Part of the irony of religion’s role is that in strengthening micro bonds between individuals, religion contributes to within-group homogeneity, heightens isolation from different groups, and reduces the opportunity for the formation of macro bonds...
It's really difficult to maintain a credible career as you jump from age group to age group and suddenly you're not the flavor of the month anymore; you're not in demand.
When we parted I had written everything for the group. My leaving sort of evened things out within the group.
Religion is often just tribalism: pride in a group one was born into, a group that is often believed to have 'God' on its side.
We humans are really good at forming groups to compete, and then dissolving the groups and reforming them along different lines to compete in a different way.
People put stock in someone being in a 'girl group,' but we don't say that a band is a 'man group.'
A committee is a group of people who individually can do nothing, but who, as a group, can meet and decide that nothing can be done.
On a group of theories one can found a school; but on a group of values one can found a culture.
I don't believe any particular ethnic group is smarter than any other group.
We are drawn to artists who tell us that art is difficult to do and takes a spiritual effort, because we are still puritan enough to respect a strenuous spiritual effort.
it may be a superhuman effort to lose oneself so completely, but that’s nothing compared to the effort of getting oneself back again
But understanding will always require some effort. You probably wouldn't admire a friend who was good at everything if it cost her no effort.
Neither my sexuality or my efforts or lack of effort on the football field make up the whole sum of me.
There are major efforts being made to dismantle Social Security, the public schools, the post office - anything that benefits the population has to be dismantled. Efforts against the U.S. Postal Service are particularly surreal.
In 1967, the world health community launched a global effort to eradicate smallpox. It took a coordinated, worldwide effort, required the commitment of every government, and cost $130 million dollars. By 1977, smallpox had disappeared.
The hours, minutes and seconds stand as visible reminders that your effort put them all there. Preserve until your next run, when the watch lets you see how Impermanent your efforts are.
Were there contacts over time between Iraq and al-Qaeda? Yes, there were efforts made to communicate. We found no evidence of collaboration in any effort to mount any kind of operation against the United States' interests.
A group experience takes place on a lower level of consciousness than the experience of an individual. This is due to the fact that, when many people gather together to share one common emotion, the total psyche emerging from the group is below the l...
Who is in charge? Is it taxpayers or is it the special interest groups?
I think actors are divided into two groups: one that wants to be an actor to become famous and rich, and the other that wants to be an actor because they have to be. I'm more in the second group.
I had my group of friends, you know, like my real group of friends, and then I had, like, party friends.
