“But the further step, by means of which a civilization is given its quality or culture, is only attained by a process of cellular division, in the course of which the individual is differentiated, made distinct from and independent of the parent group.” MeanMadeCultureCoursesIndividualGivenProcessParentQualityStepsGroupsCivilizationIndependentDivisionCellular Book:Selected writings: poetry and criticism Source: Selected writings: poetry and criticism
“If ... we choose a group of social phenomena with no antecedent knowledge of the causation or absence of causation among them, then the calculation of correlation coefficients, total or partial, will not advance us a step toward evaluating the importance of the causes at work.” IfsSocialCausesStepsGroupsImportanceAbsenceStatisticsCalculationsCorrelationCausation Author:Ronald Fisher
“To play a specifically gay event for me is a backwards step. I don't want to play gay events because I don't want anybody coming to the show thinking that they're not part of the group.” ThinkingWantPlayShowsStepsGroupsEventsGayBackwards Author:Jason Sellards
“It is important to understand that there are two separate battles taking place in Iraq: there is the political rift between the Sunnis, Shia and the Kurds and there is a foreign extremist group - ISIS - trying to take advantage of the political environment through violence. If the Iraqis can resolve their political differences, it will be far more difficult for ISIS to thrive. Moving forward, we should continue to evaluate additional steps to help combat ISIS as we see what the Iraqis are willing to do politically, but we must also firmly guard against mission creep.” IfsShouldTryingTwoImportantHelpingMovingPoliticalDifficultDifferencesStepsEnvironmentViolenceGroupsMilitaryWillingBattleAdvantageIraqMissionsMoving ForwardThriveResolveCombatIsisCreepsEvaluateExtremistKurdsShiaRiftPolitical EnvironmentPolitical DifferencesExtremist Groups Author:David Adam Smith
“It's a group of guys that put their mind to going out and playing great football. Everybody that needed to step up, stepped up. Everybody that needed to make a play, made a play and that's what it's all about.” MindMadePlayGuyStepsGroupsFootballNeededGoing OutStep UpGreat Football Author:Kurt Warner
“It's no accident that most self-help groups use 'anonymous' in their names; to Americans, the first step toward redemption is a ritual wiping out of the self, followed by the construction of a new one.” FirstsSelfHelpingUseNamesStepsGroupsSelf HelpAccidentsRedemptionRitualConstructionFirst StepsWiping Out Author:Walter Kirn