C. Wright Mills Quotes

People with advantages are loath to believe that they just happen to be people with advantages.

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• There's a perception out there that the U.K. has become unfriendly to immigrants. Even if that isn't true, the very fact that that is the perception will make people not even want to come.

  

  Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
  • People
  • True
  • Perception

• My dad has totally taken my Cat Stevens T-shirt, but it's OK; I have his Black Flag one, and that's amazing.

  

  Zoe Kravitz
  • Black
  • Dad
  • Amazing

• We can't continue with a justice of vengeance. Peace will require us to accept a certain degree of impunity; it's inevitable.

  

  Ingrid Betancourt
  • Peace
  • Justice
  • Accept

• We have to surmount the difficulties that face us and work steadfastly for the happiness and prosperity of our country.

  

  Lal Bahadur Shastri
  • Work
  • Country
  • Happiness

• All my life I had feared to-morrow, until I decided to have faith and to live to-day in courage.

  

  Vash Young
  • Life
  • Live
  • Faith

• I never did a dirty armpit. You can look dirty, but you can't be dirty.

  

  Kate Moss
  • You
  • Never
  • Look

• Big Business can make laws as easily as it can break them - and with as little impunity.

  

  Ralph Chaplin
  • Business
  • Break
  • Laws

• Our universities also have a lot of foreign students. Are we going to ban them access because in their culture there's a certain type of clothing?

  

  Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
  • Culture
  • Students
  • Clothing

• Self-preservation is the first law of nature.

  

  Samuel Butler
  • Nature
  • Law
  • First

• Trust is the lubrication that makes it possible for organizations to work.

  

  Warren Bennis
  • Work
  • Business
  • Trust

• Being the vice-captain, you see a lot of things on the field. You have to try and help the captain as much as you can and lead by example on the field. Small things like getting a run-out or taking a catch makes the other boys try and lift their standards. So yes, I do have an important role, even if I'm not captain.

  

  Yuvraj Singh
  • Important
  • Help
  • Small

• My weaknesses are my jumps. The reason is that although I land them in practice, when I actually compete or perform, I should let my body go and stabilize my mind better. Also, I need to work on not letting negative thoughts and emotions get to me on the ice.

  

  Oksana Baiul
  • Work
  • Mind
  • Practice

• Obviously it's more fun having my teammates there and having all that camaraderie, but individual workouts are not a loss.

  

  D'Brickashaw Ferguson
  • Fun
  • Loss
  • Teammates

• I needed to take a break from performing, and from the Peas, to be happy. I craved female time, and time with my husband to feed my soul. My life now is about being balanced. I'm passionate about work and working out, seeing friends and family, and letting my hair down once in a while.

  

  Fergie The Black Eyed Peas
  • Work
  • Family
  • Soul

• The whole point of music is being able to share your story. I've been songwriting for a long time, usually while on the road, as a way to get my feelings out.

  

  Camila Cabello Fifth Harmony
  • Time
  • Music
  • Long

• I can see through almost any scam, especially one perpetrated by the federal government. I can see through it... they can't pull the wool over my eyes, it's absolutely freakin' impossible to pull the wool over my eyes about the government.

  

  Gary Coleman
  • Eyes
  • Government
  • Impossible

• It's a very Southern thing to be interested in dark stuff.

  

  Karin Slaughter
  • Dark
  • Very
  • Southern

• I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice.

  

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
  • Good
  • Great
  • Sacrifice

• I like to say that the one thing that all people who succeed in changing the world have in common is that they at least tried.

  

  Kevin Systrom
  • People
  • World

• My style has been pretty much like a newspaper. It's got politics in it, it's got media, sports, family relations, you know, all the sections you would expect, and wonderful religion things.

  

  Kate Clinton
  • Family
  • Pretty
  • Style

• Most people, even among those who know Shakespeare well and come into real contact with his mind, are inclined to isolate and exaggerate some one aspect of the tragic fact.

  

  Andrew Coyle Bradley
  • People
  • Mind
  • Real

• Well, I think there's a distinction between sexing-up the intelligence and sexing-up the presentation of the intelligence.

  

  John Major
  • Up

• There's just kind of a sweetness about Canadians. Americans are a little more pushy, I mean, in a way that I enjoy - they're basically pushy because of their enthusiasm - we're a lot clumsier than other people.

  

  Neko Case
  • People

• People with advantages are loath to believe that they just happen to be people with advantages.

  

  C. Wright Mills
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