Working-Class Quotes

70 quotes by 65 authors

I come from a working-class background in Queens, New York. — Amy Ryan
My upbringing was middle-class but my parents' families were both working-class so I had this odd combination of working-class background but in a privileged position. — Denise Mina
I spent the 1960s and 1970s seeking myself - the working-class tradition of self-education. — Ken Livingstone
You grow up skinny in Canada; in working-class Montreal, you're definitely the underdog. — Jay Baruchel
Sharpe is my favorite role of all that I've played. He's a very complex character. He knows that he's a good soldier, but he will… — Sean Bean
I come from a very working-class background, so my family would have been downstairs in the past, as opposed to upstairs. People are often quite… — Michelle Dockery
I had so many offers after 'True Blood' for things that were someone in the same vein, but nowhere near Alan Ball's vision. Or something… — Michelle Forbes
I come from a working-class family in Pittsburgh, whereas 'Mike & Molly' deals with the working class in Chicago. I swear a little, but I… — Billy Gardell
I come from a coal-mining, working-class background. My father was a coal miner. — Tom Jones
I keep my house tidy, because then I can think clearly. I feel the same about myself. Presenting yourself well is a working-class thing -… — Gary Kemp
The really successful work in England tends to be working-class writers telling working-class stories. The film industry has been slow to wake up to that,… — Stephen Daldry
When the women's movement began, it was a middle-class phenomenon. Certainly, black women had other stuff to think about in the '60s besides a women's… — Gail Collins
I don't know anyone, from any class, who's had a perfectly easy life. I've met people born into wealthy families who feel like they didn't… — Paloma Faith
I came from a real working-class show business family. — Sally Field
My father and I used to tussle about me becoming an actor. He's from strong, Presbyterian Scottish working-class stock, and he used to sit me… — Tom Hiddleston
For students today, only 10 percent of children from working-class families graduate from college by the age of 24 as compared to 58 percent of… — Patrick J. Kennedy
It's hard for me to understand how working-class people support themselves. — Barbara Kruger
I'm a working-class person, working with class. — Karl Lagerfeld
I'm from a working-class background, and I've experienced that worry of not having a job next week because the unions are going on strike. — Annie Lennox
I was a weedy kid, not like one of those working-class men who can accommodate not being academically clever by physical strength and prowess. — Ken Livingstone

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