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

William Standish Knowles, American Scientist

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

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"The working class will not halt until socialism has been realized."

Ernst Toller, German Playwright

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"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."

Bebe Neuwirth, American Actress

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

Solomon Burke, American Musician

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"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."

Barbra Streisand, American Actress

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

Lord Byron, British Poet

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"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."

C. Everett Koop, American Public Servant

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

Billy Bragg, British Musician

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

David Allan Coe, American Musician

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"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."

David Sedaris, American Writer

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"Clinton left the White House with all the class of an XFL halftime show."

Bill Maher, American Comedian

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"I was born in Taunton, Massachusetts on June 1, 1917, but I actually grew up in nearby New Bedford."

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"To my father, business was the highest calling, but to my mother, medicine was the top profession."

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"At this point I was strongly advised that I was too young socially to go to college so I took a second senior year at Andover, another boarding school."

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"At the time my dog had a fungus on her chest that wouldn't heal and resisted treatment. I made an ointment with our product and it cleared up in two days. She lived to 17 years."

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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."

"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."

"Clinton left the White House with all the class of an XFL halftime show."

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"I was born in Taunton, Massachusetts on June 1, 1917, but I actually grew up in nearby New Bedford."

"My family background was heavily slanted toward business and seafaring matters."

"To my father, business was the highest calling, but to my mother, medicine was the top profession."

"At this point I was strongly advised that I was too young socially to go to college so I took a second senior year at Andover, another boarding school."

"I was one who liked to work with my hands as well as my brain."

"I can't think of any relatives that ever went into science."

"My family gave me the best in education."

"I was particularly good at math and science."

"I'll never forget the fall colors on the Berkshires."

"At the time my dog had a fungus on her chest that wouldn't heal and resisted treatment. I made an ointment with our product and it cleared up in two days. She lived to 17 years."