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Being a celebrity seems pretty great. You're rich and famous. You get whatever you want when you want it. You meet interesting people and attend lavish parties.

But for many celebs who have now risen through the ranks of fame and fortune, it wasn't always that way. Many of them could never have dreamed that they'd be in the positions they are now.

It's hard to believe since they seem so glamorous, but there are plenty of famous actors and musicians who once had nothing.

Fame and fortune are powerful motivators and, sometimes, they're powerful enough to pull you from the depths of poverty. At least that was the case with these 13 big-time celebrities who were once dirt poor. You'll be amazed how far some of these people have come.

1. Nicki Minaj - Estimated Net Worth: $14 Million
Nicki Minaj moved to the US from Port of Spain in Trinidad when she was 5 years old. She lived in a poverty-stricken neighborhood in Queens, New York.

According to Minaj, she used to pray every night before bed to be rich so that she could take care of her mother. I guess her prayers were answered.

2. Celine Dion - Estimated Net Worth: $400 Million
Celine Dion was born to a massive French-Canadian family of 14 children. He parents struggled to provide for her and her siblings when they were growing up.

Dion hasn't struggled financially in a long time, as she has won five Grammys and routinely plays sold-out shows in Las Vegas.

3. Leighton Meester - Estimated Net Worth: $5 Million
Leighton Meester really had a long climb to the top. She was born in a federal jail in Texas. Her mother was serving time for smuggling drugs into the US.

Yet, somehow, Meester grew up to play the incredibly affluent Blair Waldorf on "Gossip Girl". Impressive stuff, Meester.

4. Jim Carrey - Estimated Net Worth: $150 Million
When growing up, Jim Carrey lived with his whole family in a VW camper parked next to the tyre rim factory where they worked.

After that, Carrey moved on to a plethora of low-paying jobs; he was a janitor, a construction worker and a picture frame factory worker.

He has also had some stints of homelessness. But it all seemed to work out for Carrey in the end, as he wound up starring in classic comedies like "Dumb and Dumber" and "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective."

5. Leonardo DiCaprio - Estimated Net Worth: $200 Million
"The Wolf of Wall Street" star wasn't always a wealthy actor/playboy/mogul. It turns out that Leo started out in poverty in Hollywood where he was constantly surrounded by criminals and shady characters.

He also battled homelessness for a time before catching his first big break.

6. Mark Wahlberg - Estimated Net Worth: $165 Million
Marky Mark started out as a common street rat. He dropped out of school at just 14 years old and took to a life of petty crime. After serving jail time for assault, he got his life on track and got a record deal.

He then went on to become a big-time actor, starring in many blockbusters including the most recent "Transformers" film, which grossed over $100 million in its opening weekend.

7. JK Rowling - Estimated Net Worth: $1 Billion
JK Rowling may be the best rags to riches story of them all. She started out as a struggling, single mother living off handouts from the government. But, somehow she found the will and the inspiration to turn all that bleakness into magic.

She wrote the "Harry Potter" series, which was turned into eight films and toys and all that stuff that helps people make a ton of money.

She came from nothing and transformed herself into a billionaire. Now, that's a success story.

8. Mariah Carey - Estimated Net Worth: $500 Million
Mariah Carey grew up with nothing. She moved to New York and had to work multiple jobs at the same time just to survive. But by some miracle, she was discovered at a party by an executive from Columbia records.

And the rest, as they say, is history. She went on to win five Grammys and became one of the highest-selling female artists ever.

9. Justin Bieber - Estimated Net Worth: $65 Million
I know, I know. No one is a fan of the Biebs. But you can't deny his drive and ambition. Bieber started out living in a rat-infested house.

He slept on a pull-out couch and often went hungry. But today, he drag races in Lambos and gets rebuffed by Leonardo DiCaprio. What a life.

10. Hilary Swank - Estimated Net Worth: $40 Million
Hilary Swank had a rough go of it when she first moved to LA. She arrived in the city of angels with her mother when she was 15 to pursue her acting career.

At first, the mother-daughter duo lived out of a car. Eventually, Swank landed a role in the 1992 film version of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and the pair was able to move into an apartment. Swank went on to have a financially fruitful and critically acclaimed career.

11. Tom Cruise - Estimated Net Worth: $270 Million
Tom Cruise grew up in Syracuse, New York and was the son of an abusive father. His family lived in poverty throughout his childhood. Luckily for Cruise, he hit it big relatively young with films like "Risky Business" and "Top Gun." God, I love "Top Gun."

Say what you will about Cruise, but he's a consummate professional and he always brings his A-game to every film he's in. When you grow up poor, you develop a certain work ethic it seems.

