South Bronx Quotes

I don't need bodyguards. I'm from the South Bronx. Al Pacino
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I was born in Harlem, raised in the South Bronx, went to public school, got out of public college, went into the Army, and then I just stuck with it. Colin Powell
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Dr. King said, 'We are all tied together in a garment of mutual destiny.' Which says to me no matter how well I may be doing in Hollywood, if a young brother or sister in Louisiana, the South Bronx, the South Side of Chicago, South Central Los Angeles - is not doing well, then I'm not doing very well. Hill Harper
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I am a product of affirmative action. I am the perfect affirmative action baby. I am Puerto Rican, born and raised in the south Bronx. My test scores were not comparable to my colleagues at Princeton and Yale. Not so far off so that I wasn't able to succeed at those institutions. Sonia Sotomayor
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My first book was on the grittier side of life. A week before being published, I realized all of my main characters come from single households. That was something that, when I lived in South Bronx, that's what it was like. Adam Silvera
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I was born to a dad who was born in the South Bronx while the Bronx was burning, while landlords were committing arson to their own buildings. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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What I find curious is that I ever became a writer at all. I grew up in the South Bronx, the land of poverty and petty hoodlums. Jerome Charyn
Poverty Petty Bronx Find Writer Became South South Bronx Up Curious Grew Land Ever
I was from a poor Jewish family in the South Bronx. My father was a plumber, but when I was 16, he got sick and I had to take over. Being a plumber in the South Bronx wasn't fun. Leonard Susskind
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Sustainable South Bronx advocates for environmental justice through sustainable environmental and economic development projects. Majora Carter
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Prior to Katrina, the South Bronx and New Orleans' Ninth Ward had a lot in common. Both were largely populated by poor people of color, both hotbeds of cultural innovation: think hip-hop and jazz. Both are waterfront communities that host both industries and residents in close proximity of one another. Majora Carter
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My early childhood prepared me to be a social psychologist. I grew up in a South Bronx ghetto in a very poor family. From Sicilian origin, I was the first person in my family to complete high school, let alone go to college. Philip Zimbardo
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I grew up in the South Bronx in the 1970s. My dad worked in IT, and my mom was a teacher. Sunny Hostin
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I started off as a graffiti artist in the South Bronx. My tag name was 'Loco' because I would go crazy and tag anywhere I wanted, in the weirdest places. Swizz Beatz
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A lot of the cats I grew up with in the South Bronx found themselves in sticky situations. Wesley Snipes
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