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"I was probably the one who tattled on the class clown. To get in good with the teachers."
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"The working class will not halt until socialism has been realized."

"If I'm not in shape, it feels like something is wrong. If I haven't been able to get to class for a while or I've been sick, I don't feel complete. It doesn't feel like the electricity is making its connections."

"You gotta do it with class and integrity. If not, you're gonna drag yourself through the mud."

"In those days I was terrible at athletics and never made a team, but quite easily led my class in academics."

"A man who graduated high in his class at Yale Law School and made partnership in a top law firm would be celebrated. A man who invested wisely would be admired, but a woman who accomplishes this is treated with suspicion."

"I would rather have a nod from an American, than a snuff-box from an emperor."

"Polls that have been taken by kindergarten, first- and second-grade teachers indicate that 30 percent of the kids have been deprived in some way so that they are physically unable to keep up with the class."

"My upbringing was very straightforward suburban working class upbringing."

"If there ever was a poet for the working class Billy Joe Shaver and Merle Haggard would be my nomination."

"Across town, over in the East Village, the graffiti was calling for the rich to be eaten, imprisoned, or taxed out of existence. Though it sometimes seemed like a nice idea, I hoped the revolution would not take place during my lifetime. I didn't want the rich to go away until I could at least briefly join their ranks."
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"There's a very fine line between a groove and a rut; a fine line between eccentrics and people who are just plain nuts."

"At the concert I'm going to crown the best looking man, Mr. Tampa. Bald men definitely have an edge."

"Think it is just a matter of... well look how long it took Shawn Colvin to reach the level that she has. Believe me, that girl has done everything except stand behind the cash register at Tower and take the money."

"Well the way I ended up with my own record is that I did this concert at Wesleyan University. It was just one night and we had no thought of making a record."

"It is setting goals and trying to be a business person, but at the same time not losing sight of who you are writing songs for and what your goals are as a songwriter. So believe me, if you think I've got it down I don't it is a constant struggle."

"I was a very, very serious child... I was valedictorian of my kindergarten and eighth-grade class."
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