#bronx

When I was four years old, my mother owned some tenements in the Bronx. ↗

— Cy Coleman

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Also, I preached to gangs on the streets of Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx - and miracles began to happen. ↗

— David Wilkerson

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Most American Jews came from the lower middle classes, and therefore they brought with them not a lot of Jewish culture. The American Jewish story starts with Ellis Island, and the candy store in the Bronx. ↗

— Arthur Hertzberg

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I fell in love with the most beautiful girl in the Bronx. ↗

— Danny Aiello

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When I started really singing I was 17, 18 years old. I used to go around trying to be a singer in the Bronx. My knees would shake but I learned by doing. ↗

— Dominic Chianese

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My whole world before I joined the Navy was my neighborhood in the Bronx. ↗

— Tony Curtis

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I'm just a kid from Bronx who got lucky. ↗

— Ace Frehley

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People ask how can a Jewish kid from the Bronx do preppy clothes? Does it have to do with class and money? It has to do with dreams. ↗

— Ralph Lauren

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I came from the Bronx and a certain background. I worked really hard. I kept my focus on the right things. ↗

— Jennifer Lopez

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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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