It was not uncommon for the children to be told they were being treated this way because it was their bad karma and they must have hurt a child in a past life.
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I really believe that you grow up a certain way in New York. There's a New York morality, a sense of loyalty. You know how to win and lose. There's a thousand kids outside, you know who to push and who not to push. There's a sixth sense you develop just because it's New York.