Class Quotes - Page 14

• For a Jewish Puritan of the middle class, the novel is serious, the novel is work, the novel is conscientious application why, the novel is practically the retail business all over again.

  Howard Nemerov

  Literature, Serious, Retail

  Howard Nemerov (1981). “Journal of the Fictive Life”, p.20, University of Chicago Press

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• The physicians of one class feel the patients and go away, merely prescribing medicine. As they leave the room they simply ask the patient to take the medicine. They are the poorest class of physicians.

  Ramakrishna

  Medicine, Going Away, Physicians

  Ramakrishna, Mahendra Nath Gupta (1942). “The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna”, Ramakrishna Vivekanada Center

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• My mother worked for a woman, Maria Ley-Piscator, who with her husband founded the Dramatic Workshop, which was connected to the New School. My mother did proofreading and typing and stuff or her, and as part of her payment, I was able to take acting classes there on Saturdays when I was 10.

  Robert De Niro

  Mother, Husband, School

  "New Again: Robert De Niro". Interview with Ingrid Sischy, Colleen Kelsey and Peter Brant, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 21, 2012.

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• Teaching creationism in science class as an alternative to evolution is inappropriate.

  Bill Nye

  Teaching, Alternatives, Evolution

  "Bill Nye ‘The Science Guy’ Talks Creationism Critique, Religion, Education". The Huffington Post Interview, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 28, 2012.

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• Once Michigan stood proud. In addition to GM, Ford and Chrysler, it was home base for the United Auto Workers, a powerful escalator transporting hundreds of thousands of blue-collar workers into America's middle class.

  Kevin O'Leary

  Powerful, Home, Blue

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• I am who I am: an Irish Catholic kid, working class from Long Island. And I made it big.

  Bill O'Reilly

  Kids, Islands, Who I Am

  "The Gospel according to Bill O'Reilly?". Interview with Norah O'Donnell, www.cbsnews.com. September 29, 2013.

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• As a former high school teacher and a student in a class of 60 urchins at St. Brigid's grammar school, I know that education is all about discipline and motivation. Disadvantaged students need extra attention, a stable school environment, and enough teacher creativity to stimulate their imaginations. Those things are not expensive.

  Bill O'Reilly

  Teacher, Motivation, Creativity

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• I loved doing My Favorite Year, which was great fun, and The Ruling Class, which I made with all my chums.

  Peter O'Toole

  Fun, Years, My Favorite

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• Anyone who teaches knows that you don't really experience a text until you've taught it, in loving detail, with an intelligent and responsive class.

  Joyce Carol Oates

  Intelligent, Details, Taught

  Joyce Carol Oates, Lee Milazzo (1989). “Conversations with Joyce Carol Oates”, p.67, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• 'The Accursed' is very much a novel about social injustice as the consequence of the terrible, tragic division of classes - the exploitation not only of poor and immigrant workers but of their young children in factories and mills - and as the consequence of race hatred in the aftermath of the Civil War and the freeing of the slaves.

  Joyce Carol Oates

  Children, War, Race

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• My films play only in Bengal, and my audience is the educated middle class in the cities and small towns. They also play in Bombay, Madras and Delhi where there is a Bengali population.

  Satyajit Ray

  Play, Cities, Population

  Satyajit Ray, Bert Cardullo (2007). “Satyajit Ray: Interviews”, p.101, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• I mean, I went to a Catholic boys school for a year, but that was to play hockey. Religion class was quite contentious for me.

  Keanu Reeves

  Funny, School, Mean

  "Keanu Heads Down Under With 'Constantine'". Associated Press Interview, www.foxnews.com. February 19, 2005.

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• I come from a pretty working-class neighborhood in Chicago. Hard work was just expected of you. It wasn't some noble thing you did; it was a prerequisite. It's what a man did. You get up, you put on your boots, and you work hard. We've lost a lot of that, I'm afraid.

  John C. Reilly

  Hard Work, Men, Chicago

  "Conquer Your Shortcomings". Interview with J. Rentilly, www.menshealth.com. December 15, 2011.

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• The biggest start-up successes - from Henry Ford to Bill Gates to Mark Zuckerberg - were pioneered by people from solidly middle-class backgrounds. These founders were not wealthy when they began. They were hungry for success, but knew they had a solid support system to fall back on if they failed.

  Eric Ries

  Fall, Zuckerberg, Hungry For Success

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• In the absence of sound oversight,responsible businesses are forced to compete against unscrupulous and underhanded businesses, who are unencumbered by any restrictions on activities that might harm the environment, or take advantage of middle-class families, or threaten to bring down the entire financial system.

  Barack Obama

  Responsible Business, Environmental, Sound

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• You can choose a future where more Americans have the chance to gain the skills they need to compete, no matter how old they are or how much money they have. Education was the gateway to opportunity for me. It was the gateway for Michelle. And now more than ever, it is the gateway to a middle-class life.

  Barack Obama

  Education, Opportunity, Skills

  Second Democratic Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speech, delivered 6 September 2012, Charlotte, North Carolina

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• I enjoy talking to my football men and my chemistry classes and I feel sure that they are quite interested in what I have to say.

  Knute Rockne

  Soccer, Sports, Football

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• See, that's why Barack's running: to end the war in Iraq responsibly - to build an economy that lifts every family, to make sure health care is available for every American - and to make sure that every child in this nation has a world-class education all the way from preschool to college.

  Michelle Obama

  Running, Children, War

  Democratic National Convention Keynote Address, delivered 25 August 2008, INVESCO Field at Mile High Stadium, Denver, Colorado

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• Growing up in a particular neighborhood, growing up in a working-class family, not having much money, all of those things fire you and can give you an edge, can give you an anger.

  Gary Oldman

  Growing Up, Anger, Fire

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• When I was in my freshman year at college I took some acting classes and found that I fell in love with it again.

  Mary-Kate Olsen

  College, Years, Acting

  "Interview: Mary-Kate Mary-Kate Olsen" by Alun Palmer, www.mirror.co.uk. August 29, 2008.

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• I teach a non-fiction writing class at New York University, and one of my great pleasures is deciding on the syllabus.

  Susan Orlean

  New York, Writing, Fiction

  "An Education" by Susan Orlean, www.newyorker.com. March 15, 2011.

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• Patriotism is usually stronger than class hatred, and always stronger than internationalism.

  George Orwell

  Hatred, Patriotism, Stronger

  George Orwell (2009). “Facing Unpleasant Facts: Narrative Essays”, p.120, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• I reject absolutely the idea that people should know their place, and know their class.

  George Osborne

  Ideas, People, Should

  "More Blairite than Tony" by Heather Stewart, www.theguardian.com. July 17, 2005.

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• I want the services to look and sound like the Grammys. It's not showy, but we represent God, and it should be first class.

  Joel Osteen

  Want, Firsts, Sound

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• I think people are rapidly losing confidence in the political class, and I don't blame them.

  Adnan Pachachi

  Confidence, Thinking, People

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