A Quote by Adrienne Bailon
I wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth; I came from really humble beginnings - the projects of New York City - and I worked my way to get to where I am.
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I'm a simple man. Grew up in a small town. Came from humble beginnings. No silver spoon.
There are roughly three New Yorks. There is, first, the New York of the man or woman who was born here, who takes the city for granted and accepts its size and its turbulence as natural and inevitable. Second, there is the New York of the commuter — the city that is devoured by locusts each day and spat out each night. Third, there is the New York of the person who was born somewhere else and came to New York in quest of something.
I was not born with a silver spoon in my mouth.
I wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth.
We're leaving the House to people who either were born with a silver spoon in their mouth... or couldn't get better jobs in the first place.
I wasn't exactly born with a silver spoon in my mouth.
Every man was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth.
I was not born with a silver spoon in my mouth, and my wedding was not on the cover of a magazine.
I was not, though, born with a silver spoon in my mouth. Despite what people seem to think.
One man is born with a silver spoon in his mouth, and the other with a wooden ladle.
Most of us weren't born with a silver spoon in our mouth, but if life dealt you all the wrong cards, you still have to play.
According to the Rand McNally Places-Rated Almanac, the best place to
live in America is the city of Pittsburgh. The city of New York came
in twenty-fifth. Here in New York we really don't care too much.
Because we know that we could beat up their city anytime.
Everybody is not born with a silver spoon in their mouth. There are only a very small percentage of those types of people, you know what I mean?
New York is just New York. It's a hard city, it's a hard city to live in. It's a desperate city. It's filled with scam artists and people who are always looking for a way in and a way out and the majority of people have to really negotiate their way through that jungle to get to the other side; the other side being a place of tranquility and peace and home and safety.
Looking back at 'Taxi Driver' or, really, any of the Martin Scorsese films, he really filmed New York City in a way that I saw New York City.
During a campaign speech in Ohio, President Obama said, 'I wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth'. So to be fair, he wants to take your silverware and spread it around.
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