Slum Quotes

I was born in a slum, but the slum wasn't born in me.
Jesse Jackson

The slum is the measure of civilization.
Jacob Riis

The fighter loses more than his pride in the fight; he loses part of his future. He's a step closer to the slum he came from.
Floyd Patterson

Future, Fight, Pride

First of all there is always that artistic challenge of creating something. Or the particular experience to take slum life in that period and make something out of it in the form of a book. And then I felt some kind of responsibility to my family.
Frank McCourt

Life, Family, Experience

I didn't say I wouldn't go into ghetto areas. I've been in many of them and to some extent I would say this; if you've seen one city slum, you've seen them all.
Spiro T. Agnew

Seen, City, Ghetto

To one extent, if you've seen one city slum, you've seen them all.
Spiro T. Agnew

Seen, City, Extent

I've been in many of them and to some extent I would have to say this; if you've seen one city slum you've seen them all.
Spiro T. Agnew

Seen, City, Extent

'Slumdog' was my first movie, and I had never been to India before - I was just a teenager in the U.K. with my headphones and my Nike shoes. What did I know about growing up in a slum?
Dev Patel

Before, Shoes, Growing

The majority of them give the impression of being men who have been drafted into the job during a period of martial law and are only waiting for the end of the emergency to get back to a really congenial occupation such as slum demolition or debt collecting.
Alan Brien

Men, Waiting, End

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