“I felt like the luckiest kid in the world. And I was. I was growing up middle-class in a time when growing up middle-class in America meant there would be jobs for my parents, good schools for me to prepare myself for a career, and, if I worked hard and played by the rules, a chance for me to do anything I wanted.” IfsWorldHardWould BeKidsWantedSchoolJobsAmericaFeltParentChanceClassCareersGrowing UpGrowingMiddleMiddle ClassGood School Author:Al Franken
“On the flip side, I enjoy covering the Arab world, I've spent my entire career here in the Middle East, but I would never call myself a war correspondent.” WorldWarEnjoySidesCareersMiddleEastMiddle EastCoveringFlipArab World Author:Anthony Shadid
“We're going to have to invest in the American people again, in tax cuts for the middle class, in health care for all Americans, and college for every young person who wants to go. In businesses that can create the new energy economy of the future. In policies that will lift wages and will grow our middle class. These are the policies I have fought for my entire career.” PeopleWantPersonsCareYoungEnergyGrowsClassCareersEconomyCuttingMiddlePolicyCollegeTaxesHealth CareLiftsMiddle ClassWagesTax CutsNew Energy Author:Barack Obama
“Tony Stewart -- Broke out a new chassis at Pocono Raceway last June and raced to the checkered flag for his first victory of 2003; has finished among the top 10 in all but two of his 10 career starts here; Turn one is probably the easiest of the three, but you've got the challenge of having to downshift in the middle of the corner, .. You go down the backstretch and into the tunnel turn and it's basically one lane.” FirstsTwoLastsTurnsThreeChallengesCareersMiddleVictoryCornersFinishedBrokeFlagsJuneTunnelsLanesTop 10Checkered Author:Tony Stewart
“Economics is important because it's possible to buy the places that are necessary to live in relative inaccessibility and seclusion, or to move with a bit of style and chicness into the middle of civilization.” ImportantMovingSuccessBitsCareersMiddleStyleBuddhismCivilizationEconomicsRelativeSeclusion Author:Frederick Lenz
“I managed to slip two children out in the middle of my career and have been lucky with all the work.” ChildrenHas BeensTwoCareersMiddleLuckySlips Author:Samantha Bond