“At such times a young couple found it difficult to believe that in a few hours the whistle would call them, two slaves amongst a multitude of slaves, when they felt that each other was the most important person in the world! They walked on air, and saw the stars shine , and even poverty could not numb their hearts, but let them stray for a short time in that fairy garden whose gate opens but once , and , once closing, nevermore! Miss Nobody- Ethel Carnie” Daily GrindWorking Class HeroLost Women WritersForgotten Books Author:Ethel Carnie Holdsworth
“They hit you at school, they hate you if your clever, and they despise a fool.” IfsSchoolHateEducationFoolCleverDespiseHate YouWorking Class Hero Author:John Lennon
“When they've tortured and scared you for 20 odd years, then they expect you to pick a career.” YearsEducationCareersPicksScaredOddWorking Class Hero Author:John Lennon
“There's no hall of fame for that working class hero, no statue carved out of stone. And his greatest reward is the love of a woman and his children.” ChildrenWorkClassHeroFameStonesRewardsHallsWorking ClassStatuesHall Of FameWorking Class Hero Author:Alan Jackson
“There's room at the top they are telling you still, but first you must learn how to smile as you kill.” InspirationalFirstsStillsWorkRoomsWorking Class Hero Author:John Lennon
“Whoever wrote Shakespeare is a working class hero be he an aristocrat or a peasant. Shakespeare is a great leveler. We're presented with kings, queens, emperors and giants who feel the same things as everyone else: jealousy, love, anger, bitterness, grief, loss.” FeelsLossGriefClassKingsHeroQueensGiantsBitternessWorking ClassPeasantsEmperorGrief LossLove JealousyAnger LoveWorking Class Hero Author:Rhys Ifans
“That's the choice they allow you - now the outlet is being a pop star, which is really what I'm saying on the album in 'Working class hero'. As I told Rolling Stone, it's the same people who have the power, the class system didn't change one little bit.” PeopleLittlesChoicesStarsBitsClassHeroLittle BitStonesAlbumsPopsRollingWorking ClassOutletsRolling StonesPop StarsClass SystemWorking Class Hero Author:John Lennon
“Lennon's was one of the first voices I emulated when I began to sing. When we held tryouts in my pal's dad's living room for the singer in our band, I sang a Beatles song that Lennon sang. There is something about the timbre of his voice, something that it conveys, that still gets to me. The quality and the poetry of his lyrics. The wry sense of humor. And the boyishness, in the beginning. There are a great many things that touch me about him... Lennon was, to put it in his own words, a 'working-class hero.'” FirstsStillsSongVoiceRoomsQualityClassHeroDadBandSingersGreat MenSense Of HumorWorking ClassLiving RoomTouch MeLennonPalsWryTimbreWorking Class HeroTryouts Author:Don Henley
“A working class hero is something to be.” ClassHeroLaborWorking ClassWorking Class Hero Author:John Lennon
“I was the hero of the young insurgent working class art movement.” ArtYoungClassMovementHeroWorking ClassInsurgentWorking Class Hero Author:Elia Kazan
“Receiving far less attention are the working class heroes, who go about their solitary work routines with quiet dignity, come home from another grueling day, yet still find time to interact with their children.” ChildrenStillsHomeWorkAttentionClassHeroQuietDignityComing HomeReceivingSolitaryWorking ClassWorking Class Hero Author:Armstrong Williams
“In America, the policeman is a working-class hero. In England, the policeman is a working-class traitor.” AmericaClassHeroEnglandWorking ClassPolicemenTraitorWorking Class Hero Author:Martin Amis