I tend to see – socially, I don’t tend to be myself in a male role. I don’t know any other way to put it.
I don’t fit into a group very well socially. And that might be reflected in my music.
I don’t think that genius goes hand in hand with being socially inept or being a sociopath or being a misanthrope, but I do think that it is a mind that can think so differently – so beyond how one is supposed to think.
Scratch the surface of what’s socially normal. I suppose in some way all of us have something we display to the public and things we feel too ashamed of or uncomfortable with to reveal to other people.
It is morally, politically and socially wrong for business as business or labor as labor to participate directly in politics.
It turns out that the most powerful use of technology is to connect people together socially.
Healthy marriages are the ones between a man and a woman because they can have a healthy family, and they can raise children in a way that’s best for their future, not only socially but psychologically, economically, from a health perspective.
Sometimes I feel a bit socially disconnected in terms of being a little bit gullible about how people interrelate emotionally.
I see it as this: I send my kids to school not only to learn how to read and write and do math, but also to develop socially. So if there’s a negative interaction between my child and another child, what I want to know is, how was it handled, what lessons came out of it, and, of course, is my child okay?
I grew up with a sense of music being a very spiritual experience while playing in church and with parents who were socially aware, always teaching me to look beyond the obvious in understanding how the world works.
I don’t really have loads of friends – three or four who are close. The thing that I love the most is playing with my band, and with everything else I feel kind of uncomfortable. I don’t think I’m socially awkward. I just prefer being behind a piano.
Not all artists have a responsibility to be socially or politically aware, but they do have a responsibility to make great art. They have to find some truth and put that in their music.
We need to tackle extreme inequality because it is morally indefensible and socially corrosive – undermining our health, affecting our well-being, and undermining peaceful societies.
It is true that some liberals and humanists, along with the laid-back Danes, deny the existence of evil. This is largely because they regard the word ‘evil’ as a device for demonising those who are really nothing more than socially unfortunate.
My wife and I will often have conversations about ‘Good Times’ and ‘The Jeffersons’ and ‘Sanford and Son.’ They were doing incredible stuff that was very funny but also very socially conscious.
Blackness better defines who I am philosophically and socially than whiteness does.
And one way that many women can feel like they’re more protected is to be successful on their own, to be financially and socially independent, and that way they’re not going to be relying on the will of men.
I’ve never really understood people who climb socially by sucking up. It seems like the least efficient way to climb, and also the most psychologically debilitating.
Living my life socially means there is a swagger to how I dress, walk; it’s not about being ‘cool,’ it’s just being me – that’s understanding your place and your center – that’s what swagger is, and I guess that’s where the soul comes from.
The most impactful way consumers can assert their power is to become mindful shoppers, giving their dollars only to socially responsible companies. In today’s world of social media and smart phones, this is easy to do.
In Japan, full-time homemakers have no economic power of their own, and they socially lead a faceless, anonymous existence.
In my experience, scientists are not always the most socially adjusted people, and may have habits and fascinations outside of their work that others might consider odd.
