"He rescued my brother and me from that long chain of continuity that happens in mining villages, " Mr. Unsworth said.
Back when I was a kid, growing up on the mean streets of Mahopac, New York, we returned home from a day at school and did (always in this order) three things: First, we had a snack (long story, but my mother hid the treats in the trunk of our '80 Datsun 510, leaving my brother and me a choice of plain graham crackers, carrots or -- dear God -- homemade yogurt).
My friends, when I was growing up, my father was often at sea, and the job of raising my brother, sister and me would fall to my mother alone.
So after a few months, my mother's people sent me and my brother back to this little village in Arkansas to my grandmother, my father's mother who was raising me, and she used to braid my hair.
And he would actually take me and my brother, and he would educate us in his own primitive way, because he didn't know how to read or write music.
My brother sat me down and told me I had a problem.
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And they poured everything they had into me and my brother because they wanted us to have the kind of education they could only dream of.
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But what my parents did do for us -- they saved, and they sacrificed, and they poured everything they had into me and my brother so that we could get the kind of education and have the kind of opportunities they could only dream of.
President LUIZ INACIO LULA DA SILVA (Brazil): (Through translator) My mother, who was poor, would make me and my brother lift up the sofa so she could clean the dirt that no one saw - just like my government - we expose the dirt that had been pushed under the rug and we never stopped an investigation.
With my organs in a knot, I gave up and called my brother to pick me up in his Prius.
In the days when giftgiving was acceptable among journalists, my father was showered with perks that he would share with me and my brother.
But what I remind young people -- because many young people can see this in their lives -- what my parents did do for us is that they saved and sacrificed and poured every drop of anything they had into me and my brother so that we could get the kind of education and opportunities they only dreamed of.
But neither of my parents had the opportunity to go to college, but as I told the girls earlier, what my parents did for us is that they saved, and they sacrificed everything for us because they wanted something more for me and my brother.
My head turned toward the sound, and I felt my brother grow tense beside me, each of us knowing firsthand the junction it had passed through, only him knowing firsthand the one where it was heading.
But they were determined to see me and my brother get a good education.
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Mr. JOAQUIN PHOENIX: (As Johnny Cash) Me and my brother Jack, we always listened to your songs.
"He makes me feel like I'm his son, me and my brother, " James Doe said on the tape, referring to the defendant.
They poured everything they had into us, so that me and my brother could have something more than they could have ever imagined.
They poured everything they had into me and my brother so that we could have the kind of education and the kind of opportunities they could only dream of.
But let me tell you what my folks did do -- they saved everything they had, they sacrificed everything because they wanted something more for me and my brother.
They poured everything they had into me and my brother so that we could get the kind of education and have the kind of opportunities they could only dream of.
Five years later, my brother helped me pick the pieces back up and launch Camp Bow Wow.
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After lecture upon lecture from my accountant father and older brother (who majored in economics in college), my brother offered to loan me the money to pay off the camera purchase.
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"He hesitated and finally sent me to follow my brother, " Avital said.
My mom had to remind him every time he had my brother or me in the car to pay attention and not let his eyes wander.
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