Raised by an irresponsible ...

Raised by an irresponsible mother during the Great Depression in the Jim Crow south, my father was on his own from the age of 13.
Raised by an irresponsible mother during the Great Depression in the Jim Crow south, my father was on his own from the age of 13.
 Larry Elder

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Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.
 William Tecumseh Sherman
The same mentality that leads to environmental despoliation, environmental destruction, also leads to damage to people.
 Naomi Oreskes
You can't break poor people mentality. Once you grow up poor, you don't take anything for granted. It can have the negative side also because you can never truly be relaxed.
 Will Smith
The man with the average mentality, but with control, with a definite goal, and a clear conception of how it can be gained, and above all, with the power of application and labor, wins in the end.
 William Howard Taft
I think society had to grow up to the mentality of Peter Norman.
 John Carlos

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A goal without a plan is just a wish.
 Larry Elder
America traditionally represents the greatest possibility of someone's going from nothing to something. Why? In theory, if not practice, the government stays out of the way and lets individuals take risks and reap rewards or accept the consequences of failure. We call this capitalism - or, at least, we used to.
 Larry Elder
The No. 1 cause of preventable death for young black men is not auto accidents or accidental drowning, but homicide.
 Larry Elder
The formula for achieving middle-class success is simple: Finish high school; don't have a child before the age of 20; and get married before having the child.
 Larry Elder
People value and spend their money more wisely when they acquire it by their own efforts - also known as work.
 Larry Elder