Sloan Wilson Quotes

The American middle class always wants to be upper class and is scared to death of being lower class. It's a highly mobile group of people. They're not like the people that want to be shopkeepers forever, have always been shopkeepers and want always to be shopkeepers. These people mostly are insulted by being called middle class.

Sloan Wilson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: May 8, 1920 - May 25, 2003

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For most of the 20th century, we didn't just enjoy economic success in Michigan, we defined it. Our innovators and entrepreneurs created the world's most productive companies, and our unions made sure that productivity led to broad middle class prosperity.

Jennifer Granholm

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I stayed in Baghdad every summer until I was 14. My dad's sister is still there, but many of my relatives have managed to get out. People forget that there are still people there who are not radicalized in any particular direction, trying to live normal lives in a very difficult situation.

Andy Serkis

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My kids see feminism in action every day, and leading by imperfect example is how I'm raising them.

Amanda de Cadenet

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When you close your eyes to tragedy, you close your eyes to greatness.

Stephen Vizinczey

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You get down, but you have to pick your teammates up. Good things are eventually going to happen. There's no way around that for your team if you practice well enough.

Stefon Diggs

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Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.

Robert A. Heinlein

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Rex Harrison could be a rather mean-spirited man, and he wasn't regarded very warmly by those who knew him.

Roger Moore

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For me, cooking is a way to try and please people and tell them I love them. When I fall in love with someone, I want to feed them as well.

Ruth Reichl

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You don't ask about what can be seen.

Juan Gabriel

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I can't write at night. For me, I'm programmed to believe that nighttime is for relaxation.

Diablo Cody

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You can't find the sound if you just love sleep.

Dennis Brown

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When I was a young priest in the 1960s and 1970s, there was much experimentation and confusion in the Church. Teachers and clergy were encouraged to communicate an experience of God's love, but to do it without reference to the Creed, the sacraments, or the tradition.

Donald Wuerl

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