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Class Quotes

Following graduation from high school in 1948, I attended Harvard University where I became a physics major. Having grown up in a small town, I found Harvard to be an enormously enriching experience. Students in my class came from all walks of life and from a great variety of geographical locations Picture Quote #1

In real life there are indeed black people who have been in the middle class for generations, but in entertainment it’s as if they don’t exist Picture Quote #1

If we didn’t have the Albanian entrepreneurial spirit and financial support from the diaspora, this stupid political class would have destroyed the country by now Picture Quote #1

Once you figure out something about the watershed, you’ll find out where the schools are going to hell, and the kids aren’t learning, and there is no money. Social issues, class issues, and environmental issues were all connected Picture Quote #1

I have a principle I often invoke in class: comfortable people don’t grow. Good teachers need to engage in the paradox of making students feel comfortable and uncomfortable in equal measure Picture Quote #1

China is a country, still, of great contrast. While hundreds of millions of people are part of the middle class and yearn for things made in America - American brands, movies, music - there are other hundreds of millions of people throughout China who are living on the equivalent of one U.S. dollar a day Picture Quote #1

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People were, in good faith perhaps, writing history books about the Indian working class, Indian peasantry, et cetera, and at no point did Communists make an entry, not even to be criticized. They were essentially being whitewashed from history Picture Quote #1

The fight still isn’t people of colour versus white. It’s the people versus the system built to keep us down. That’s the first line of the Constitution. And the system is manmade but is made of no man. Everyone, regardless of class, creed, culture and ethnicity can fight the system and help to break it down Picture Quote #1

Politics in Bolivia must combine social consciousness with professional competency. In my administration, intellectuals from the upper class can be cabinet ministers or ambassadors, as can members of Indian ethnic groups Picture Quote #1

We’re facing headwinds from Europe. Europe doing the right things here to stabilize their situation is important to our small businesses, our workers, the middle class here, and overall economy Picture Quote #1

For years, whenever I’d been travelling and came back to Copenhagen, I’d think: ‘People are so stylish.’ And it’s not any one class. It’s everyday life Picture Quote #1

Yanukovych has changed everything in Ukrainian jails - real criminals have been released, while representatives of the middle class and politically rebellious free-minded people have filled the prisons Picture Quote #1

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Linda Svendsen’s ‘Marine Life’ was important. I was nearly 22. Larry Mathews discussed the book in a creative writing class. We examined her stories, figured out how they worked Picture Quote #1

I’m not a prejudice person, and I’ve worked with many male legislators and some have been excellent for us, so I’m not speaking against a class of people Picture Quote #1

Spinning has been such an amazing part of my exercise. I love the music, the energy, and the sweat. It’s a tough class, which makes me feel like I’ve really accomplished something. It’s a great way to burn fat and lean out the body. An all-around win! Picture Quote #1

Sometimes I take this women’s exercise class called Core Fusion at a place called Exhale. I shouldn’t say it’s a women’s class. There’s maybe two men Picture Quote #1

I take a jazz class and I also take just a regular exercise class with a man who gives me acupressure treatments. It’s just stretching and elongating the muscles Picture Quote #1

We take our vitamins, we go to exercise class, we put on our seat belts. And then something blindsides us and gives the lie to our carefully constructed facade of safety Picture Quote #1

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I used to think that if I didn’t have time to do an hour long workout class, there wasn’t any point in exercising. But now, I make sure to do a little something every day: a brisk walk for 10 minutes, climbing stairs instead of taking the elevator. Then a few times a week, I do a longer workout Picture Quote #1

For simplicity one can think of the class as having one extra base at some point or other in the genetic message and the - class as having one too few Picture Quote #1

One thing we’re going to focus on is the middle class and the crushing prices and stagnant wages they’re facing. What motivates me is looking at my 3-year-old son and thinking about what we’re passing on to him and his future wife and their future kids Picture Quote #1

Everybody is an expert on one thing - that’s what I learned in my high school journalism class - and that’s, of course, his own life. And everybody deserves to live and have his story told. And if it doesn’t seem like an interesting story, then that’s the failure of the listener, or the journalist who retells it badly Picture Quote #1

I lived for two years in an abandoned gas station with no running water and no electricity after my parents got divorced and my stepdad couldn’t get a job. So I think a lot about families like mine who were middle class and struggled. So that experience really drives my philosophy Picture Quote #1

Rather than address the priorities of the middle class, the Ryan budget is an attack on American seniors, students, workers, and families - all for the sake of protecting loopholes for the wealthy and corporations that ship jobs overseas Picture Quote #1

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My position has been consistent that middle class families should not pay more taxes. That hasn’t changed Picture Quote #1

My father loved to complain about big business and big government, but we had a solid middle class upbringing. We had good public schools. We had accessible health care. We had our little, you know, one-family house that, you know, he saved up his money, didn’t believe in mortgages Picture Quote #1

Try, if you can, to belong to the first class. There’s far less competition Picture Quote #1

I have that working class fear of having nothing. I’ve always got one eye on what’s in the bank Picture Quote #1

The answers to feeding hungry children is not fewer dollars to feed hungry children, it’s to do more. It is to raise the minimum wage. It is to increase, not dismantle, the earned income tax credit. It is to make college more affordable for more middle class families, not more expensive. These are the things that grow our middle class Picture Quote #1

I’m tired of feeling like I should be grateful when popular culture deigns to acknowledge the experiences of people who are not white, middle class or wealthy, and heterosexual Picture Quote #1

