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title: "1 Grew South Quotes By Joy Bryant"
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> [I grew up in the South Bronx, raised by my grandmother, who scrapped and scraped to make sure I had a roof over my head and food in my stomach. I was painfully aware of what it was like to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-bryant/i-grew-up-in-the-south-bronx-raised-by-my-grandmother-who-scrapped/)

[Joy Bryant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joy-bryant/)

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## More by Joy Bryant

> [Life doesn't always end up with a bow wrapped around it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-bryant/life-doesn-t-always-end-up-with-a-bow-wrapped-around-it/)

[Joy Bryant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joy-bryant/)

> [I grew up in the South Bronx, raised by my grandmother, who scrapped and scraped to make sure I had a roof over my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-bryant/i-grew-up-in-the-south-bronx-raised-by-my-grandmother-who-scrapped/)

[Joy Bryant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joy-bryant/)

> [I love flowy hippie dresses.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-bryant/i-love-flowy-hippie-dresses/)

[Joy Bryant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joy-bryant/)

> [Following your own vision is one of the only things that will sustain you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-bryant/following-your-own-vision-is-one-of-the-only-things-that-will-sustain/)

[Joy Bryant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joy-bryant/)

> [It feels good to know you contributed positively to another's life, to their happiness, to their survival. It gives us a sense of purpose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-bryant/it-feels-good-to-know-you-contributed-positively-to-another-s-life-to/)

[Joy Bryant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joy-bryant/)

> [I never wanted to be the person who said, "I woulda, coulda, shoulda." Life is way too short, and you may not last that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-bryant/i-never-wanted-to-be-the-person-who-said-i-woulda-coulda-shoulda-life/)

[Joy Bryant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joy-bryant/)

> [Failure isn't really an option because, as my grandmother used to say, "Nothing beats a failure but a try."](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-bryant/failure-isn-t-really-an-option-because-as-my-grandmother-used-to-say/)

[Joy Bryant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joy-bryant/)

> [I think when you're in love with someone, it reveals a lot about yourself. You either rise to your highest highs or you stoop…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-bryant/i-think-when-you-re-in-love-with-someone-it-reveals-a-lot-about/)

[Joy Bryant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joy-bryant/)

> [Sometimes, we are dealing with our own troubles and feel that we don't have the resources to help one another. Or simply, we just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-bryant/sometimes-we-are-dealing-with-our-own-troubles-and-feel-that-we-don-t/)

[Joy Bryant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joy-bryant/)

> [It's been encouraging to hear the pope talking about climate change and take it away from being a political issue to being one of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-bryant/it-s-been-encouraging-to-hear-the-pope-talking-about-climate-change/)

[Joy Bryant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joy-bryant/)

> [Being involved with Oxfam has really opened my eyes to the world at large and the suffering of others. But my background and my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-bryant/being-involved-with-oxfam-has-really-opened-my-eyes-to-the-world-at/)

[Joy Bryant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joy-bryant/)

> [I never wanted to be the person who said, "I woulda, coulda, shoulda." Life is way too short, and you may not last that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-bryant/i-never-wanted-to-be-the-person-who-said-i-woulda-coulda-shoulda-life-2/)

[Joy Bryant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joy-bryant/)

> [You have to move to your own beat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-bryant/you-have-to-move-to-your-own-beat/)

[Joy Bryant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joy-bryant/)

> [I've always said that if anything - whether it was film or television - was something I responded to, then I was open to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-bryant/i-ve-always-said-that-if-anything-whether-it-was-film-or-television/)

[Joy Bryant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joy-bryant/)

> [With all this talk of Going Green, Buying Green, Living Green, and Green being the new whatever, I've come to realize that, although we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-bryant/with-all-this-talk-of-going-green-buying-green-living-green-and-green/)

[Joy Bryant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joy-bryant/)

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