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The life-fate of the modern individual depends not only upon the f

The life-fate of the modern individual depends not only upon the family into which he was born or which he enters by marriage, but increasingly upon the corporation in which he spends the most alert hours of his best years. – C. Wright Mills

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Each of the professions means a prejudice. The necessity for a career forces every one to take sides. We live in the age of the overworked, and the under-educated; the age in which people are so industrious that they become absolutely stupid. – Oscar Wilde

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There is no way to penetrate the surface of life but by attacking it earnestly at a particular point. – Charles Horton Cooley

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Sweetest Lord, make me appreciative of the dignity of my high vocation, and its many responsibilities. Never permit me to disgrace it by giving way to coldness, unkindness, or impatience. – Mother Theresa

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People dont choose their careers; they are engulfed by them. – John Dos Passos

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