Black Quote by Maya Wiley

My family life and early political life - being exposed to the news constantly, being enrolled in an Afrocentric education program, and doing the…

— Baratunde Thurston

Eventually I went back to high school. I went to a coaching center in my neighborhood. I had to leave the homeless situation because…

— Luis J. Rodriguez

I was about to move out of my apartment because I was so broke. I'd sort of made a pact with myself that I…

— Michael Pitt

My parents divorce and hard times at school, all those things combined to mold me, to make me grow up quicker. And it gave…

— Christina Aguilera

When my mother had four girls, and she could tell her marriage was falling apart, she went back to college and got her degree…

— Andie MacDowell

Being in the neighborhood and the poverty stricken environment that I grew up in, I took a detour. I gravitated towards some of the…

— Kevin Gates

My parent's divorce and hard times at school, all those things combined to mold me, to make me grow up quicker. And it gave…

— Christina Aguilera

I lost my athletic scholarship by injuring my right knee. That right knee kept me out of Vietnam, and I went into Drama. I…

— Gary Busey

I think so much of my life had me growing up under extreme poverty and really challenging conditions, with having the police in my…

— Patrisse Cullors

My mother cleaned homes and drove school buses, and when my family was on the brink of foreclosure... I started bartending and waitressing.

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

My mother and her plans for my future. She had it all worked out. I would attend a nice college, then get a job…

— George Carlin

Being a single mom, I fought my way through living in poverty, feeling like I wasn't ever enough, feeling an annoying tug that we…

— Stephanie Land