I was one of those people on the streets you walk away from… - Liz Murray

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I was one of those people on the streets you walk away from."

Liz Murray

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Elizabeth Murray (born September 23, 1980 New York) is an American memoirist and inspirational speaker. Murray's memoir Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard (2010) was a New York Times Best Seller; Murray was accepted by Harvard University despite being homeless in her high school years. Her life story was the basis for the television film Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story (2003) shown by the Lifetime cable network.

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I was one of those people on the streets you walk away from." - Liz Murray

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