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I was not the son of a worker or lacking in material or social resources for a relatively comfortable existence; I could say I miraculously escaped wealth.

— Fidel Castro

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I was not raised with wealth or resources or any social standing to speak of.

— Michelle Obama

I could have been a rich kid who stayed in college and got by on the path of least resistance, but I got much more out of being in the world and pulling my own weight.

— Tim Daly

I didn't come from a wealthy family. My dad told us if we wanted spending money, we had to earn it. So I developed an early work ethic.

— Johnny Iuzzini

My father, who was jailed for stealing on more than one occasion, just abandoned his fatherly responsibilities and disappeared. I grew up working from the time I was nine years of age. Money was a big issue everywhere I lived.

— Wayne Dyer

I didn't grow up in a wealthy family at all. Being at home all day and watching movies, that was a luxury.

— Fleur East

I come from a large family, but I was not raised with a fortune. Something more was left me, and that was family values.

— Dikembe Mutombo

In my early years, my father was away as a soldier in the war. When he came back, work was very difficult to come by. Even though he was a highly skilled man, a maker of furniture, the payment for that work was very poor.

— Trevor Nunn

I brought my sons into the business to extend my working life, so I could keep my hand in the business.

— Leonard N. Stern

✗Opposing Perspectives

I led a comfortable life, went to good schools and was privileged in many ways, but my father worked hard. We never considered ourselves rich.

— Joseph M. Kyrillos

Although I grew up in very modest and challenging circumstances, I consider my life to be immeasurably rich.

— Sonia Sotomayor