Dominican republic Quote by Maika Monroe

I was from this small town, and my parents were poor.

— Tina Knowles

All my Dominican friends live in an area called Los Venaga. Their houses are shacks. They'd invite us over to dinner, and we'd sit…

— Maika Monroe

Our town was not very wealthy, it is a humble place, and my mom and dad didn't have much money. They were always working,…

— Alex Pereira

I came from a social background in Brazil that is very poor. We didn't have anything.

— Oscar

I grew up in a really small town.

— Mike Patton

The side of town, the side of Louisiana that I grew up on, there's a lot of poverty.

— Dustin Poirier

I've been to those places where it's 'poor, pitiful me.'

— Dolly Parton

I grew up in a small town.

— Hope Jahren

I grew up poor in San Pedro, California, sleeping on the floor of shady motels with my five siblings and not always sure when…

— Misty Copeland

I was a farm kid from the plains of South Venezuela, from a very poor family. I grew up in a palm tree house…

— Hugo Chavez

I grew up in a very large, poor family.

— Florence Henderson

I grew up in the hood in Miami in a poor neighborhood.

— Carl Hart