C. Wright Mills Quotes
Nobody talks more of free enterprise and competition and of the best man winning than the man who inherited his father's store or farm.
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Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another.
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Of course, we all watch James Bond with envy - knowing the U.S. government would never pay for the lifestyle he enjoys.
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Billy Jean King could not get credit when her husband was in law school and she was winning the Wimbledon, because he had to sign the cards. You know, you had these cases in the '70s of women who were mayors who couldn't get credit unless their husbands signed for them.
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Often I play, especially on television, a lot of smart lawyer people and cerebral types.
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There is no problem that is not improved by effort, and no effort that is too paltry to be worth undertaking.
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By admitting your inadequacies, you show that you're self-aware enough to know your areas for improvement - and secure enough to be open about them.
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When I began I thought that literature was contained within a bubble that somehow floated above the world commented upon by newspapers. But I became more and more interested in trying to include some of that world within my work.
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I love stories about two people who are doing illegal things, who we really enjoy watching despite the fact that we know they are doomed in some way.
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There's too much insecurity on studio sets, with all the people standing around, whispering.
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I realized in the early days I just didn't edit at all. But I think you become a little more cagey with your lyrics when you know more people are going to hear them and make assumptions about you as a person. Realizing that, you want to be a little more opaque.
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Saudi had been a very restricted place. Even on the magazines there, if there was a little leg or cleavage showing, they used to blacken it with a black mark. Me and Ishmeet, so many times, had tried to remove the black portion with our spit, but of course, it would never come out.
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Dried porcini add a substantial, deep flavour to otherwise more neutral vegetables. I use them in risottos, mashed roots and winter soups.
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It's great fun to play with a really good band.
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I don't know how I got involved in 'Celebrity Wife Swap.' It came from my agent Hugh. He got the opportunity for me.
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People's lives change dramatically over such a long time period, and I think that if you're still vital, and you're still interested in writing and things like that, of course your music evolves and reflects where you are in your life.
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We will fight and defend my good name in the European court. We have to be strong and defend Ukraine from this authoritarianism.
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I think it is all about finding ways to challenge yourself.
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Never respect men merely for their riches, but rather for their philanthropy; we do not value the sun for its height, but for its use.
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I didn't want to be a writer. First I wanted to act, and then I wanted to be a painter like my big sister.
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War is not a thing one wants.
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Today I must humbly thank Providence, whose grace has enabled me, who was once an unknown soldier in the War, to bring to a successful issue the struggle for the restoration of our honor and rights as a nation.
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The cooperative, creative, and flexible parts of your children reside in the joyful part of their brain.
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Nobody talks more of free enterprise and competition and of the best man winning than the man who inherited his father's store or farm.
