Paul Fussell Quotes
A more or less accurate measure of class in America is TV size: the bigger your TV, the lower your class.
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I never was a popular kid in class.
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For my own part, I had rather suffer any inconvenience from having to work occasionally in chambers and kitchen... than witness the subservience in which the menial class is held in Europe.
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The Negro was freed and turned loose as a penniless, landless, naked, ignorant laborer. Ninety-nine per cent were field hands and servants of the lowest class.
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You can't put those guys like Marciano or anyone else in with today's class of fighters.
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I was in that part of the class that made the top half possible.
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Class is more important than a game.
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I think for my bones and my size, I better stay with my 60 kilo.
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The first comic I ever read was an 'X-Men' themed anti-smoking PSA they gave out in health class when I was about 10.
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I'm a world class Beat Boxer; you should hear the noises I can make with my mouth.
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You cannot further the Brotherhood of Man by encouraging class hatred.
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I can hire one-half of the working class to kill the other half.
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There's no such thing as a standard size movie star, or woman for that matter.
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I kept buying bigger and bigger jeans, and once the size 14s got too tight, I thought, That's it. I'm not buying the next size.
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I'm a normal teen-ager except for my size.
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English people are so trapped in this class paradigm.
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I'm fascinated by the emergence of a global class. They're highly mobile; they reject the idea of place.
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Would I show my body off if I was thinner? Probably not, because my body is mine. I think I remind everyone of themselves. I'm not saying everyone is my size, but it's relatable because I'm not perfect, and I think a lot of people are portrayed as perfect, unreachable and untouchable.
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Statisticians estimate that crime among good golfers is lower than in any class of the community except possibly bishops.
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I am an author, and like many in my profession, I am also a traveling salesman, going all over in an attempt to persuade people to spend twenty-five dollars on a hardcover book by me.
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You cannot reform your society or institution without opening your mind.
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I got my green card and everything through my work, even before marriage or anything like that, so you really have to follow the rules and do everything the right way to be able to accomplish that, so it was big... I had my green card for so long.
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Libraries keep the records on behalf of all humanity. the unique and the absurd, the wise and the fragments of stupidity.
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A more or less accurate measure of class in America is TV size: the bigger your TV, the lower your class.
