"We all like to think of ourselves as a standard, and I can see that it is genuinely difficult for the English middle class to suppose that the working class is not desperately anxious to become just like itself. I am afraid this must be unlearned."

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Source : "Culture and Society". Book by Raymond Williams, 1958.

Raymond Williams

#Thinking Quotes #Class Quotes #Middle Quotes

“Folly loves the martyrdom of fame.”
“I fell in love with football as I was later to fall in love with women: suddenly, inexplicably, uncritically, giving no thought to the pain or disruption it would bring with it.”
“He who cannot limit himself will never know how to write.”
“If you come to fame not understanding who you are, it will define who you are.”
“My teenage years were spent trying to look like Rod Stewart - I ended up looking like Dave Hill from Slade.”
“For me, I think there's a lot more room in cable television to tell broader stories. NBC and the networks, they're all very mainstream, and they're a little more conservative in how they approach storytelling.”

Source : "A Roundtable With Tim DeKay, Carla Gugino, and Gabriel Macht". Interview with Mark Peikert, www.backstage.com. June 27, 2012.
“The longer you wait, the harder it is to provide outstanding customer service.”
“My children deserve to have the best, and now they will”

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