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Anne Tyler

"And I am interested in the fact that class is very much a factor in America, even though it's not supposed to be."

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"And I am interested in the fact that class is very much a factor in America, even though it's not supposed to be."

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Amber Hurdle

"It wasn't a class system where I was the better guy and he was the second-rate guy. That was his role and my role was to play the solos. But he took great pride in his technique as a rhythm guitarist."

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Amber Hurdle

"I was the class clown so I was used to performing and fooling around in front of my friends."

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Amber Hurdle

"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."

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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."

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Amber Hurdle

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

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Amber Hurdle

"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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Amber Hurdle

"Barack Obama is a truly flabbergasting President. And in a good way - not the way some of his predecessors were. He's not flabberghastly. He's not the student who wears a button that says, 'Smartest kid in class,' but clearly he is, at least when surrounded by the White House press corps."

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Amber Hurdle

"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."

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Amber Hurdle

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

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