"Power is not of a man. Wealth does not center in the person of the wealthy. Celebrity is not inherent in any personality. To be celebrated, to be wealthy, to have power requires access to major institutions."

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Source : C. Wright Mills (2000). “The Power Elite”, p.11, Oxford University Press

C. Wright Mills

#Men Quotes #Personality Quotes #Doe Quotes

“But usually I'll wake up and start writing about nine o'clock. I'll probably write for about three hours, and I'll do that over the next month and a half.”
“Most governments lie to each other. That's the way business gets done.”

Source : CNN interview, quoting in "Taliban-U.S. Talks ‘Very Preliminary,’ Defense Chief Says" by Catherine Larkin, www.bloomberg.com. June 19, 2011.
“When we ask American men and women in uniform to fight for this country and to defend this country's interest and then to send them overseas, there is no question we have an obligation to protect them and provide for their safety.”
“What if it were true that nature speaks in signs and that the secret to understanding its language consists in noticing similarities in shape or in form?”

Source : Jeremy Narby (1999). “The Cosmic Serpent”, p.37, Penguin
“Even today I meet people who think of me automatically as a tough, insensitive, coarse guy named Stanley Kowalski. They can't help it, but, it is troubling.”
“The real me is a southern girl with her Levis on and an open heart. Wish I could save the world, like I was super girl.”
“Discussion in America means dissent.”
“Iâ€™ve always wondered why love has to be so full of conflict and strife. Why canâ€™t love be simple? Why canâ€™t it just be as pure as two people who realize that they canâ€™t live as well, or as happily, apart as they can together?”

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