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I may be a homeless, old man, but that doesn't make me worthless.
— Shannon A. Thompson
Most Americans watch Friends rather than having friends.
— Robert Putnam
Social capital may turn out to be a prerequisite for, rather than a consequence of, effective computer-mediated communication.
— Robert D. Putnam
People divorced from community, occupation, and association are first and foremost among the supporters of extremism.
— Robert D. Putnam
Social dislocation can easily breed a reactionary form of nostalgia.
— Robert D. Putnam
Our national myths often exaggerate the role of the individual heroes and understate the importance of collective effort.
— Robert D. Putnam
One comforting thing about the Trump White House is that you aren't forced to choose between malice and incompetence.
— Garry Kasparov
Slavery was, in fact, a social system designed to destroy social capital among slaves and between slaves and freemen.
— Robert D. Putnam
TV-based politics is to political action as watching ER is to saving someone in distress.
— Robert D. Putnam
None of the people watching 'Big Brother' will bring you chicken soup if you get sick.
— Robert D. Putnam
Ultimately, it isn't your knowledge that makes the choice: it is your values and your will to be faithful to your values.
— Ilchi Lee
There's lots of different feminist groups. It's not as straightforward as just looking like a plumber.
— Jo Brand
no matter how far you travelled, you couldn't leave behind the fears and regrets and grievances that cluttered up the cargo hold of your mind.
— Terry Pratchett
Young Americans are dropping out of religion at an alarming rate of five to six times the historic rate.
— Robert D. Putnam
Nothing big ever came from being small.
— William J. Clinton
How well you do in life shouldn't depend on how well your parents did.
— Robert D. Putnam
People may go to the library looking mainly for information, but they find each other there.
— Robert D. Putnam
Let me have my dreams but not what I dream of.
— James Richardson
Among novelists I know, no one is more ambitious than I am.
— Jonathan Franzen