Class Quote by Chris Martin

I'm a working-class kid from a blue-collar New England family.

— R. A. Salvatore

I grew up in Bridlington until I was 16, and I lived with my mum and my sisters. I finished school, got my GCSE's,…

— Charlie Heaton

I come from a modest background. I put myself through college and law school and a postdoctorate program in tax law.

— Michele Bachmann

I don't have a college degree. I started working at 19 on a tiny newspaper. I've covered everything from weddings to crime to criminal weddings.

— Celia Rivenbark

I went to public school up until junior high.

— Kristen Stewart

I come from a very working class background. My dad worked in a factory for 40 years. We all put ourselves through school.

— Michelle Monaghan

Well, when I moved to L.A. at 17, I had just come out of high school. I grew up and went to public school…

— Eliza Dushku

Although I had a private education at secondary level, I went to a local primary school where I mixed with kids of all backgrounds.

— Chuka Umunna

I went to public school my entire life.

— Emma Kenney

I'm just a normal kid, really, from an inner-city background.

— Troy Deeney

I had a great education. From kindergarten to John Dewey High School in Coney Island, I am public-school educated.

— Spike Lee

I was raised in a Bronx public housing project, but studied at two of the nation's finest universities. I did work as an assistant…

— Sonia Sotomayor