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Parents with meager means have the same aspirations for their children as other parents. Children from poor families have the same needs… — Mark Sanford Copy Share Image
I was a good soldier in the British Army. I was born in a very, very poor family. And I enlisted to… — Idi Amin Copy Share Image
In Manipur, mostly the top player's family background is very poor. I also come from a poor family, so we have to… — Mary Kom Copy Share Image
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I'm from Pemberton, Wigan, and was born into a poor family. I grew up on a council estate. My dad was at… — Limahl Copy Share Image
I came from a poor family, so working and going to school at the same time was natural. It taught me multi-tasking,… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
Both of my parents were born into poor families on the island of Cuba. They came to America because it was the… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
My mother, we were a very poor family. When I was a kid, we would be in our little room, and there… — Kirk Douglas Copy Share Image
I was born in a very poor family. I used to sell tea in a railway coach as a child. My mother… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
My father was really good with math. It's a funny thing, I don't remember my father or my mother being so mechanical-minded.… — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
Under present conditions, people are preoccupied with consumer goods not because they are brainwashed but because buying is the one pleasurable activity… — Ellen Willis Copy Share Image
We urgently need a debate about the best ways of supporting families in modern America, without blinders that prevent us from seeing… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
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“Work by Martha Farah of the University of Pennsylvania, Tom Boyce of UCSF, and others demonstrates something outrageous: By age five, the… — Robert M. Sapolsky Copy Share Image
When people of color are killed in the inner city, when homeless people are killed, when the "nobodies" are killed, district attorneys… — Helen Prejean Copy Share Image
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You go to India and you see the poorest village somewhere in the middle of India. And the poor family is happier… — Marina Abramovic Copy Share Image
Democracy is our commitment. It is our great legacy, a legacy we simply cannot compromise. Democracy is in our DNA. I have… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
My dad left when I was a little boy and I grew up with my mother's family. There were foundations in the… — William Levy Copy Share Image
My early childhood prepared me to be a social psychologist. I grew up in a South Bronx ghetto in a very poor… — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share Image
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I just love kids. As a kid, I grew up in a poor country with a poor family that had nothing. I… — Dikembe Mutombo Copy Share Image
For all the chatter that Britain has moved beyond class, recent studies have found that it determines the life chances of British… — Johann Hari Copy Share Image
People just relate to me. They know I'm a regular person brought up in a hardworking, poor family, that I've had all… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
When you look at guys who get recruited, most of the best athletes, they come from poor families. I don't forget. I… — Eric Dickerson Copy Share Image
I was born in a very poor family. I used to sell tea in a railway coach as a child. My mother… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
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As I wrote about my childhood, I realized that there was no big tragedy. Being multiethnic is not a tragedy. I didn't… — Amy Hill Copy Share Image
Government welfare programs contribute to the disintegration of poor families. They make women and children dependent on government; dependent for food, for… — Hans F. Sennholz Copy Share Image
I've been dealing with pressure all life long. Coming from a very poor family in Haiti, moving to Paris, a new place,… — Jimmy Jean-Louis Copy Share Image
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