Background Quote by Vivek Murthy Download Open image “My mother was from a middle-class background.” — Vivek Murthy ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Background Mother Parenting
My upbringing was middle-class but my parents' families were both working-class so I had this odd combination of working-class background but in a privileged… — Denise Mina Copy Share Image
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I grew up in a middle-class family in the middle of America in the middle of the last century. — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
My mom was a pretty hard worker. She worked her ass off, but I'd say we were middle class. I had a car in… — Reggie Watts Copy Share Image
I feel middle-class, but my family had to start from scratch. There was no inheritance from a great-aunt. It feels like a slog. — Wunmi Mosaku Copy Share Image
I think people often forget how powerful they are. Sometimes it just takes one voice to save a life. When we speak up we… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
We don't do enough to help older people recognize how much they matter. — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
When I was Surgeon General, I spent a lot of time talking to people in living rooms and town halls all across the country,… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
We can experience an erosion of self-esteem when we're lonely, as we come to believe that it's because we're not likable or because something… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
Climate change poses a serious, immediate and global threat to health. — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
I trained in internal medicine, and I expected most of my time would be spent on diabetes or heart disease or cancer. What I… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
I do not intend to use the Surgeon General's Office as a bully pulpit for gun control. — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
We know that chronic loneliness has consequences. It certainly depresses our mood. And in terms of our health, people who struggle with loneliness also… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
You can be surrounded by many people but still feel quite lonely if you don't have strong connections and if you feel you can't… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
When people tell you that you're less-than and that you don't matter and that you're inferior, you internalize some of that. — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
Service is a powerful pathway of getting out of loneliness. It takes the focus off of you and puts it onto someone else. — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
When you see how fragile and delicate life can be, all else fades into the background. — Jenna Morasca Copy Share Image
When I was playing piano, it was like, 'I'm going to write a song using all the white keys.' My music director, who knew… — John Tesh Copy Share Image
Food as a hobby used to be an elite pastime, and it has become something that is totally ordinary for people of every background.… — Dana Goodyear Copy Share Image
The way I look at it is, cancer research is absolutely nonpartisan. Cancer is very democratic in the sense that it attacks people regardless… — David H. Koch Copy Share Image
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Mark Zuckerberg is a rich white dude from a really privileged background. — Peter Sunde Copy Share Image
Once you know the background of an individual, you can connect better with his or her music. — Badshah Copy Share Image
Al Jazeera is a representation of, you know, diversity in the Arab world. In our newsroom, we have every single nationality, we have every… — Wadah Khanfar Copy Share Image
Maybe it's just my improv and sketch background, but I'm a lot more comfortable in a group. I like sharing focus and populating an… — Jason Mantzoukas Copy Share Image
