C. Wright Mills Quotes
The very shaping of history now outpaces the ability of men to orient themselves in accordance with cherished values.
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I was a little hesitant at first because there's so many ways you can get 'Straight Outta Compton' wrong. You know, it's such a great story; it's such a classic tale. I was a little nervous 'cause it's like a very narrow road to success with that type of story - you got to get it right - but when I read it, I was pleasantly surprised.
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You really are being quite foolish to smoke.
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California has always led the way on environmental protection and always reaped the benefits, pioneering everything from catalytic convertors on cars to stationary source reduction.
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Surprisingly, I'm not a fan of guns or anything like that!
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I have no special talent, you know. I never took a writing course before I began to write.
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Africa is poor because its investors and its creditors are unspeakably rich.
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I have been doing so much. Speaking engagements... producing... developing a half-hour sitcom... working on a movie... leading acting workshops all over the world... and hosting 'My Black Is Beautiful,' an empowerment TV show I'm doing on BET for women.
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New Zealanders have conventions and pleasantries, but we are direct. We are encouraged to be transparent with our behavior and not to employ passive aggression.
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You don't drown by falling into water. You only drown if you stay there.
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He is very upbeat but we hear that all the time from just about any athlete.
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He's this amazing ambassador for all superheroes. What we've made as a film not only examines that but is also an amazing adventure story. It's been an honor to work on. As a comic book fan, Superman is like the Rosetta Stone of all superheroes.
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Listen to the sounds of nature. Wishing you the best on your trek towards your dreams.
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We all know funny people who can't get it down on the page - even funny writers who can't get it down on the page.
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We love Popsicle in our house. Nick could probably down a whole box in one sitting; he's obsessed with the sugar free box, and I'm just obsessed with the classic.
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As far as how much you listen to the audience, you listen to them when they really hate something.
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With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world.
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I never desperately wanted to be a jazz drummer. If anything, I was motivated a lot by fear. Fear of the conductor, fear of the future.
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I won't name any names, but I've done a couple of shows where once the pilot got picked up, the creators openly said, 'I have no idea where we're going.'
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How much better it is to see men live exactly than to hear them argue with subtlety!
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Iraq assumes responsibility for its own future... They have got to step up.
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When you have demonization of a group of people, it's easy to clump them all together and not understand them.
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You cannot fail unless you quit.
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I would not waste time, as Senator Gillibrand does, on things such as dictating a national minimum driving age and sponsoring a 'National Day of Play.' I'd help New Yorkers understand that we get less in value from Washington than what we send there in taxes.
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The very shaping of history now outpaces the ability of men to orient themselves in accordance with cherished values.
