I have social anxiety. It's easier up on stage because there's security in being there. When I'm off stage I'm trying not to be a manic freak. I'm quite shy.
Taming the financial markets and winning back democratic control over them is the central condition for creating a new social balance in Germany and Europe.
Skepticism is the agent of reason against organized irrationalism--and is therefore one of the keys to human social and civic decency.
I don't think there are as many usability issues as there are tactical or strategic decisions related to whether incorporating social networking into your site is going to help or hurt.
When I'm not in training. I'll walk around the streets at 153, but it's not solid; it's my socializing weight.
For a truly effective social campaign, a brand needs to embrace the first principles of marketing, which involves brand definition and consistent storytelling.
Since most corporate competitors have the same problems with sustainability and social reputation, it's worth trying to solve them together.
The only differences one can and should allow in socialism are between hard working people and idlers and between honest people and dishonest people.
I'm not saying that people on welfare don't contribute in their own way, but as many as possible should be encouraged to be economically active as well as socially and culturally active.
Autistic children are extremely bright if you can connect to them and bring them into our world. Socially it's really hard for them, but it can happen.
A public role endures for the literary high-command, as sages and seers, speaking out on social and political issues.
Our own relentless search for novelty and social status locks us into an iron cage of consumerism. Affluence has itself betrayed us.
does a society exist where it's become acceptable to wear 'helmets' enclosing one's entire head when in public to preempt social interaction
What we're always looking for is weird social issues and weird connections to make. Luckily for them, there's no shortage of material.
I cannot say that I write with any social objective. One writes because one loves writing, really.
What was really interesting to me about 'The Telegarden' was this idea of connecting the physical world, the natural world, and the social world through the Internet.
Attention is the way social primates measure status. It is highly rewarding because it causes the release of brain chemicals such as dopamine and endorphins.
Successful cult memes induce intense social interaction behaviour between cult members. This trips the attention detectors.
There's always the tendency to transform the Church into an ethical agency, and of measuring the Church by the yardstick of social and cultural utility.
The key to social engineering is influencing a person to do something that allows the hacker to gain access to information or your network.
There are some circles in America where it seems to be more socially acceptable to carry a hand-gun than a packet of cigarettes.
