Cities Quote by Kenna

I grew up on the brink of poverty in Baltimore and the Bronx during the '80s and '90s. I remember those streets you couldn't…

— Wes Moore

I worked a million different jobs, lived in different places, lived in terrible house shares with mould on the walls.

— Nicola Coughlan

Having grown up in a Black neighborhood, gone to a segregated Black public school that was overcrowded and underfunded, watched my neighbors be displaced…

— Maya Wiley

I think my father kept struggling to get us into better neighborhoods, better schools. One of the worst jobs he had was folding shirts…

— Terry Zwigoff

I think that growing up very poor in a very wealthy town gave me a sense of being an outsider, and I hated it…

— Moby

I grew up in a place that felt very integrated.

— Craig Brewer

Growing up, I got a chance to witness a lot of struggle in my neighborhood. A lot of people struggled, myself included. As I…

— Scarface

I felt like I was an outsider. I think what happened to me made me develop this street sense of watching people and working…

— Tobey Maguire

I grew up in a pretty tough neighborhood. I grew up around drugs, alcohol, prostitution, I grew up around everything, and I think part…

— Alicia Keys

If you look at my career it has always been about overcoming difficulties in different places.

— Paulinho

When I look back at where I came from, at the school I attended... my classmates for the most part haven't had successful paths…

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

Everything that I do is shaped by the experiences that I've had with my family and that I've heard in families all across the…

— Michelle Wu