"Nothing could be more insulting to me than the concept of civil rights. It means perpetual second-class citizenship for me and my kind."

-- James Meredith

#Mean Quotes #Rights Quotes #Class Quotes

“But I, from poetry's skies, plunge into communism, because without it I feel no love.”

Source : Vladimir Mayakovsky (1975). “Klop, Stikhi, Poėmy”, p.36, Indiana University Press
“Why don't I like you?" "Because you think I'm an asshole, and I'm not really, I'm just British and, well, you're not.”
“The only people who grow old were born old to begin with.”

Source : "Fictional character: Dudley". "The Bishop's Wife", www.imdb.com. 1947.
“Do you think to yourself, 'Wow, I saw this chicken and she was gorgeous?'”
“Let's hope his nerves will run through his veins.”
“If we do not learn from history, we shall be compelled to relive it. True. But if we do not change the future, we shall be compelled to endure it. And that could be worse.”

Source : Alvin Toffler (1972). “The futurists”, Random House (NY)
“I was in the drama club, and I was one of seven co-presidents of the student body. Students elected me; I dont know why! There were only 330 kids in my high school, though, so it wasnt a lot of kids to impress or reign over.”
“When you go to take someone's picture, the first thing they say is, what you want me to do? Everyone is very awkward.”

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