C. Wright Mills Quotes
The ideals of liberalism have been divorced from any realities of modern social structure that might serve as the means of their realization. ... The detachment of liberalism from the facts of a going society make it an excellent mask for those who do not, cannot, or will not do what would have to be done to realize its ideals.
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Wanted: a man who will not lose his individuality in a crowd, a man who has the courage of his convictions, who is not afraid to say 'No,' though all the world say 'Yes.'
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I do get approached occasionally, but not a ton. I'm unrecognizable because I'm coated in cat hair and sweat. And there's a sort of yeti quality to my presence... so I don't think that people can see the face.
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It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.
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Greetings and death to our enemies.
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He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.
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My parents immigrated from Italy and spent 40 days and 40 stinking nights on a boat so we didn't have to eat things like gizzards.
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The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
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I would literally have to go meet people so they could see I didn't have big red hair and wear high heels constantly. It was just really ingrained in people.
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You can give some kind of spark of life to a comic that a photograph doesn't really have. A photograph, even if it's connecting with you, it seems very dead on the page sometimes.
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I've always been interested in strange foods, coming from all different places.
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Disease and ill health are caused largely by damage at the molecular and cellular level, yet today's surgical tools are too large to deal with that kind of problem.
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It's such an honor to do this job because I love it. And I get to work outside, and what can beat that?
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My work always presents problems in our society. Those problems may be anything from injustice to freedom, and everything related to humanity.
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I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
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When I'm at home, I just run all the time, you know; I get up, and I go pretty much four days a week outdoors. I go in the canyons around L.A., Malibu - just around L.A. there's a lot of different spots.
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When I am in Egypt, I am along for the ride - I am a privileged outsider, but an outsider nonetheless.
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When somebody wants me to sign an old picture, it's like looking at another person.
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All you needed back then was a blow dryer and a dream.
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Animals, these beings trappedAs I am trapped but not, themselves, the trap,Aging, but without knowledge of their age,Kept safe here, knowing not of death, for death- Oh, bars of my own body, open, open!The world goes by my cage and never sees me.
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I'm a huge planner, more and more so as the years go by.
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I love that vein which uses sci-fi to address society's problems. It is the same when you have useful nightmares - things morph, and you get to confront issues in your dreams.
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Let them be reassured, it has never been one of our intentions to ban religion in society, but solely to protect the national education system from any conspicuous display of religious affiliation.
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The most challenging project I've ever done, I think, is every single thing I've ever tried to do. It's never easy.
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The ideals of liberalism have been divorced from any realities of modern social structure that might serve as the means of their realization. ... The detachment of liberalism from the facts of a going society make it an excellent mask for those who do not, cannot, or will not do what would have to be done to realize its ideals.
