Cassadee Pope

I always felt different because I didn't pick one specific clique or group to be a part of, and I didn't choose one thing to be. I cheered, sang in chorus, was in student government, played in rock bands, went to dirt races in western PA... My interests have always been diverse.

American Musician

John Cusack

I was never into the popular school or clique or anything. Then I started doing movies when I was in high school, so then I got popular. Then the girls paid attention to you who didn't before.

American Actor

Katy Perry

I was never really attached to a clique, and I wanted to be in all the different groups; I was never a one-group kind of person. I think that's still part of my personality today.

Aimee Teegarden

I don't know if I've ever been in a clique. The older I've gotten, the more I've realized what a true friend really is. So my friendship circle has changed a bit.

American Actress

Ric Ocasek

The most important thing to a lot of people, is to belong to something that's hip or whatever. To be a part of something that's not society, just a clique.

Musician

Tom Waits

I didn't really want to be part of a clique or a niche. But I also was looking for my own voice, as a writer, y'know? And a world I could call my own.

Lucy Hale

I don't really believe in cliques - I think everyone can be friends with everyone.

John Bercow

I've never been much given to little social cliques.

British Politician

Janel Parrish

Kate Bosworth

Clique suggests a group is exclusive and possibly unwelcoming to new members.

Exclusivity

'Clique' often refers to a small, select group of people.

Small Size

The word 'clique' can carry a negative tone, hinting at snobbery or exclusion.

Negative Connotation

Cliques can give an impression of elitism, thinking they're better than others.

Elitism

In sociology, a clique is united by common goals or purposes.

Common Goals

Sociological cliques often wield influence within a larger group.

Influence

 anomaly and if a bunch of them agree the night let's go take a closer look and i just added up the stats about how much time people have spent on this you know and you know we look at everybody contributing us as an equal valued part because all those little data points are very very important to us but when you add up all their cliques and all the

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 Because maybe you didn't belong to a group or a clique. Maybe they decided to pick you last for basketball or everything. Maybe you used to bring bruises and broken teeth to show-and-tell, but never told, because how can you hold your ground if everyone around you wants to bury you beneath it? You have to believe that they were wrong.

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 in times when you're not around to help. Finally, in addition to nestedness, the networks are usually modular. This means that the species in a network are compartmentalized into modules of plants and animals that interact more with each other than with species in other modules. Think of them like social cliques.

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 someone to comment on it and then we follower that comment goes and look at the entire social graph that becomes activated and then trace back to see the relationship between that social graph and content very interesting structure becomes visible we call this a co-viewing clique a virtual living room

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 There were things that were sadly familiar, like hearing gunshots at night and the streets looking impoverished. But there were things that were also very different. Like when I started first grade, I noticed how the kids played in groups. In America, we call them "cliques."

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 that are formed. Social behaviors. But, you know, groups would form little cliques, males fighting with each other, mating groups and so forth. Quite interesting. You know, the way they raise revenue at this place, or places like this, is through these dolphin experiences,

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 and then we follow where that comment goes, and then look at the entire social graph that becomes activated and then trace back to see the relationship between that social graph and content, a very interesting structure becomes visible. We call this a co-viewing clique,

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 It makes us comfortable to be around people who are similar. The problem is when we're on a precipice, right? When we're in trouble, when we need new ideas, when we need new jobs, when we need new resources -- this is when we really pay a price for living in a clique.

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 doing what you're supposed to do oh good I'll go get at you flat out she go she gonna push you out shaman made me today relationships between inmates are a fact of life here ranging from cliques like Terrell's to romantic couples

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 it's more about the camaraderie than it is about the practicality of it when you got a herd of hundred and twenty horses that you've raised and bred you can kind of see the little cliques that they get

Clique

A small group of people who spend time together and do not allow others to join them.

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A tight group of people sharing a common interest or goal, often seen as elitist or exclusive.

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Exclusivity

Small Size

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