12. Demi Moore - Estimate Net Worth: $150 Million
Demi Moore had a real crappy childhood. Her mother was an alcoholic and her father was abusive. They all lived together in a trailer park until she dropped out of school at 16 to move to Hollywood.

That gamble obviously paid off. It should be noted that Moore received around $90 million from her divorce with Bruce Willis. But, hey, when you have that sort of childhood, you'll take the money any way you can get it.

13. Oprah Winfrey - Estimated Net Worth: $2.7 Billion
Oprah is the ultimate rags to riches story. She came from a small farm in Mississippi. There, she lived with her grandmother while her unwed teenage mother desperately searched for a job to support her family.

Oprah was also raped by a relative when she was only 9 years old. Basically, she had it super tough as a kid. But, she soldiered on to become a media mogul and the first black woman billionaire in the world. She really is an inspiration to us all. Now, give me a car, Oprah.

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“It’s kind of a sad story, and no llamas are involved, but Aphrodite and Ares do get badly humiliated, which is always a good thing.

Aphrodite had never wanted to marry Hephaestus. The goddess of love was all about looks, and Hephaestus didn’t have any.

Hephaestus tried to be a good husband. It didn’t matter. As soon as they were married, Aphrodite started having an affair with the war god Ares, and it seemed like Hephaestus was the only one who didn’t know about it.

Why was he so clueless? I don’t know. Maybe he wanted to believe Aphrodite could love him.

Maybe he figured if he did the right thing, she would. Sure, he noticed that all the other gods were whispering and snickering behind his back, but Hephaestus was used to that.

He started to suspect something was wrong when Aphrodite had her first child. Hephaestus had been expecting the baby to be crippled like him, or at least have some of his features—the misshapen head, the warty face, perhaps a beard.

But the baby boy, Eros, was perfect—handsome and fit. He also bore a striking resemblance to Ares.

Huh, Hephaestus thought. That’s weird.

“Aphrodite’s next child was a girl named Harmonia, and again she looked absolutely nothing like Hephaestus. The blacksmith started to get uncomfortable. Every time he referred to Harmonia as “my daughter,” the other gods looked like they were trying not to laugh. And why did Aphrodite and Ares keep giving each other knowing glances?

Finally the sun Titan Helios took pity on Hephaestus. Helios saw everything from his sun chariot chick magnet up in the sky—even stuff he didn’t want to see—so of course he’d witnessed Aphrodite and Ares being way more than “just friends.”

One night he pulled Hephaestus aside and said, “Dude, there’s no easy way to tell you this. Your wife is cheating on you.”

Hephaestus felt like he’d been hit in the face with a three-pound club hammer—one of the really nice ones with the fiberglass grip and the double-faced drop-forged steel head.

“Cheating on me?” he asked. “Impossible!”

“Possible,” Helios said grimly. “I saw them myself. Not that I was looking! But, well, they were kind of hard to miss.”

The sun Titan explained that Aphrodite and Ares often sneaked into Hephaestus’s apartment while the blacksmith god was working in the forges. Right there in his own bedroom, they got extremely naughty.

Hephaestus’s heart felt like it was reforging itself. It melted with misery. It got super-heated with anger. Then it cooled and hardened into something stronger and sharper.

“Thanks for the tip,” he told Helios.

“Anything I can do? You want me to give them a nasty sunburn?”

“No, no,” Hephaestus said. “I got this.”

Hephaestus returned to his forges and made a very special net. He created gold filaments as thin as spiderwebs but as strong as bridge cables. He enchanted them so that they would stick to whatever they caught, harden more quickly than cement, and hold their prey motionless.

He hobbled to his bedroom and wove the netting over the four tall bedposts so they hung like an invisible canopy. Then he put a pressure-activated trip wire across the sheets.

He limped into the living room, where Aphrodite was reading the latest steamy romance novel.

“Honey, I’m going to Lemnos!” Hephaestus announced. “I may be there for a few days.”

“Oh?” Aphrodite looked up from her novel. “A few days, you say?”

“Yep. Miss you. Bye!”

Aphrodite grinned. “Okay. Have fun!”

Hephaestus packed his toolbox, saddled the donkey, and headed out. Meanwhile, Ares was watching from a nearby balcony. Once the war god was satisfied that Hephaestus really was leaving for Lemnos, he rushed down to the blacksmith’s apartment, where Aphrodite was waiting.

“Hey, baby,” Ares said. “Miss me?”

“They retired to the bedroom, but they didn’t have time to get very naughty. As soon as they stripped down to their undies and jumped into bed, the trap was sprung.

