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Class Quotes

"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."

"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."

Tom Shale, American Critic

Class, President, Press

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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."

"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

Class, First, Kids, Teachers

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"I was probably the one who tattled on the class clown. To get in good with the teachers."

"I was probably the one who tattled on the class clown. To get in good with the teachers."

Christine Lavin, American Musician

Class, Teachers

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"Freeman and slave, patrician and plebeian, lord and serf, guild-master and journeyman, in a word, oppressor and oppressed, stood in constant opposition to one another, carried on an uninterrupted, now hidden, now open fight, a fight that each time ended, either in a revolutionary re-constitution of society at large, or in the common ruin of the contending classes."

"Freeman and slave, patrician and plebeian, lord and serf, guild-master and journeyman, in a word, oppressor and oppressed, stood in constant opposition to one another, carried on an uninterrupted, now hidden, now open fight, a fight that each time ended, either in a revolutionary re-constitution of society at large, or in the common ruin of the contending classes."

Karl Marx, German Philosopher

Class, Struggle, History, Conflict

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"I was always the class clown."

"I was always the class clown."

Kel Mitchell, American Actor

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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."

"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 a chemistry class there was a guy sitting in front of me doing what looked like a jigsaw puzzle or some really weird kind of thing. He told me he was writing a computer program."

"In a chemistry class there was a guy sitting in front of me doing what looked like a jigsaw puzzle or some really weird kind of thing. He told me he was writing a computer program."

Jon Postel, American Scientist

Class, Computer, Writing

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"There is a huge antipathy in England between the north and the south, the working class and the owning class."

"There is a huge antipathy in England between the north and the south, the working class and the owning class."

Martin C. Smith, American Journalist

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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."

"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

Class, Law, Man, Partnership

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"I walked out of class one day and I never went back."

"I walked out of class one day and I never went back."

Burt Lancaster, American Actor

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"And though it is much to be a nobleman, it is more to be a gentleman."

"And though it is much to be a nobleman, it is more to be a gentleman."

Anthony Trollope, English Author

Class, Gentleman

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"I was probably the first kid in my high school to go to Yale. I applied almost as a lark. Then, when I got there, I was the dumbest person in your class."

"I was probably the first kid in my high school to go to Yale. I applied almost as a lark. Then, when I got there, I was the dumbest person in your class."

Maya Lin, American Architect

Class, First, School

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

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

Ernst Toller, German Playwright

Class, Socialism, Will

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"They said, 'If we put you in first class with Brian, will you do it?' So I flew after not having flown in eight years. If there's one person who doesn't like flying as much as me, it's Brian."

"They said, 'If we put you in first class with Brian, will you do it?' So I flew after not having flown in eight years. If there's one person who doesn't like flying as much as me, it's Brian."

Matthew Sweet, American Musician

Class, First, Flying, Will

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"I can't remember much about the early flights, except that it was ages before we got into First Class."

"I can't remember much about the early flights, except that it was ages before we got into First Class."

Phil Collins, English Musician

29

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

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

Bill Maher, American Comedian

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"As a songwriter, I was influenced by David Bowie - a great writer. A class above everybody in so many ways. Lennon and McCartney, of course. Class stuff. David Cousins was my favorite lyricist."

"As a songwriter, I was influenced by David Bowie - a great writer. A class above everybody in so many ways. Lennon and McCartney, of course. Class stuff. David Cousins was my favorite lyricist."

Rick Wakeman, British Musician

Class, Favorite, Writer

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"After taking my B.A. degree in 1939 I remained at the University for a further year to take an advanced course in Biochemistry, and surprised myself and my teachers by obtaining a first class examination result."

"After taking my B.A. degree in 1939 I remained at the University for a further year to take an advanced course in Biochemistry, and surprised myself and my teachers by obtaining a first class examination result."

Frederick Sanger, English Scientist

Class, Examination, First, Result

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"If I had had me for a student I would have thrown me out of class immediately."

"If I had had me for a student I would have thrown me out of class immediately."

Lynda Barry, American Cartoonist

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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."

"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

Class, Electricity, Wrong

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"To the first class belong the Gospels and Acts; to the second, the Epistles; to the third, the Revelation."

"To the first class belong the Gospels and Acts; to the second, the Epistles; to the third, the Revelation."

Philip Schaff, Swiss Theologian

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"I was just a quiet kid, really. I wasn't the class clown at all."

"I was just a quiet kid, really. I wasn't the class clown at all."

Greg Kinnear, American Actor

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"Every year, I am reminded of the kids who aren't in the freshman class and aren't graduating. I remember every single one of them. That is the worst of times for me, to see the future snuffed out."

"Every year, I am reminded of the kids who aren't in the freshman class and aren't graduating. I remember every single one of them. That is the worst of times for me, to see the future snuffed out."

Donna Shalala, American Public Servant

Class, Future, Kids

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"Morgan Freeman is so class. He's so cool. He's so scary."

"Morgan Freeman is so class. He's so cool. He's so scary."

Jim Carrey, Canadian Comedian

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"I take it for granted that you do not wish to hear an echo from the pulpit nor from the theological class-room."

"I take it for granted that you do not wish to hear an echo from the pulpit nor from the theological class-room."

Asa Gray, American Scientist

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"Things are not quite what they seem always. Don't start me on class, otherwise you'll get a four-hour lecture."

"Things are not quite what they seem always. Don't start me on class, otherwise you'll get a four-hour lecture."

Michael Caine, English Actor

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"No, I don't run all the way. I'm not like an Olympic class runner."

"No, I don't run all the way. I'm not like an Olympic class runner."

Bruce McCulloch, Canadian Actor

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"Then years back, when I moved to California, I happened to see a book about fashions of 19th-century Victorian England, only four pages of which was devoted to the dress of the working class."

"Then years back, when I moved to California, I happened to see a book about fashions of 19th-century Victorian England, only four pages of which was devoted to the dress of the working class."

Martin C. Smith, American Journalist

Class, Dress, England, Years

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"But I do not admit the comparison between your slaves and even the lowest class of European free labourers, for the former are allowed the exercise of no faculties but those which they enjoy in common with the brutes that perish."

"But I do not admit the comparison between your slaves and even the lowest class of European free labourers, for the former are allowed the exercise of no faculties but those which they enjoy in common with the brutes that perish."

Fanny Kemble, English Actress

Class, Exercise

22

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

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

Billy Bragg, British Musician

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

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

Lord Byron, British Poet

Class, American

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"It is almost as difficult to keep a first class person in a fourth class job, as it is to keep a fourth class person in a first class job."

"It is almost as difficult to keep a first class person in a fourth class job, as it is to keep a fourth class person in a first class job."

Alexandre Dumas, French Dramatist

Class, First, Job

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"Upper classes are a nation's past; the middle class is its future."

"Upper classes are a nation's past; the middle class is its future."

Ayn Rand, Russian Writer

Class, Future, Middleclass, Nation

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"The middle class were invented to give the poor hope; the poor, to make the rich feel special; the rich, to humble the middle class."

"The middle class were invented to give the poor hope; the poor, to make the rich feel special; the rich, to humble the middle class."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Class, Truth, Power, Wisdom, Regret

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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."

"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

Class, Wealth, Revolution, Satire, Ambition

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