Family Quote by Lady Colin Campbell

My mother was from a middle-class background.

— Vivek Murthy

I grew up until I was seven in Jamaica with my grandmother, who I still think of as the greatest person I have known…

— Linford Christie

I grew up in a family full of strong women. A great aunt on my mother's side had been a matron on a hospital…

— Nick Earls

I grew up in uptown Jamaica; I went to a rich school. I was raised by my mother and my stepfather; they made sure…

— Damian Marley

I grew up in a middle-class family in Jamaica, I had no self-worth issues whatsoever.

— John Barnes

I was born in Kingston, Jamaica. Looking back now, it was poverty really.

— Leon Edwards

Jamaica actually had a pretty big influence on my life.

— Kofi Kingston

I grew up in a middle-class family in the middle of America in the middle of the last century.

— Hillary Clinton

I was actually born in deep rural Jamaica and came to Kingston as a high school girl.

— Portia Simpson-Miller

I grew up upper middle class.

— Lil Dicky

My mother grew up strong. She was a charismatic leader among her peers, staging plays, organizing projects, raising money for charity; she was fiercely…

— Anand Giridharadas

Both of my parents were college-educated within the curriculum in Haiti. When they came to the United States, both had to learn English. My…

— Reggie Fils-Aime