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A corporation is organized as a system - it has this department, that department, that department... they don't have any meaning separately; they only can function together. And also the body is a system. Society is a system in some sense. And so on.
David Bohm
Together
Sense
Society
Corporation
System
Some
Only
Also
Department
Any
Meaning
Body
Separately
Organized
Function
Similarly, thought is a system. That system not only includes thought and feelings, but it includes the state of the body; it includes the whole of society - as thought is passing back and forth between people in a process by which thought evolved from ancient times.
David Bohm
People
Thought
Feelings
Society
State
Back
System
Ancient
Ancient Times
Evolved
Similarly
Only
Between
Passing
Times
Process
Which
Forth
Body
Whole
This kind of overall way of thinking is not only a fertile source of new theoretical ideas: it is needed for the human mind to function in a generally harmonious way, which could in turn help to make possible an orderly and stable society.
David Bohm
Mind
Society
Thinking
Harmonious
Way
Possible
Kind
Only
Could
Generally
New
Overall
Ideas
Make
Source
Fertile
Stable
Human
Orderly
Which
Turn
Human Mind
Theoretical
Help
Function
Needed
The Enlightenment diamond-shaped society, with a huge, prosperous, socially-mobile, empowered middle class, is by far the most productive and creative system the world has ever seen.
David Brin
Class
Creative
World
Seen
Society
System
Prosperous
Most
Empowered
Huge
Middle
Middle Class
Far
Productive
Ever
Enlightenment
The political system is broken, the economy is broken and so is society. That is why people are so depressed about the state of our country.
David Cameron
Broken
People
Political
Country
Society
State
Our
System
About
Economy
Political System
Depressed
Why
I tend to look at potential investments from the standpoint of whether it is a valuable contribution to society.
David Cheriton
Valuable
Society
Potential
Tend
Investments
Look
Contribution
Whether
Standpoint
I think I'd be a really good dad. So perhaps I'm doing society a disservice by not having as many kids as possible.
David Cross
Good
Think
Society
Disservice
Kids
Possible
Having
Perhaps
Doing
Really
Many
Dad
Language has no independent existence apart from the people who use it. It is not an end in itself; it is a means to an end of understanding who you are and what society is like.
David Crystal
You
People
Language
Understanding
Society
Independent
Like
Existence
End
Itself
Apart
Means
Use
Who
Creativity is a game changer. That's true of society, in advertising and in life.
David Droga
Life
Game
Creativity
Society
True
Advertising
I don't want to sound too worthy here, but I want to do something that honestly contributes something positive to society.
David Droga
Positive
Society
Too
Honestly
Worthy
Something
Sound
Want
Here
Everyone should be tested. Whenever they have a check-up, they should test for HIV, because if we can get to a point in our society where everyone is automatically tested, nobody will fall through the net.
David Furnish
Will
Fall
Society
Everyone
Our
Net
Point
Through
Nobody
Because
Test
Tested
Get
HIV
Whenever
Where
Automatically
Should
I think if you have an opportunity to live by example and make people aware of positive changes in our society, I think it's a great thing.
David Furnish
Positive
Great
You
People
Opportunity
Example
Live
Think
Society
Changes
Our
Great Thing
Make
To Live By
Aware
Thing
I really just choose stories that are compelling, have interesting trends and characters, and hopefully say something larger about society.
David Grann
Society
Trends
Say
Characters
Hopefully
About
Something
Just
Stories
Interesting
Really
Choose
Larger
Compelling
We have to learn to become a new kind of entity on this world that has the maturity and the awareness to handle being a global species with the power to change our planet and use that power in a way that is conducive to the kind of global society we want to have.
David Grinspoon
Change
Maturity
World
Power
Become
Awareness
Society
Our
Way
Our Planet
Kind
Entity
New
Global
Learn
New Kind
Conducive
Handle
Being
Want
Planet
Use
Species
You'll often hear the left lecture about the importance of dissent in a free society.
David Harsanyi
You
Free
Free Society
Society
Dissent
About
Importance
Hear
Lecture
Left
Often
The podcast by 'The Kitchen Sisters' celebrates the staggering variety of a society of immigrants via its food, from the Sheepherders' Ball in Boise, Idaho, through the favoured cuisine of Emily Dickinson to the unbelievable rituals of the great rural barbecue.
David Hepworth
Food
Great
Society
Immigrants
Rural
Unbelievable
Variety
Emily
Emily Dickinson
Kitchen
Through
Rituals
Idaho
Ball
Cuisine
Sisters
Via
Staggering
Barbecue
Europeans say they are proud of their social fabric, of strong rights for workers and the weak in society.
David Korten
Rights
Strong
Society
Say
Weak
Fabric
Proud
Social
Workers
Social Fabric
Europeans
Our society's need for escapism has always interested me.
David Lloyd
Me
Society
Our
Always
Escapism
Interested
Need
It's upsetting to be a man in our society.
David Mamet
Man
Society
Our
Be A Man
Upsetting
We're all, whether we like it or not, gonna have to deal with bereavement at some point in our lives, and it's something I think, as a society, maybe we shy away from.
David Oyelowo
Think
Society
Our
Our Lives
Bereavement
Some
Something
Point
Like
Deal
Maybe
Whether
Gonna
Away
Lives
Shy
As intelligent and responsible filmmakers, working in a free society, we have a duty to ensure that our chosen medium is a force for good. Especially in this ever-more complex and difficult world.
David Puttnam
Good
World
Free
Free Society
Duty
Difficult
Society
Medium
Our
Complex
Ensure
Responsible
Force
Intelligent
Working
Chosen
Filmmakers
It's clear to me when you do private equity well, you're making companies more efficient and helping them grow and become more profitable. That success means our investors - such as public pension funds - benefit, which contributes to the economic wealth of society.
David Rubenstein
Success
Me
You
Wealth
Become
Society
Benefit
Our
Pension
More
Economic
Clear
Investors
Well
Making
Equity
Private
Efficient
Which
Public
Them
Means
Companies
Helping
Grow
Profitable
Funds
Racism, unfortunately, is part of the fabric of America's society.
David Scott
Racism
Society
Fabric
Part
America
Unfortunately
Sports - especially the NBA - function as a place where American society pretends to discuss and pretends to solve questions and historical agonies that can't possibly be solved within the realm of sports.
David Shields
Sports
Society
Possibly
Solve
Solved
Pretends
Within
Historical
Questions
Discuss
American
Where
Place
Realm
American Society
NBA
Function
The big question society will have to answer is whether it wants computers thinking like humans.
David Smith
Will
Big
Society
Thinking
Computers
Like
Answer
Question
Big Question
Wants
Whether
Humans
The first movie that made me cry was 'Dead Poets Society.' That one gets me. 'O Captain! My Captain!' That moment kills me.
David Walton
Me
Made
First
Society
Poets
Cry
Dead
Gets
Movie
Moment
Captain
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