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Zendaya Actress, Singer, Model
Class

"Chanel all the way! Just because not only do they have timeless pieces, but since it is the epitome of class and elegance."

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Karl Marx Philosopher, Economist
Class

"Since the working-class lives from hand to mouth,it buys as long as it has the means to buy."

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Mao Zedong Politician, Revolutionary
Class

"The enemy will not perish of himself. Neither will the Chinese reactionaries nor the aggressive forces of U.S. imperialism in China step down from the stage of history of their own accord."

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Gunter Grass Novelist
Class

"Melancholy has ceased to be an individual phenomenon, an exception. It has become the class privilege of the wage earner, a mass state of mind that finds its cause wherever life is governed by production quotas."

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John Stuart Mill Philosopher, Political Economist
Class

"The natural tendency of representative government, as of modern civilisation, is towards collective mediocrity: and this tendency is increased by all reductions and extensions of the franchise, their effect being to place the principal power in the hands of classes more and more below the highest level of instruction in the community."

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Class

"Unite has a great dry shampoo called 7Seconds. After a hot yoga class, when I'm super sweaty I spray this on and my hair comes back to life. Miraculous!"

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C. S. Lewis Writer, Scholar
Class

"Safety and happiness can only come from individuals, classes, and nations being honest and fair and kind to each other."

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Barack Obama Politician
Class

"I will cut taxes - cut taxes - for 95 percent of all working families, because, in an economy like this, the last thing we should do is raise taxes on the middle class."

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Barack Obama Politician
Class

"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."

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Plato Philosopher
Class

"... our purpose in founding our state was not to promote the happiness of a single class, but, so far as possible, of the whole community. Our idea was that we were most likely to justice in such a community, and so be able to decide the question we are trying to answer. We are therefore at the moment trying to construct what we think is a happy community by securing the happiness not of a select minority, but of a whole."

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Calvin Trillin Author, Humorist
Class

"The interesting thing about class warfare is that it's only class warfare if it's up, not down. If you talk about welfare cheats or something, that's not class warfare because it's down; you have to talk about rich people before it's class warfare."

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Elizabeth Warren Politician, Lawyer
Class

"Middle class America is acutely aware of how bad this economy is, and it is going to demand changes. I don't think politicians can afford to be complacent."

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Class

"Truly world-class firms are always examining their business processes and continuously seeking solutions to improve in key areas, such as lead time reduction, cost cutting, exceeding customer expectations, streamlining processes, shortening time to market for new products, and managing the global operation."

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