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I was raised by a single mother who made a way for me. she used to scrub floors as a domestic worker, put a cleaning rag in her pocketbook and ride the subways in brooklyn so i would have food on the table. but she taught me as i walked her to the subway that life is about not where you start, but where you're going. that's family values.
-Al Sharpton
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I Was Raised By A Single Mother

Al Sharpton
I was raised by a single mother who made a way for me. she used to scrub floors as a domestic worker, put a cleaning rag in her pocketbook and ride the subways in brooklyn so i would have food on the table. but she taught me as i walked her to the subway that life is about not where you start, but where you're going. that's family values.
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