We weren't wealthy but we definitely weren't poor. We were incredibly rich because there was a wonderful community in Shepherd's Bush, where I grew up. All my friends were into villainy and crime.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
We definitely weren't poor growing up, but we weren't rich.
We didn't grow up rich people.
At home, growing up, we weren't really poor. We had everything we needed, we just didn't have what we wanted.
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.
I always was a rich person because money's not related to happiness.
We weren't dirt poor, but there was no spare money kicking around. While it was very much understood that the way to a better life was through education, books were a luxury we couldn't afford. But when I was six, we actually moved opposite the central library, and that became my home from home.
I was the second of six kids. I wouldn't say we were poor; we had no money. That's different.
I was poor. When you're poor you work, and when you're rich you expect somebody to hand it to you. So I think being reasonably poor is very good for people.
We were rather poor, but we always had what we needed.
For most of history, almost everyone was poor. Power and wealth belonged to only a few.