#profess

Why has the Democratic Party become so arrogantly detached from ordinary Americans? Though they claim to speak for the poor and dispossessed, Democrats have increasingly become the party of an upper-middle-class professional elite, top-heavy with journalists, academics and lawyers. ↗

— Camille Paglia

#become #claim #democratic #democratic party #democrats

Twenty years ago I wanted to move to a nice place so our Charley would grow up a nice boy and learn a profession. But instead we live in a jungle, so he can only be a wild animal. D'you think I picked the East Side like Columbus picked America? ↗

— Abraham Polonsky

#america #animal #boy #charley #columbus

I'm a professional cook. I've worked with other cooks from all over the world, but my family is not that way - they're always lived within 25 miles of my hometown! ↗

— Paul Prudhomme

#cook #cooks #family #hometown #i

I am deeply interested in the progress and elevation of journalism, having spent my life in that profession, regarding it as a noble profession and one of unequaled importance for its influence upon the minds and morals of the people. ↗

— Joseph Pulitzer

#deeply #elevation #having #i #i am

But to the fighting soldier that phase of the war is behind. It was left behind after his first battle. His blood is up. He is fighting for his life, and killing now for him is as much a profession as writing is for me. ↗

— Ernie Pyle

#battle #behind #blood #fighting #first

I moved to Princeton, Indiana, and became a professional Farm Manager for that Princeton Farms. ↗

— Orville Redenbacher

#farm #farms #i #indiana #manager

I don't want to be famous famous. I'm happy on the second tier, where I have autonomy on a professional level but I can still go out to the movies without being recognized. ↗

— Gabrielle Reece

#being #famous #go #happy #i

My mom was a teacher - I have the greatest respect for the profession - we need great teachers - not poor or mediocre ones. ↗

— Condoleezza Rice

#great teachers #greatest #i #mediocre #mom

Even if your job is a professional singer, we still dork out at home. ↗

— Sheena Easton

#even #home #job #out #professional

Men and women of high professional standing have been reduced to the status of vagrants. ↗

— Elmer Rice

#high #men #men and women #professional #reduced