Every time I asked a question, that magnificent teacher, instead of giving the answer, showed me how to find it. She taught me to organise my thoughts, to do research, to read and listen, to seek alternatives, to resolve old problems with new solutions, to argue logically. Above all, she taught me not to believe anything blindly, to doubt, and to question even what seemed irrefutably true, such as man's superiority over woman, or one race or social class over another.
- Isabel Allende
We do not discuss the anatomical, physiological, and mental characteristics of man considered as an individual; but we are interested in the diversity of these traits in groups of men found in different geographical areas and in different social classes.
- Franz Boas
In Europe and Australia, there is something called the Tall Poppy Syndrome: People like to cut the tall poppies. They don't want you to succeed, and they cut you down - especially people from your own social class.
- Mark Burnett
The higher the social class of other students the higher any given student's achievement.
- James S Coleman
Sport must be the heritage of all men and of all social classes.
- Pierre De Coubertin
To whom does design address itself: to the greatest number, to the specialist of an enlightened matter, to a privileged social class? Design addresses itself to the need.
- Charles Eames
When... asked what I am writing, I have answered, "A book about social class in America,"... It is if I had said, "I am working on a book urging the beating to death of baby whales using the dead bodies of baby seals.
- Paul Fussell
We are like a woman with a difficult pregnancy. We have to rebuild the social classes in Egypt, and we must change the way things were.
- Naguib Mahfouz
There are three social classes in America: upper middle class, middle class, and lower middle class.
- Judith Martin
Yes, look, social class is definitely an issue in Britain, it is definitely an issue and I think that most people across the country would sympathise with the idea that there are lots of people with talent and ability all across this country who want to make more of themselves and part of the responsibility of government is to make that happen.
- Ed Miliband
And if we don't have a test, what we may end up doing is going back to what this country has done before. We could use social class and we still do, but in the 50s, it was, do you have the right last name and are your parents in privileged positions?
- Robert Sternberg
- Isabel Allende
We do not discuss the anatomical, physiological, and mental characteristics of man considered as an individual; but we are interested in the diversity of these traits in groups of men found in different geographical areas and in different social classes.
- Franz Boas
In Europe and Australia, there is something called the Tall Poppy Syndrome: People like to cut the tall poppies. They don't want you to succeed, and they cut you down - especially people from your own social class.
- Mark Burnett
The higher the social class of other students the higher any given student's achievement.
- James S Coleman
Sport must be the heritage of all men and of all social classes.
- Pierre De Coubertin
To whom does design address itself: to the greatest number, to the specialist of an enlightened matter, to a privileged social class? Design addresses itself to the need.
- Charles Eames
When... asked what I am writing, I have answered, "A book about social class in America,"... It is if I had said, "I am working on a book urging the beating to death of baby whales using the dead bodies of baby seals.
- Paul Fussell
We are like a woman with a difficult pregnancy. We have to rebuild the social classes in Egypt, and we must change the way things were.
- Naguib Mahfouz
There are three social classes in America: upper middle class, middle class, and lower middle class.
- Judith Martin
Yes, look, social class is definitely an issue in Britain, it is definitely an issue and I think that most people across the country would sympathise with the idea that there are lots of people with talent and ability all across this country who want to make more of themselves and part of the responsibility of government is to make that happen.
- Ed Miliband
And if we don't have a test, what we may end up doing is going back to what this country has done before. We could use social class and we still do, but in the 50s, it was, do you have the right last name and are your parents in privileged positions?
- Robert Sternberg
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