Class Quotes - Page 8

• The one man other than my father who made the most lasting impression was an uncle, Serge B. Benson. He taught me in three different classes - but above all, he taught me lessons in moral, physical, and intellectual courage that I have tried to apply in later life.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Uncles, Father, Men

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• I always had to prove myself through my actions. Be a cheerleader. Be class president. Be the editor of the newspaper.

  Halle Berry

  Cheerleading, Editors, President

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• You're looking at a middle-class guy. I am who I am.

  Joe Biden

  Who I Am, Guy, Middle

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• Obama and Biden want to raise taxes by a trillion dollars. Guess what? Yes, we do in one regard. We want to let that trillion dollar tax cut expire so the middle class doesn't have to bear the burden of all that money going to the super-wealthy. That's not a tax raise. That's called fairness where I come from.

  Joe Biden

  Cutting, Dollars, Biden

  "CBS Uncritically Promotes Obama Campaign's Attack Hinting Romney is 'Less than Truthful'". Interview with Nancy Cordes, www.newsbusters.org. October 5, 2012.

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• If we're not going to tax the rich anymore, we're going to create class warfare.

  Lewis Black

  Warfare, Rich, Taxes

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• My parents are the last of the middle class. My father worked for the government designing sea mines. My mother was a substitute teacher. Together, they worked really only until they were sixty.

  Lewis Black

  Mother, Teacher, Father

  "Lewis Black Is Mad as Usual and He's Going to Take It" by Matt Sullivan, www.esquire.com. November 2, 2010.

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• I took a Fear of Flying class, and I always missed the class, because I was always flying.

  Sara Blakely

  Flying, Fear Of Flying

  "Smooth Moves". Interview with Alexandra Jacobs, www.newyorker.com. March 28, 2011.

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• Although it is a fantasy film, it's as real as it can be. You have to imagine that an audience will buy their ticket to a cinema and get on a first-class flight and journey to Middle Earth.

  Orlando Bloom

  Real, Journey, Cinema

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• You can't define what's middle class, what is wealthy, what is poor.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Poor, Middle, Wealthy

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• The president of the branch in Atlanta was a pastor of a church, the Reverend Sam Williams, a wonderful guy. He was middle-class and fairly militant for the time and place.

  Julian Bond

  Atlanta, Guy, Church

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• The major obstacle to a religious renewal is the intellectual classes, who are highly influential and tend to view religion as primitive superstition. They believe that science has left atheism as the only respectable intellectual stance.

  Robert Bork

  Religious, Believe, Views

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• Appellant constituted a legitimate class of one, and this provides a basis for Congress's decision to proceed with dispatch with respect to his materials.

  William J. Brennan

  Decision, Congress, Bases

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• As I've said many times, the single most oppressed class in America right now is the teenager.

  Joe Bob Briggs

  Teenager, America, Single Relationship

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• The first dream I had was just to get a college education. I got through college in three years, taking extra classes in summer school.

  Eli Broad

  Summer, Dream, School

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• They cannot divide us by saying that you're middle class or you're lower class.

  H. Rap Brown

  Middle, Divides, Lower Class

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• Class structures are a luxury that we cannot afford.

  H. Rap Brown

  Luxury, Structure

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• I would like to be a heart surgeon or brain surgeon... something with that knowledge and the ability to save a life would be pretty cool. I wasn't that good in science class, though.

  Luke Bryan

  Heart, Brain, Would Be

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• The majority of the senior class of Vassar does not desire my company and I must confess, having read specimens of their thought and sentiments, that I do not desire the company of the majority of the senior class of Vassar.

  William F. Buckley, Jr.

  Senior, Desire, Majority

  William F. Buckley, Jr. (2010). “Cancel Your Own Goddam Subscription: Notes & Asides from National Review (Large Print 16pt)”, p.175, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• I think it's better when you're natural, when you just do whatever you want, instead of doing classes where I see all these other people holding back because they've been trained with certain skills or techniques. I'm like, whatever.

  Gisele Bundchen

  Thinking, Skills, People

  Interview with Steve Head, www.ign.com. October 5, 2004.

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• I love to box. I once took a kickboxing class in college and got totally hooked.

  Sophia Bush

  College, Kickboxing, Boxes

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• All the sudden high-impact stress can really take a toll on your body. So if you still want to be active and get in a good workout, go to a yoga class or pilates class, or get in some strength and conditioning.

  Sophia Bush

  Workout, Stress, Yoga

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• Third, for people who aren't doing it already, take classes - they're worthwhile. Workshops or classes - a workshop is where you do actually get feedback on your work, not just something where you go and sit for a day.

  Octavia Butler

  People, Feedback, Worthwhile

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• My school reports always used to point out that my concentration levels were appalling. I never listened in class because I was always daydreaming about racing. I never thought for a moment about doing anything else. There was no guarantee that I'd make a career in it but I never had any plan B.

  Jenson Button

  School, Careers, Guarantees That

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• The way to connect with voters on the plan is to simply give the facts. Fifty per cent of taxpayers pay 97 per cent of the taxes. By most people's standards, that's already fair. The President is playing the class warfare card because he knows that a lot of people may never hear that particular fact. But it's a fact.

  Herman Cain

  People, Giving, President

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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.

  Michael Caine

  Lectures, Four, Hours

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