My dad worked for 40 years in an aluminum plant. I don’t…

My father was clearly a mentor. He told me if you work 10 years and you worked 40 hours a week, then you had…

— Terry J. Lundgren

I worked in 40 restaurants over a five-year period.

— Charlie Trotter

I moved to New York when I was 21 and worked between 40 and 70 hours a week. Then I invested it all. It…

— Verite

Even though my mom was talented and had a college degree, she lived in the era when the conventional wisdom in Dallas was that…

— Cecile Richards

My dad worked two jobs and my mom worked full-time so that they could afford to send me to this private Lutheran school starting…

— Jerome Bettis

Dad has worked as a banker at the same firm in Boston, living in the same suburban neighborhood for over 50 years. Later in…

— Amor Towles

My dad worked in the IT industry, although I haven't got a clue what he did. He always tells me but it just goes…

— Ashley Young

My mum and dad worked in the pottery industry.

— Phil Taylor

My dad worked so hard. He slept in his own bed maybe half the nights of the year because of road assignments, but even…

— Joe Buck

It's true my father used to work 18 hours a day as a security guard to help support my dream of becoming a footballer.…

— Miguel Almiron

My dad worked for Kodak and was made redundant when I was about 14. Despite this, my parents did everything they could to help…

— Tom Fletcher

My dad worked very hard for the money he made, and my mom worked very hard to keep this household up and running and…

— Kim Basinger

My dad worked on the Middlesbrough docks.

— Paul Rodgers

My mum and dad had worked incredibly hard to afford me an education.

— Benedict Cumberbatch

My dad worked all sorts of jobs when I was growing up and finally ended up as a surveyor; my mum delivers meals to…

— Michelle Dockery