Orphanage Quotes
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The pageant was such a fluke. I mean, I was living in an orphanage, and my foster mother bet me $150 to go out for this thing. Nobody, including myself, thought that a foster kid could be a beauty queen. - on being Miss Teen USA 1993
Charlotte Ayanna
Keywords: 150 :: 1993 :: an :: and :: be :: beauty :: being :: bet :: could :: fluke :: for :: foster :: go :: in :: including :: kid :: living :: me :: mean :: miss :: mother :: my :: myself :: nobody :: on :: orphanage :: out :: pageant :: queen :: such :: teen :: that :: the :: thing :: this :: thought :: to :: usa :: wasSource: imdb.com -
The earth is a great big orphanage for most animals.
Eric Roberts
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So my father grew up in an orphanage in Boston. He was then adopted by an elderly childless couple from Maine, who gave him the name of Mitchell. He moved to Maine, and there he met my mother and was married.
Alex Maghoub
Keywords: adopted :: an :: and :: boston :: by :: childless :: couple :: elderly :: father :: from :: gave :: grew :: he :: him :: in :: maine :: married :: met :: mitchell :: mother :: moved :: my :: name :: of :: orphanage :: so :: the :: then :: there :: to :: up :: was :: whoSource: brainyquote.com
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My father took me back home, back to Greenwich Village, and he thought by taking me out of the orphanage he`d be out of the World War too. But no way - they got him anyway. He went in the Navy and then I lived on the streets.
Gregory Corso
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Last time I was in Jamaica I financed a teacher to teach in an orphanage.
Ziggy Marley
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Any time I go into anything like this, I make sure, before I ever put pen to paper, that I`ve got the say, ... If you don`t, it`s like putting your kid in an orphanage.
Brian Jacques
