C. Wright Mills Quotes

Seldom aware of the intricate connection between the patterns of their own lives and the course of world history, ordinary people do not usually know what this connection means for the kind of people they are becoming and for the kind of history-making in which they might take part.

C. Wright Mills

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Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.

Walter Scott
- Time
- Age
- Cheer
Drama school introduced me to a world I had no idea about. I wasn't brought up in a literary household at all.

Imelda Staunton
- World
- School
- Drama
It is the function of the President, representing the executive principle, to execute the laws.

Garet Garrett
- President
- Laws
- Principle
I'd known that the visit would be highly scripted and that genuine interactions with citizens wouldn't be possible, since it's illegal for them to speak with foreigners. Still, I'd thought I'd had a unique look at North Korea, only to discover I was wrong.

Adam Johnson
- Thought
- Unique
- Speak
Usually I trundle about in trainers and baggy jeans, looking about as attractive as a potato.

Gail Porter
- Looking
- Jeans
- Potato
I'm the guy that has written at great length about exactly how we should profoundly reform Social Security. If I were afraid of going after entitlements, I wouldn't have done that, I wouldn't have put Medicaid reform in this budget, I wouldn't have called for the reductions in spending, which people will scream about, but I think are necessary.

Pat Toomey
- People
- Great
- Done