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Liz Murray
12 quotes
“I learned from that time period that, even though the past is always kind of right there, you can decide to start over with a loved one. I lost my mom, and we did not have enough connection at the time, and I was not going to let that happen again.”
Liz Murray (born 1980) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We ate ice cubes because it felt like eating. We split a tube of toothpaste between us for dinner.”
Liz Murray (born 1980) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Like my mother, I was always saying, 'I'll fix my life one day.' It became clear when I saw her die without fulfilling her dreams that my time was now or maybe never.”
Liz Murray (born 1980) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I was one of those people on the streets you walk away from.”
Liz Murray (born 1980) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Liz Murray: 'My parents were desperate drug addicts. I'm a Harvard graduate' The Guardian (26 September 2010)
“I saw her die without fulfilling her dreams and I knew that my time was now or maybe never.”
Liz Murray (born 1980) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The fork in the road happens over a hundred times a day, and it’s the choices that you make that will determine the shape of your life.”
Liz Murray (born 1980) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: BEYOUROWNICON: LIZ MURRAY American Sunglass (April 16, 2018)
“I felt like I wasn’t going to make it. When I thought about my life in front of me, how I’m going to rise up to anything … it was so overwhelming.”
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“I went to high school while I was homeless, (I) received dental care, hot meals, counselling … I was helped so much in my journey that at some point, it clicked for me. I quickly came to realize that a lot of people were also struggling.”
Liz Murray (born 1980) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Eventually, as I was able to change my circumstances with that help, I went on to start a non-profit (and) began volunteering (so) that I could help (others).”
Liz Murray (born 1980) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You don’t have to ‘wait until.’ You have something right now of value.”
Liz Murray (born 1980) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I like to ask people to think about the courage it takes for someone experiencing homelessness to knock on the door, asking for service. It’s very hard. It’s very vulnerable.”
Liz Murray (born 1980) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The problem may be huge, but your job is not to fix the entire problem. It’s to do what you can with what you have.”
Liz Murray (born 1980) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Liz Murray to speak at Mission Services of London banquet in November globalnews (October 17, 2021)