#inner city

I mean, when you grow up in the inner city and you grow up in a single-parent household, that's - those are humbling times, you know? ↗

— LeBron James

#grow #grow up #household #humbling #i

In the inner city, there's a mentality that the government owes you something. My breakthrough came when I stopped feeling sorry for myself and took responsibility for every part of my life. No more pity parties. I've gotta love me more than anybody else loves me. ↗

— Mary J. Blige

#breakthrough #came #city #else #every

If all I ever wrote about was inner city freaks, I think it would be dishonest. ↗

— Eric Bogosian

#city #dishonest #ever #freaks #i

A person like myself, born and raised in the inner city of Atlanta, Georgia, to lower-middle-class parents. But I had the opportunity to get an education, to go and earn a commission in the United States Army, to serve for 22 years, to lead men and women in combat. ↗

— Allen West

#atlanta #born #city #combat #commission