Celebrities are usually the best source of rags-to-riches stories. Whether they are actors, ball players, or singers, we rounded up a list of famous people who started out very poor and have become unimaginably successful.
Movie Stars
Jim Carey spent a big part of his childhood living in a van. He still claims that it was a happy memory for him since it allowed him to save money and take his family out of a miserable situation, once he started working in a factory. Carey is known for his talent in both comedy and acting, one of his notable works are Dumb & Dumber and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
Halle Berry, an Oscar winner, spent a part of her life living in a homeless shelter in the city, as she tried to score roles in acting. She sees this as a positive experience because she knows she can always survive any obstacle in life.
Athletes
Michael Oher struggled a lot in his youth; he knew a life of living in foster care and homelessness. He would, later on, become a top NFL prospect. The complete turn around of his life is the reason why his story has been adapted into books and a famous Hollywood movie.
Bill Schuffenhauer is an Olympic bobsledder who spent his youth without a home. He jumped between foster homes and had to find food in garbage cans until his grandmother found him and took him in.
Musicians
Singer and songwriter Jewel spent time trying to avoid rent by living in her car. She was fired because she refused to have sex with her boss. Jewel would then experience success right after signing a deal with Atlantic Records.
Ella Fitzgerald is a legendary singer who was homeless until she made her big debut in 1934, at the Apollo Theater. She would then collect dozens of Grammy Awards and two medals from different presidents
We know it’s hard to imagine these people ever experiencing anything below the poverty line, but most of them had worse lives than a massive percentage of the world. It’s only a matter of how much focus and determination you are willing to put into making a name and future for yourself.
The Wisdom Segment
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The China study argued that plant-based diets play an important role in human health. And some of the benefits of plant-based diets include reduced chronic disease, determining how genes are expressed and helps control the bad effects of unhealthy chemicals.
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The China study also argued that plant-based diets contain more nutrients than animal-based diets. Popular vegetarians include Henry Ford, Ozzy Osborne, Hitler, Leonardo da Vinci, and Brad Pitt.
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Su Vegetarians (A Buddhist vegetarian) are not allowed to eat any animal related products and also cannot consume vegetables in the Allium family. The Allium family vegetable includes garlic, leeks, onion, shallots, and chives.
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All eight types of essential amino acids are very important to the body and they can only be found abundant in certain plants which include soy, amaranth, hempseed, lupin beans, buckwheat, and chia seed.
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One of the central questions in Christian history is food, especially eating meat. Different theologians argued that the vegan diet is the only diet that goes well with the Christian values, which are compassion and mercy.
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The China study compared the mortality rates of plant eaters and meat eaters. This study discovered that the countries that ate more meat were likely to have an increased death rate while countries who ate more plant food live longer and look healthy.
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