A Quote by Ethel Waters

I was born out of wedlock. Nobody brought me up.

Ethel Waters

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Born Brought Me Nobody Out Up Wedlock

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Ethel Waters
American - Musician
October 31, 1896 - September 1, 1977

Our families have fallen to pieces. 75 percent of all black children are born out of wedlock, without a father.

Shelby Steele

More than 72 percent of children in the African-American community are born out of wedlock. That means absent fathers.

Don Lemon

Most children of the underclass are born out of wedlock; relationships are fleeting and unstable (which ensures that what is born into the underclass stays in the underclass). This is a world in which there are almost no worthwhile male role models, which is a disaster when boys turn to youths.

Andrew Neil

Contraception leads to more babies being born out of wedlock, like fire extinguishers lead to more fires.

Stephen Colbert

I was born at Rotten Row in Glasgow and brought up in Loch Lomond near a small place called Gartocharn. And it's a bit like anyone: where you're brought up, you have an irresistible attraction to that place; it defines who you are.

Kevin Macdonald

The Harbor Area is everything - Carson, Wilmington, San Pedro, Long Beach, that whole little bubble that I grew up in. I always throw it up after I finish fighting, I always throw up the Harbor Area. Out of pride. It made me who I am. It brought me my goods; it brought me my bads. It molded me into who I am.

Brian Ortega

I am born and brought up in Maharashtra so for me, Marathi is an often heard language.

Kay Kay Menon

Even though there are a lot of misconceptions about me not being an Indian, I am born and brought up in Bandra.

Zareen Khan

Nobody the dead man & Nobody the living Nobody is giving in & Nobody is giving Nobody hears me but just Nobody cares Nobody fears me but Nobody just stares Nobody belongs to me & Nobody remains No Nobody knows nothing All that remains are remains

Kami Garcia

I am a hardcore Bihari boy. I am born and brought up in Bihar, and for me, ethnicity is not a problem and is inbuilt in me.

R. Madhavan

My mum taught me to work hard. I was born when she was only 17 and she brought me up on her own.

Denise Lewis

I knew I was born at the North but hoped nobody would find it out. I looked upon the misfortune as something so shrouded by time and distance that maybe nobody remembered it.

Thomas Bailey Aldrich

I was at the 1976 Republican Convention in Kansas City. I was running 'Nobody for President' at the time. I printed up these press releases and handed them out to the crowd at the Kemper Arena. 'Nobody keeps campaign promises.' 'Nobody lowers your taxes.' 'Nobody should have that much power.' 'Nobody is in Washington working for you.'

Wavy Gravy

I had a complicated life until I was 25. I was born in Bristol and was brought up by my mum and my stepfather in Edinburgh. He introduced me to books.

Neil Cross

I was born in Argentina, June 13, 1943. I brought up my parents very well, so they let me come to America to study at Princeton University.

Emilio Ambasz

For a really long time, I thought being different was a negative thing. But as I grew older, I started to realize we were all born to stand out; nobody is born to blend in.

Halima Aden

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