"For Henry James, class was 'the essentially hierarchial plan of English society' which was 'the great and ever-present fact to the mind of a stranger; there is hardly a detail of life that does not in some degree betray it'."

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Source : David Cannadine (1998). “History in Our Time”, p.186, Yale University Press

David Cannadine

#Class Quotes #Mind Quotes #Degrees Quotes

“Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz.”
“John F. Kennedy brought style and charisma to the White House and a first family that captivated the country: a handsome, witty president, an elegant first lady, and two adorable young children.”
“The more realistic US policy becomes, the better.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“It's empowering to be asked to look at what's possible, not told how to do it.”
“If there is such a thing as marriage, it takes place long before the ceremony; in a car on the way to the airport; or as a gray bedrooms fills with dawn, one lover watching the other; or as two strangers stand together in the rain with no bus in sight, arms weighed down with shopping bags. You don't know then. But later you realize - that was the moment.”

Source : Simon van Booy (2014). “The Secret Lives of People in Love”, p.50, Oneworld Publications
“art happens. It happens when you have the craft and the vocation and are waiting for something else, something extra, or maybe not waiting; in any case it happens. It's the extra rabbit coming out of the hat, the one you didn't put there.”
“A person without a memory is either a child or an amnesiac. A country without a memory is neither a child nor an amnesiac, but neither is it a country.”

Source : Mary Astor (1971). “A life on film”
“They believe in teachers unions. We believe in teachers.”

Source : Chris Christie's speech at the Republican National Convention, www.foxnews.com. August 28, 2012.

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