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Following graduation from high school in 1948, I attended Harvard University where I became a physics major. Having grown up in a small town, I found Harvard to be an enormously enriching experience. Students in my class came from all walks of life and from a great variety of geographical locations. (Class Quotes) In real life there are indeed black people who have been in the middle class for generations, but in entertainment it’s as if they don’t exist. (Class Quotes) If we didn’t have the Albanian entrepreneurial spirit and financial support from the diaspora, this stupid political class would have destroyed the country by now. (Class Quotes) Once you figure out something about the watershed, you’ll find out where the schools are going to hell, and the kids aren’t learning, and there is no money. Social issues, class issues, and environmental issues were all connected. (Class Quotes) I have a principle I often invoke in class: comfortable people don’t grow. Good teachers need to engage in the paradox of making students feel comfortable and uncomfortable in equal measure. (Class Quotes) China is a country, still, of great contrast. While hundreds of millions of people are part of the middle class and yearn for things made in America - American brands, movies, music - there are other hundreds of millions of people throughout China who are living on the equivalent of one U.S. dollar a day. (Class Quotes) People were, in good faith perhaps, writing history books about the Indian working class, Indian peasantry, et cetera, and at no point did Communists make an entry, not even to be criticized. They were essentially being whitewashed from history. (Class Quotes) The fight still isn’t people of colour versus white. It’s the people versus the system built to keep us down. That’s the first line of the Constitution. And the system is manmade but is made of no man. Everyone, regardless of class, creed, culture and ethnicity can fight the system and help to break it down. (Class Quotes) Politics in Bolivia must combine social consciousness with professional competency. In my administration, intellectuals from the upper class can be cabinet ministers or ambassadors, as can members of Indian ethnic groups. (Class Quotes) We’re facing headwinds from Europe. Europe doing the right things here to stabilize their situation is important to our small businesses, our workers, the middle class here, and overall economy. (Class Quotes) For years, whenever I’d been travelling and came back to Copenhagen, I’d think: ‘People are so stylish.’ And it’s not any one class. It’s everyday life. (Class Quotes) Yanukovych has changed everything in Ukrainian jails - real criminals have been released, while representatives of the middle class and politically rebellious free-minded people have filled the prisons. (Class Quotes) Linda Svendsen’s ‘Marine Life’ was important. I was nearly 22. Larry Mathews discussed the book in a creative writing class. We examined her stories, figured out how they worked. (Class Quotes) I’m not a prejudice person, and I’ve worked with many male legislators and some have been excellent for us, so I’m not speaking against a class of people. (Class Quotes) Spinning has been such an amazing part of my exercise. I love the music, the energy, and the sweat. It’s a tough class, which makes me feel like I’ve really accomplished something. It’s a great way to burn fat and lean out the body. An all-around win! (Class Quotes) Sometimes I take this women’s exercise class called Core Fusion at a place called Exhale. I shouldn’t say it’s a women’s class. There’s maybe two men. (Class Quotes) I take a jazz class and I also take just a regular exercise class with a man who gives me acupressure treatments. It’s just stretching and elongating the muscles. (Class Quotes) We take our vitamins, we go to exercise class, we put on our seat belts. And then something blindsides us and gives the lie to our carefully constructed facade of safety. (Class Quotes) I used to think that if I didn’t have time to do an hour long workout class, there wasn’t any point in exercising. But now, I make sure to do a little something every day: a brisk walk for 10 minutes, climbing stairs instead of taking the elevator. Then a few times a week, I do a longer workout. (Class Quotes) For simplicity one can think of the class as having one extra base at some point or other in the genetic message and the - class as having one too few. (Class Quotes) One thing we’re going to focus on is the middle class and the crushing prices and stagnant wages they’re facing. What motivates me is looking at my 3-year-old son and thinking about what we’re passing on to him and his future wife and their future kids. (Class Quotes) Everybody is an expert on one thing - that’s what I learned in my high school journalism class - and that’s, of course, his own life. And everybody deserves to live and have his story told. And if it doesn’t seem like an interesting story, then that’s the failure of the listener, or the journalist who retells it badly. (Class Quotes) I lived for two years in an abandoned gas station with no running water and no electricity after my parents got divorced and my stepdad couldn’t get a job. So I think a lot about families like mine who were middle class and struggled. So that experience really drives my philosophy. (Class Quotes) Rather than address the priorities of the middle class, the Ryan budget is an attack on American seniors, students, workers, and families - all for the sake of protecting loopholes for the wealthy and corporations that ship jobs overseas. (Class Quotes) My position has been consistent that middle class families should not pay more taxes. That hasn’t changed. (Class Quotes) My father loved to complain about big business and big government, but we had a solid middle class upbringing. We had good public schools. We had accessible health care. We had our little, you know, one-family house that, you know, he saved up his money, didn’t believe in mortgages. (Class Quotes) Try, if you can, to belong to the first class. There’s far less competition. (Class Quotes) I have that working class fear of having nothing. I’ve always got one eye on what’s in the bank. (Class Quotes) The answers to feeding hungry children is not fewer dollars to feed hungry children, it’s to do more. It is to raise the minimum wage. It is to increase, not dismantle, the earned income tax credit. It is to make college more affordable for more middle class families, not more expensive. These are the things that grow our middle class. (Class Quotes) I’m tired of feeling like I should be grateful when popular culture deigns to acknowledge the experiences of people who are not white, middle class or wealthy, and heterosexual. (Class Quotes)

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