"Neither the life of an individual nor the history of a society can be understood without understanding both."

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Source : C. Wright Mills (2000). “The Sociological Imagination”, p.3, Oxford University Press

C. Wright Mills

#Anger Quotes #Understanding Quotes #Society Quotes

“Usually, if I'm coming to Europe, I'm on a boat for seven days, so I spend the seven days doing a bunch of things. I'll do cardio for an hour or an hour-and-a-half and weights, just light weights.”
“The very first tear he made was so deep that I thought it had gone right into my heart.”
“It takes courage to lead a life. Any life.”
“I think the thing is with a movie that has this much science fiction in it; you need characters who are more science fact, if you know what I mean, than they are human.”
“I was kind of a volatile personality, very intense. Because of that, I drew some criticism and people would say things about me, and my parents had tried to defend me. I would just tell them don't worry about it. Our day will come.”
“Basically, books were a luxury item before the printing press.”
“Margins on other sales and revenues grew as a result of the growth in extended service plan revenues, which have no associated cost of sales, and the growth in our service margin, reflecting improved overhead expense absorption.”
“After all there is something about a wedding-gown prettier than in any other gown in the world.”

Source : Douglas William Jerrold, Blanchard Jerrold (1859). “Specimens of Douglas Jerrold's wit: together with selections, chiefly from his contributions to journals, intended to illustrate his opinions”, p.28

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