Quotes 121 till 136 of 136.
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These men have replaced mind with platitude, and the dogmas by which they are legitimated are so widely accepted that no counterbalance of mind prevails against them. They have replaced the responsible interpretation of events with the disguise of events by a maze of public relations.
Source: The Power Elite (1956) -
To look at the cross-section of any plan of a big city is to look at something like the section of a fibrous tumor.
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To really belong, we have got, first, to get it clear with ourselves that we do not belong and do not want to belong to an unfree world. As free men and women we have got to reject much of it and to know why we are rejecting it.
Source: Letters & Autobiographical Writings (1954) -
Toleration and liberty are the foundations of a great republic.
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We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee.
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Well, now that he's finished one building, he'll go write four books about it.
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What ordinary men are directly aware of and what they try to do are bounded by the private orbits in which they live; their visions and their powers are limited.
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When I put something on, and I stand up much straighter, that's when I love to wear clothes.
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When I started out, even though you had your rhythm section, they were big horn sections, strings, live people laying on every part of the floor in the studio waiting for their chance to get on that one little track.
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When white-collar people get jobs, they sell not only their time and energy, but their personalities as well. They sell by the week, or month, their smiles and their kindly gestures, and they must practice that prompt repression of resentment and aggression.
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When you start so young working, you build a hunger for acting, working, and a busy life.
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You can be on holiday abroad, in a tiny village in the middle of nowhere, and someone will recognise you, and you just think, How far has this spread?
Source: How Bonnie charmed Harry, Charlotte Methven, Daily Mail, 12th December 2009 -
You can't have everything. Where would you put it?
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You get to an age where you get tired of hiding behind whatever people think is correct.
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Youth is a quality, not a matter of circumstances.
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An expert is a man who has stopped thinking - he knows!
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