Backgrounds Quote by Tom Jones Download Open image “I come from a coal-mining, working-class background. My father was a coal miner.” — Tom Jones ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Backgrounds Class Coal Coal mining Come Father Miner Mining Parenting Working class
My grandad was a miner. My father, brother, and uncles all work in industry. — Faye Marsay Copy Share Image
When I was born, my father was a copper miner in Butte, Montana. It was a hard-core, blue-collar situation. — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
I grew up listening to my dad, a miner who rose through the ranks to be the mine superintendent in Coalwood, W.V. , yelling… — Homer Hickam Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I have a humble background. My dad was a coal miner. My mum worked a receptionist. I was one of the first people in… — Gail Bradbrook Copy Share Image
My grandfather, who brought me up, was a coal miner. I visited the mines with him. I remember it vividly. It was horrible. I'm… — Paul W. S. Anderson Copy Share Image
My mom's family was farmers and coal miners. They were very hardworking folks. My dad was an attorney and ran his own firm. He… — Kendra Scott Copy Share Image
Plant a radish, get a radish, never any doubt. That's why I love vegetables, you know what they're about! — Tom Jones Copy Share Image
It's not unusual to be loved by anyone, it's not unusual to have fun with anyone. But when I see you hanging about with… — Tom Jones Copy Share Image
When I started recording, I thought I'd be able to do all kinds of records: jazz, country, dance - and I've always wanted to… — Tom Jones Copy Share Image
The Musto Skiff combines the thrill of skiff performance with smooth control and well... it just blows your pants off! — Tom Jones Copy Share Image
First of all, I love singing. I mean, I get out of bed and I sing. I can't help it. — Tom Jones Copy Share Image
Pussy cat, pussy cat, I love you, yes I do. You and your pussy cat nose. — Tom Jones Copy Share Image
I got married when I was 16 so I had to do shift-work to make ends meet. — Tom Jones Copy Share Image
Oh yeah, I would have been a coal miner, I would think, if I hadn't had tuberculosis when I was 12. — Tom Jones Copy Share Image
I don't think you can sing about certain things when you're a teen-ager or in your early 20s, because you haven't lived long enough.… — Tom Jones Copy Share Image
I've always worn jewellery but for a time it went out of fashion. Like grungy and punk bands didn't wear jewellery because it was… — Tom Jones Copy Share Image
“There is a curious paradox that no one can explain. Who understands the secret of the reaping of the grain? Who understands why Spring… — Tom Jones Copy Share Image
When I was young, I was interested more in (singing the songs). ... I can't say I'm enjoying it more now than I did… — Tom Jones Copy Share Image
We do not want to be reminded that it is we, the indigenous people, who are poor and exploited in the land of our… — Steven Biko Copy Share Image
When you see how fragile and delicate life can be, all else fades into the background. — Jenna Morasca Copy Share Image
Worship is not about personality, temperament, personal limitations, church background, or comfort. It is about God. — John Wimber Copy Share Image
Eventually the consumer will come to appreciate the editorial point of view of every different brand. User-generated content without editorial oversight will simply be… — Michael Eisner Copy Share Image
I bring my classical training - some of it, but not all of it - and also my background and culture, to spirituals. And… — Kathleen Battle Copy Share Image
The acting background helped a lot when I started writing. I was training for it. In acting class they teach you about the stakes… — Carol Higgins Clark Copy Share Image
In the dim background of our mind we know meanwhile what we ought to be doing: getting up, dressing ourselves, answering the person who… — William James Copy Share Image
I think it is a sin to look at another person as inferior to yourself because of race or because of ethnic background and… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
The thing that is making jazz healthy today is that people are coming out of other backgrounds - from rock, folk, from ethnic music.… — Billy Taylor Copy Share Image
We do not have to be ashamed of what we are. As sentient beings we have wonderful backgrounds. These backgrounds may not be particularly… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
People from my sort of background needed grammar schools to compete with children from privileged homes like Shirley Williams and Anthony Wedgwood Benn. — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Persons who have cleansed themselves of any transgression and who have shown their ability to deal with homosexual inclinations and put them in the… — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
