“Well, as you've said, we cannot expect the people of China not to want to progress, so if you have an opportunity to progress, to develop your economy to a world class economy, it's an aspiration that is natural and that, I welcome.” PeopleIfsWorldWantWellsSaidOpportunityNaturalClassEconomyProgressChinaWelcomeAspirationWorld Class Author:S. R. Nathan
“I went to engineering school, I went to physics class. I said, 'Screw this, I don't want to be here. I'd much rather be at a club playing music.” WantSaidSchoolClassClubsPhysicsEngineeringScrewsPlaying Music Author:Huey Lewis
“I have never said, as is sometimes believed, or even suggested that lower-class children should not learn the so-called educated norm of the Portuguese language of Brazil. What I have said is that the problems of language always involve ideological questions and, along with them, questions of power.” ShouldChildrenSaidSometimesProblemLanguageClassSocietyEducatedNormIdeologicalBrazilPortugueseLower Class Book:Teachers as Cultural Workers: Letters to Those who Dare Teach Source: Teachers as Cultural Workers: Letters to Those who Dare Teach
“I took an acting class. After the first day, the teacher quit, so they said take another. When I saw 'How to be a Stand-up Comedian,' it resonated. I realized I'd rather make 200 people laugh than make one person cry.” PeopleFirstsPersonsSaidActingClassLaughingSawsTeacherCryI RealizedQuittingComedianThey SaidActing ClassesStand Up Comedian Author:Wendy Liebman
“When I came back from Pakistan, I wanted to take computer classes nearby. I asked my brother. I was in my home, cooking for my family, and all our relatives and guests. But I said, "I want to live my life as a woman, but I want to study." But, he told me, "Just study at home, you don't need to go out." He said, "If you go to the courses, what will our relatives say? They will lose respect for us." They told me, "We know you're feeling different, but we cannot do anything about it."” IfsKnowsWantNeedsSaidDifferentFeelingsHomeWantedCoursesLosesClassStudyBrotherComputerMy FamilyCookingMy BrotherGuestsLiving My LifePakistanHome Cooking Author:Malina Suliman
“I sometimes wish the trade unionists who work in the mass media, those who are writers and broadcasters and secretaries and printers and lift operators of Thomson House would remember that they too are members of our working class movement and have a responsibility to see that what is said about us is true.” SaidSometimesRememberHouseWishResponsibilityClassMediaMovementMembersMassTradeLiftsSecretaryWorking ClassMass MediaOperatorsBroadcastersPrinter Author:Tony Benn
“When the Democrats are attacked for [inciting class warfare] they shrink back. They don't say what obviously should be said, "Yes, there is class warfare. There has always been class warfare in this country." The reason the Democrats shrink back is because the Democrats and the Republicans are on the same side of the class war. They have slightly different takes. The Democrats are part of the upper class that is more willing to make concessions to the lower class in order to maintain their power.” ShouldSaidDifferentWarCountryReasonOrderSidesClassWillingRepublicanDemocratWarfareShrinksConcessionsUpper ClassClass WarfareLower Class Author:Howard Zinn
“I always knew I wanted to be a performer, and my mother started taking me to dance classes when I was five. My mother is a teacher, my father works at an insurance company. When I said I wanted to be a performer, people went, "Yeah, right." You don't do that where I come from.” PeopleSaidWantedMotherFatherCompanyClassFiveTeacherYeahPerformersInsurance CompaniesDance Class Author:Jennifer Lopez
“Hillary Clinton wrote an Op-Ed for a paper in Iowa about her plans to help the middle class. Middle-class Americans said, 'Why didn't you just say that in a speech?' and she said, 'Because I charge $200,000 for a speech.'” SaidHelpingClassPlansMiddleSpeechPaperClintonMiddle ClassIowa Author:Jimmy Fallon
“As you may or may not know, in keeping with the high-class tone of Beverly Hills, our police force is probably the most snobbish group of gendarmes in the world. It is said that the Beverly Hills Police Department is so fancy that it has an unlisted number.” KnowsWorldMaySaidFunnyForceNumbersClassGroupsPoliceHillsCaliforniaToneFancyDepartmentPolice ForceBeverly HillsPolice DepartmentSnobbishHigh Class Author:Jack Benny
“It would be a miracle of God if it happened. I know it... If God wills it, the summer rains will fill the wadis... and the salmon will run the river. And then my countrymen... all classes and manner of men-will stand side by side and fish for the salmon. And their natures, too, will be changed. They will feel the enchantment of this silver fish... and then when talk turns to what this tribe said or that tribe did... then someone will say, Let us arise, and go fishing.” IfsKnowsMenFeelsSaidWould BeRunningTurnsSidesClassHappenedSeaChangedSummerRainRiversMiracleFishesAriseGods WillBoatLakesFishingSilverTribesEnchantmentCountrymenSalmonSummer RainMiracles Of God Author:Paul Torday
“When I started editing on my home computer, I said to myself, 'Well, I could be at home studying for a class or I could be at home editing a video.'” WellsSaidHomeClassStudyComputerVideoEditing Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt