Quotes with class

Quotes 141 till 160 of 229.

  • A. Philip Randolph Salvation for a race, nation or class must come from within.
    A. Philip Randolph
    American labor unionist and civil rights activist (1889 - 1979)
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  • Cyril Connolly Slums may well be breeding-grounds of crime, but middle-class suburbs are incubators of apathy and delirium.
    Cyril Connolly
    British criticus (1903 - 1974)
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  • Bella Freud Somehow, stars have a lot of class if they are done right; they never have a shelf life.
    Bella Freud
    British fashion designer (1961 - )
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  • Henry David Thoreau Sometimes we are inclined to class those who are once-and-a-half witted with the half-witted, because we appreciate only a third part of their wit.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Malcolm Muggeridge St. Teresa of Avila described our life in this world as like a night at a second-class hotel.
    Malcolm Muggeridge
    British Broadcaster (1903 - 1990)
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  • Bill Nye Teaching creationism in science class as an alternative to evolution is inappropriate.
    Bill Nye
    American science communicator, television presenter (1955 - )
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  • Abdallah II Ten years ago I said, you know, my goal is to be able to get food on the table. What I'm trying to say by that is trying to create a vibrant, capable and effective middle class. The quicker and stronger that we can be able to do this, the easier it is for political reform to move forward.
    Abdallah II
    Jordan King (1962 - )
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  • Anna Julia Cooper The cause of freedom is not the cause of a race or a sect, a party or a class-it is the cause of human kind, the very birthright of humanity.
    Anna Julia Cooper
    American author, activist and sociologist (1858 - 1964)
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  • Caleb Deschanel The Chinese are brought up to believe that you should be silent in class. The teacher speaks, and you just listen and absorb what they say.
    Caleb Deschanel
    American cinematographer and director (1944 - )
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  • W. H. Auden The class distinctions proper to a democratic society are not those of rank or money, still less, as is apt to happen when these are abandoned, of race, but of age.
    W. H. Auden
    American poet (1907 - 1973)
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  • Alan Dundes The class has become over the years fairly large, running to three hundred or more, but I always insist upon reading all the student folklore collections myself. Although this is a tall order, I look forward to it because I learn so much from it.
    Alan Dundes
    American folklorist
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  • Stephen Leacock The classics are only primitive literature. They belong to the same class as primitive machinery and primitive music and primitive medicine.
    Stephen Leacock
    Canadian humorist and economist (1869 - 1944)
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  • Dorothy Nevill The commercial class has always mistrusted verbal brilliancy and wit, deeming such qualities, perhaps with some justice, frivolous and unprofitable.
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  • Carol Moseley Braun The fact is that the diversity in this political class serves the same interest as diversity in any arena, which is it stirs the competitive pot.
    Carol Moseley Braun
    American diplomat, politician, and lawyer (1947 - )
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  • Bernie Sanders The Fed has got to become a more democratic institution that is responsive to the needs of the middle class, not just Wall Street CEOs.
    Bernie Sanders
    American politician (1941 - )
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  • Bela Lugosi The former ruling class kept the community of actors in ignorance by means of various lies.
    Bela Lugosi
    Hungarian-American actor (1882 - 1956)
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  • Lord Arthur Balfour The General Strike has taught the working class more in four days than years of talking could have done.
    Lord Arthur Balfour
    British statesman (1848 - 1930)
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  • Gore Vidal The genius of our ruling class is that it has kept a majority of the people from ever questioning the inequity of a system where most people drudge along, paying heavy taxes for which they get nothing in return.
    Gore Vidal
    American writer and criticus (1925 - 2012)
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  • George Bernard Shaw The great secret, Eliza, is not having bad manners or good manners or any other particular sort of manners, but having the same manner for all human souls: in short, behaving as if you were in Heaven, where there are no third-class carriages, and one soul is as good as another.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Ben Kingsley The hierarchy of class in London was rigid. It was like a religion. It still is to a certain extent.
    Ben Kingsley
    English actor (1943 - )
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