, falling victim not so much to a direct military defeat as to disintegration accelerated by economic and social strains.” FallSocialEconomicMilitaryDirectVictimUnionsDefeatEmpiresSovietSoviet UnionStrainFragmentedDisintegration Book:The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy And Its Geostrategic Imperatives Source: The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy And Its Geostrategic Imperatives
“Modern Anarcho-Syndicalism is a direct continuation of those social aspirations which took shape in the bosom of the First International and which were best understood and most strongly held by the libertarian wing of the great workers' alliance.” FirstsSocialModernShapesUnderstoodDirectWingsWorkersInternationalLibertarianAspirationGreat WorkAlliancesBosomsContinuation Book:Anarcho-Syndicalism: Theory and Practice Source: Anarcho-Syndicalism: Theory and Practice
“The trade union movement represents the organized economic power of the workers... It is in reality the most potent and the most direct social insurance the workers can establish.” RealitySocialEconomicMovementDirectOrganizationTradeUnionsWorkersOrganizedLabor UnionEconomic PowerTrade UnionsUnion Solidarity Author:Samuel Gompers
“I sometimes think humor and satire are more effective techniques for expressing social statements than direct comment.” ThinkingSometimesSocialDirectTechniqueStatementsSatireComment Author:Kristin Hunter
“As the antagonism between those who possess, and those who do not, is becoming more acute day after day, we can already foresee a moment when it will bring about ("entraînera", Fr.) severe (big, high, intense, - "grands", Fr.) disasters, if we do turn (direct, aim, - "dirige", Fr.) life in time the social life in new directions (or ways, - "dans des voies nouvelles", Fr.)” IfsWayMomentsBigsTurnsSocialBecomingDirectAimDisasterIntenseSevereSocial LifeBecoming MoreAntagonismNew Directions Author:African Spir
“Modern cosmetic surgeons have a direct financial interest in a social role for women that requires them to feel ugly. They do not simply advertise for a share of a market that already exists: Their advertisements create new markets. It is a boom industry because it is influentially placed to create its own demand through the pairing of text with ads in women's magazines. The industry takes out ads and gets coverage; women get cut open. They pay their money and they takes their chances. As surgeons grow richer, they are able to command larger and brighter ad spaces.” FeelsAbleSocialGrowsInterestChanceSpacePayRolesCuttingShareModernIndustryDemandDirectFinancialUglyCommandMagazinesAdsBrighterSurgeonsCoverageAdvertisementsCosmeticsSocial Roles Author:Naomi Wolf
“Clothing, right from our first direct evidence twenty thousand years ago, has been the handiest solution to conveying social messages visually, silently, continuously.” YearsFirstsHas BeensSocialThousandMessagesClothesSolutionsEvidenceYears AgoDirectTwentiesClothingsThousand YearsConveying Author:E. J. W. Barber