A Quote by C. Wright Mills

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.

C. Wright Mills

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C. Wright Mills
American - Sociologist
August 28, 1916 - March 20, 1962

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