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Growing Up Poor Quotes

Growing up poor, I didn’t even have a lunch to take to school Picture Quote #1

We definitely weren’t poor growing up, but we weren’t rich Picture Quote #1

I was so poor growing up...if I wasn’t a boy...I’d have nothing to play with Picture Quote #1

Growing up poor, I didn’t even have a lunch to take to school. Lunch was 26 cents, and we didn’t even know what 26 cents looked like. I didn’t love school because I wanted to disguise that I was poorer than everybody else Picture Quote #1

If you must know, my parents came from pretty hardscrabble backgrounds in the southern Midwest. I certainly didn’t grow up poor, but I did spend my 20s and early 30s juggling temp jobs and choking on massive student-loan debt Picture Quote #1

We weren’t poor growing up on Long Island, but it wasn’t lavish - just a regular middle-class house Picture Quote #1

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When I was growing up in South Korea in the 70s and early 80s, the country was too poor to buy original records. Everything was bootlegged Picture Quote #1

Growing up poor, I never missed out on anything. My parents did a beautiful job of not making me feel like I was lesser than any other kids Picture Quote #1

My son, Wolf, was born when I was past 40 and the author of a best-selling novel. That means he has grown up a middle-class child - one who sometimes asks me for stories of my childhood but knows nothing of what it means to grow up poor and afraid. I have worked to make sure of that Picture Quote #1

While a few poor countries are catching up with the rich world, the differences between the richest and poorest individuals around the globe are huge and likely growing Picture Quote #1

When I was growing up, I despised Irishness. I felt our music, our television and our books were just poor imitations of what came out of Britain and America. I was all set to abandon it entirely Picture Quote #1

I think that growing up very poor in a very wealthy town gave me a sense of being an outsider, and I hated it when I was growing up Picture Quote #1

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I’m too careful with money - comes out of being poor for several years while growing up Picture Quote #1

I grew up poor in crappy situations... various crappy situations. What kept me sane was reading and music. I had so many different literary tastes growing up, be it fiction like Stephen King or Piers Anthony or non-fiction like reading Hunter S. Thompson essays or reading the Beats. I was a huge fan of the Beat movement Picture Quote #1

I’ve an enormous respect for my mother who at the age of 39 raised three children, and I grew up with my grandmother in the household. And so it was a really strong household of women - my poor brother! It was great growing up with so many generations of women Picture Quote #1

For me, growing up in a ridiculously poor family living in dead-end neighborhoods, Superman was a deeply personal icon, one that said you can do anything if you put your mind to it. What he stood for formed the core of who I wanted to be as I grew up, and informed how I view the world and my responsibilities to other people Picture Quote #1

We were growing up in West Virginia. Everybody was poor there in the southern part of the state. It was like growing up in the Great Depression from the stories I hear people tell. Everybody was poor and so we didn’t know that we were any different from anybody else Picture Quote #1

At home, growing up, we weren't really poor. We had everything we needed, we just didn't have what we wanted Picture Quote #1

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My parents were very poor, but we never felt any sense of need or want. It was a very close, loving, tightly-knit family growing up, and I never felt any sense of deprivation or anything like that Picture Quote #1

My parents came from a poor background and worked their way up because of education. They saw it as a way to succeed. So they cared about me getting straight A grades when I was growing up Picture Quote #1

I wanted to raise the voice of a lot of the people that I knew growing up, and this was, for the most part, poor people who had extraordinary dreams but also very amazing obstacles Picture Quote #1

I’m a strong supporter of comfort breeds complacency. Growing up poor I wasn’t comfortable, my mom had to work so hard and I woke up one day and decided I was not going to come home until I could help her pay the bills Picture Quote #1

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Growing up poor, I didn’t even have a lunch to take to school (Growing Up Poor Quotes) We definitely weren’t poor growing up, but we weren’t rich (Growing Up Poor Quotes) I was so poor growing up...if I wasn’t a boy...I’d have nothing to play with. (Growing Up Poor Quotes) Growing up poor, I didn’t even have a lunch to take to school. Lunch was 26 cents, and we didn’t even know what 26 cents looked like. I didn’t love school because I wanted to disguise that I was poorer than everybody else. (Growing Up Poor Quotes) If you must know, my parents came from pretty hardscrabble backgrounds in the southern Midwest. I certainly didn’t grow up poor, but I did spend my 20s and early 30s juggling temp jobs and choking on massive student-loan debt. (Growing Up Poor Quotes) We weren’t poor growing up on Long Island, but it wasn’t lavish - just a regular middle-class house. (Growing Up Poor Quotes) When I was growing up in South Korea in the 70s and early 80s, the country was too poor to buy original records. Everything was bootlegged. (Growing Up Poor Quotes) Growing up poor, I never missed out on anything. My parents did a beautiful job of not making me feel like I was lesser than any other kids. (Growing Up Poor Quotes) My son, Wolf, was born when I was past 40 and the author of a best-selling novel. That means he has grown up a middle-class child - one who sometimes asks me for stories of my childhood but knows nothing of what it means to grow up poor and afraid. I have worked to make sure of that. (Growing Up Poor Quotes) While a few poor countries are catching up with the rich world, the differences between the richest and poorest individuals around the globe are huge and likely growing. (Growing Up Poor Quotes) When I was growing up, I despised Irishness. I felt our music, our television and our books were just poor imitations of what came out of Britain and America. I was all set to abandon it entirely. (Growing Up Poor Quotes) I think that growing up very poor in a very wealthy town gave me a sense of being an outsider, and I hated it when I was growing up. (Growing Up Poor Quotes) I’m too careful with money - comes out of being poor for several years while growing up (Growing Up Poor Quotes) I grew up poor in crappy situations... various crappy situations. What kept me sane was reading and music. I had so many different literary tastes growing up, be it fiction like Stephen King or Piers Anthony or non-fiction like reading Hunter S. Thompson essays or reading the Beats. I was a huge fan of the Beat movement. (Growing Up Poor Quotes) I’ve an enormous respect for my mother who at the age of 39 raised three children, and I grew up with my grandmother in the household. And so it was a really strong household of women - my poor brother! It was great growing up with so many generations of women (Growing Up Poor Quotes) For me, growing up in a ridiculously poor family living in dead-end neighborhoods, Superman was a deeply personal icon, one that said you can do anything if you put your mind to it. What he stood for formed the core of who I wanted to be as I grew up, and informed how I view the world and my responsibilities to other people (Growing Up Poor Quotes) We were growing up in West Virginia. Everybody was poor there in the southern part of the state. It was like growing up in the Great Depression from the stories I hear people tell. Everybody was poor and so we didn’t know that we were any different from anybody else (Growing Up Poor Quotes) At home, growing up, we weren't really poor. We had everything we needed, we just didn't have what we wanted (Growing Up Poor Quotes) My parents were very poor, but we never felt any sense of need or want. It was a very close, loving, tightly-knit family growing up, and I never felt any sense of deprivation or anything like that (Growing Up Poor Quotes) My parents came from a poor background and worked their way up because of education. They saw it as a way to succeed. So they cared about me getting straight A grades when I was growing up (Growing Up Poor Quotes) I wanted to raise the voice of a lot of the people that I knew growing up, and this was, for the most part, poor people who had extraordinary dreams but also very amazing obstacles (Growing Up Poor Quotes) I’m a strong supporter of comfort breeds complacency. Growing up poor I wasn’t comfortable, my mom had to work so hard and I woke up one day and decided I was not going to come home until I could help her pay the bills (Growing Up Poor Quotes)