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The nomads' egalitarian lifestyle astonished the Greeks, who kept their own women indoors weaving and minding children. The exotic Scythian lifestyle fueled the Greek imagination and led to an outpouring of myths about fierce Amazons, 'the equals of men.'

~Adrienne Mayor

Topics: About Astonished Children Egalitarian Equals Exotic Fierce Fueled Greek Greeks Imagination Indoors Kept Led Lifestyle Men Minding Myths Own Weaving Who Women

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I think the key to the whole appeal of Amazons is the egalitarian society. There was once a time and place where equality was taken for granted - it was logical and necessary - and I think most people can get the message that if it happened once, it could happen again.

~Adrienne Mayor

Topics: Again Appeal Could Egalitarian Equality Get Granted Happen Happened Key Logical Message Most Necessary Once People Place Society Taken Taken For Granted Think Time Where Whole I Think

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Like many works of literature, Hollywood chooses for its villains people who strive for social dominance through the pursuit of wealth, prestige, and power. But the ordinary business of capitalism is much more egalitarian: It's about finding meaning and enjoyment in work and production.

~Alex Tabarrok

Topics: About Business Capitalism Chooses Dominance Egalitarian Enjoyment Finding Hollywood Like Literature Many Meaning More Much Ordinary People Power Prestige Production Pursuit Social Strive Through Villains Wealth Who Work Works

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Particularly during the late 1960s, a large number of American skyjackers earnestly believed that Fidel Castro's Cuba was an egalitarian, post-racial utopia.

~Brendan I. Koerner

Topics: American Believed Castro Cuba Earnestly Egalitarian Large Large Number Late Number Particularly Utopia 1960S

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Feudal societies don't create great cinema; we have great theatre. The egalitarian societies create great cinema. The Americans, the French. Because equality is sort of what the cinema deals with. It deals with stories which don't fall into 'Everybody in their place and who's who,' and all that. But the theatre's full of that.

~Brian Cox

Topics: American Because Cinema Create Deals Egalitarian Equality Everybody Fall Feudal French Full Great Place Societies Sort Stories Theatre Which Who

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Everyone knows that the broadband era will breed a new generation of online services, but this is only half of the story. Like any innovation, broadband will inflict major changes on its environment. It will destroy, once and for all, the egalitarian vision of the Internet.

~Charles Platt

Topics: Any Breed Broadband Changes Destroy Egalitarian Environment Era Everyone Generation Half Inflict Innovation Internet Knows Like Major New New Generation Once Online Only Services Story Vision Will

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It's more egalitarian on the Internet - anyone can put anything up. But in terms of the money it takes to allow a band to get good, there's less of it to invest.

~Chris Martin

Topics: Allow Anyone Anything Band Egalitarian Get Good Internet Invest Less Money More Put Takes Terms Up

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The idea of the peace movement and of people who spent their entire lives trying to have a more egalitarian, just society, suddenly became swamped by the record industry, by the new rock and roll culture, and by the idea of not trusting anyone over thirty.

~David Amram

Topics: Anyone Became Culture Egalitarian Entire Entire Lives Idea Industry Just Lives More Movement New Over Peace People Record Rock Rock And Roll Roll Society Spent Suddenly Thirty Trusting Trying Who

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How do you spell the name of the Irish prime minister? It sounds like 'teeshuck', but we spell it 'taoiseach.' We respect foreign spellings these days - a sign of our more egalitarian times, perhaps.

~David Crystal

Topics: Days Egalitarian Foreign How Irish Like Minister More Name Our Perhaps Prime Prime Minister Respect Sign Sounds Spell Times You

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Cyberspace is - or can be - a good, friendly and egalitarian place to meet.

~Douglas Adams

Topics: Cyberspace Egalitarian Friendly Good Meet Place

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