"What is different in capitalist civilization has been two things. First, the process of meritocracy has been proclaimed as an official virtue instead of being merely a de facto reality. The culture has been different. And secondly, the percentage of the world's population for whom such ascent was possible has gone up. But even though it has grown up, meritocratic ascent remains very much the attribute of a minority."

-- Immanuel Wallerstein

#Reality Quotes #Civilization Quotes #Two Quotes

“I recommend my students not to be professional unless they really have to be. I tell them, 'If you love music, sell Hoovers or be a plumber. Do something useful with your life.'”
“No one sees themself as the villain in their story.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“I am the kind of person that if something scares me then I feel like have to do it. That's something I have to conquer. I need to break that fear and go to it.”
“Never ever want to be my daddy / All I ever didn't want to be, and I all I ever want to be is him”
“Oh, I'll never leave Montana, brother.”
“Sure enough at Oxford, I was another Yank half a step behind.”
“But when I do feel all the strength go out of me, and I fall to my knees beside the table and I think I cry, then, or at least I want to, and everything inside me screams for just one more kiss, one more word, one more glance, one more.”
“Hate is too mild of a word. But it's nothing personal, I don't think.”

You may also like:

Antonio Gramsci
Writer
Charles Tilly
Sociologist
Edward Said
Professor
Fernand Braudel
Historian
Joseph Stiglitz
Economist
Karl Marx
Philosopher
Karl Polanyi
Economic historian
Max Weber
Sociologist
Randall Collins