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I was brought up in a very ordinary family, in fact, a worker's family. Both my father and mother were ordinary citizens.

— Vladimir Putin

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I saw my parents come over. They were immigrants, they had no money. My dad wore the same pair of shoes, I had some ugly clothes growing up, and I never had any privileges. In some ways, I think the person that I am now, I think it's good that I had that kind of tough upbringing.

— Amy Chua

I think I was well brought up, for my father and mother were of one mind regarding the care of the family.

— Catherine Helen Spence

My parents were immigrants and janitors.

— Martin Shkreli

I came from a working-class family. My dad was in a union. I never forgot what it was like to be a private.

— Chris Gibson

I was a regular kid with a normal family life.

— Christy Turlington

What family you were born into matters so much more than it did before in a perverse way.

— David Brooks

✗Opposing Perspectives

My family was very unorthodox. My mother was very eccentric and amazing. She always treated us like adults.

— Laura Prepon

Although I was born to famous parents, I know and feel the problems of ordinary citizens.

— Benigno Aquino III

My mother was a free-spirited clinical therapist, and I had the most hard-working father, a television lighting director by trade. My mum raised me to be a global citizen, with eyes open to sometimes harsh realities.

— Meghan Markle

My father was a schoolteacher and my mother came from a teacher's family.

— Simon van der Meer