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The ideas of the ruling class are in every epoch the ruling ideas, i.e., the class which is the ruling material force of society, is at the same time its ruling intellectual force. ↗

— Karl Marx

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Soccer riots kill at most tens. Intellectuals' ideological riots sometimes kill millions. ↗

— John McCarthy

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A true intellectual is a man who, after reading a book and being convinced by its arguments, will shoot someone or, more likely, order someone shot. ↗

— John McCarthy

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Politics is an act of faith; you have to show some kind of confidence in the intellectual and moral capacity of the public. ↗

— George McGovern

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For people who know McQueen, there is always an underlying message. It's usually only the intellectual ones who understand what's going on in what I do. ↗

— Alexander McQueen

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It's usually only the intellectual ones who understand what's going on in what I do. ↗

— Alexander McQueen

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Cynicism is intellectual dandyism. ↗

— George Meredith

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He was a sociologist; he had got into an intellectual muddle early on in life and never managed to get out. ↗

— Iris Murdoch

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Yeah, the New York Times is very intellectual and very, very prestigious, but it doesn't reach the market that People magazine does. ↗

— Edward James Olmos

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I had to satisfy the action fans, the romantic fans, the intellectual fans. It was a terrific burden. ↗

— Sidney Poitier

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