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Like all my family and class, I considered it a sign of weakness to show affection; to have been caught kissing my mother would have been a disgrace, and to have shown affection for my father would have been a disaster.

~Agnes Smedley

Topics: Affection Been Caught Class Considered Disaster Disgrace Family Father Kissing Like Mother Show Shown Sign Weakness Would

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Although the Nasser revolution of 1952 was secular, the culture remained deeply religious - but it was a faith of moderation and tolerance. Women made up nearly half my class at university, and my senior academic adviser there was a woman. In Alexandria, my friends were Christians and Muslims.

~Ahmed Zewail

Topics: Academic Adviser Alexandria Although Christians Class Culture Deeply Faith Friends Half Made Moderation Muslims Nearly Religious Remained Revolution Secular Senior Tolerance University Up Were Woman Women

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I think teaching keeps me honest because if I'm up in front of a class talking about what I think is important about fiction while knowing I myself have just failed to do that hours earlier at my computer - it's a good and humbling reminder.

~Aimee Bender

Topics: About Because Class Computer Earlier Failed Fiction Front Good Honest Hours Humbling Important Just Keeps Knowing Me Myself Reminder Talking Teaching Think Up While I Think

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I joined Khalsa College just opposite Don Bosco in class XI, but soon I quit studies and was sent to Bangkok by my father to learn martial arts, as that is the only place we could afford given that I would also work there to support my training.

~Akshay Kumar

Topics: Afford Also Arts Bangkok Class College Could Father Given Joined Just Learn Martial Martial Arts Only Opposite Place Quit Sent Soon Studies Support Training Work Would I Quit

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Part of the middle class promise is that, after a lifetime of hard work, you'll be able to retire and enjoy the fruits of that labor. Medicare was established to secure that promise.

~Al Franken

Topics: Able After Class Enjoy Established Fruits Hard Hard Work Labor Lifetime Medicare Middle Middle Class Part Promise Retire Secure Work You

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The ruling class is smarter than you, and they're more creative. And if you forget that lesson, you go down the drain. Because if they weren't, they wouldn't be around as long as they have been and as strong as they have been.

~Al Lewis

Topics: Around Because Been Class Creative Down Drain Forget Go Lesson Long More Ruling Ruling Class Smarter Strong Than Were You

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Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.

~Al Mcguire

Topics: Bottom Class Country Doctors Graduated Half Remember

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The lesson is that, No. 1, this management has to be at the highest class possible. No. 2, they have to have a succession plan.

~Al-Waleed Bin Talal

Topics: Class Highest Lesson Management Plan Possible Succession

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I have a great advantage over many of my colleagues inasmuch as my students bring with them to class their own personal knowledge of national, regional, religious, ethnic, occupational, and family folklore traditions.

~Alan Dundes

Topics: Advantage Bring Class Colleagues Ethnic Family Folklore Great Great Advantage Knowledge Many National Over Own Personal Regional Religious Students Them Traditions

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The class has become over the years fairly large, running to three hundred or more, but I always insist upon reading all the student folklore collections myself. Although this is a tall order, I look forward to it because I learn so much from it.

~Alan Dundes

Topics: Although Always Because Become Class Collections Fairly Folklore Forward Hundred Insist Large Learn Look More Much Myself Order Over Reading Running Student Tall Three Years

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