The golden net fell on them and stuck like flypaper. The two gods struggled and shrieked.

Seriously, Ares had a higher-pitched scream than Aphrodite. But they were plastered to the bed, unable to move or change form.

Hephaestus, who had doubled back, burst into the bedroom with an ax in his hands.

“Daddy’s home,” he snarled.

He contemplated getting all Kronos on them and turning the bedroom into a horror movie scene, but he decided against it. To Hephaestus’s mind, there was nothing more shocking and embarrassing than leaving the lovers as they were—trapped in the act of cheating, Aphrodite with her makeup smeared and her hair messed up, her limbs flattened awkwardly against the bed like she’d hit a car windshield. Screaming and whimpering next to her, Ares wore nothing but a pair of red socks and his G.I. Joe boxer shorts.

Hephaestus marched into the Olympian throne room, where the gods were assembling for lunch.

“Don’t eat yet,” he told everyone. “I have something to show you, and it’ll probably make you hurl.”

Intrigued, the gods followed him back to the bedroom, where they stared at the new piece of performance art Hephaestus had created.

“You see?” Hephaestus demanded. “This is what I get for trying to be a good husband. The moment I’m gone, these two start with their hanky-panky. My own wife hates me because I’m crippled and ugly, so she sneaks around behind my back with—with this fool. It makes me sick. It makes me want to throw up. Isn’t this the most disgusting thing you’ve ever seen?” The other gods were silent. Hermes started trembling, trying to keep it together.

“Zeus said to himself, I’m not going to laugh. I’m not going to laugh.

Then he caught Demeter’s eye, and it was all over.

“BWA! BWA-HA!” He doubled over, chortling so hard, he thought his ribs would break. All the “other gods joined in.

“G.I. Joe boxers!” Apollo screamed. “OH—oh, I can’t even…HAHAHAHAHA!”

“Aphrodite,” Athena giggled. “You look simply lovely.” The gods couldn’t stop laughing. Soon they were rolling on the floor, wiping tears from their eyes, taking photos with their phones to post on Tumblr.

At first, Hephaestus was furious. He wanted to yell at them to take this seriously. He was in pain.

He was humiliated!

Then he took a deep breath and realized: no, Aphrodite and Ares were humiliated. The other gods would be telling this tale for centuries. Every time the two lovers walked into the throne room, the Olympians would smirk and try not to laugh, remembering Aphrodite’s messed-up hair and Ares’s stupid boxers and red socks. Every time people told embarrassing stories at family get-togethers, this would be Embarrassing Story Number One.

After a long time, the gods managed to collect themselves.

“Okay,” Poseidon said, wiping his eyes. “That was hilarious. But you should let them go now, Hephaestus.”

“No,” Hephaestus grumbled. “Why not leave them here on permanent display?” Zeus cleared his throat. “Hephaestus, I thought we’d decided not to tie each other up anymore.You’ve had your revenge. Now release them.”

Hephaestus glared at his father. “All right. Aphrodite can go…as soon as you repay all the gifts I made for her dowry. I don’t want her in my apartment anymore. I don’t want her in my life. She’s not worthy of being my wife.”

Zeus turned pale. Back in those days, if you wanted to marry a woman, you had to give her family a bunch of presents called a dowry. Since Aphrodite didn’t technically have a dad, Zeus had given her away, which meant he got all the cool Hephaestus-made swag. If Hephaestus demanded the dowry back, that meant the marriage was over. It also meant Zeus would have to give back the bronze toaster, the set of golf clubs, the plasma-screen TV, and a bunch of other fun toys.

“Uh…well,” Zeus said, “I suppose Aphrodite could stay in the net.”

“Zeus!” Hera chided. She didn’t like Aphrodite, but she also didn’t approve of goddesses being imprisoned.

“All right, all right,” Zeus said. “Hephaestus can have the dowry back. Aphrodite is officially kicked out of Hephaestus’s life.”

“Like she was ever in it,” Hephaestus muttered.

Poseidon still looked troubled. Despite his past differences with Ares, the two of them usually got along okay. He felt like he should speak up for the war god, since no one else would.

“You need to let Ares go too,” Poseidon said. “It’s only right.”

“Right?” Hephaestus bellowed. “He made me a fool in my own bedroom, and you want to talk about right?”

“Look,” Poseidon said, “I get it. But ask any price to settle the debt. I will personally vouch for Ares. He will pay it.”

Ares made a whimpering sound, but he didn’t dare object. The golden net was really starting to chafe his delicate skin.

“All right,” Hephaestus said. “If Poseidon guarantees payment, I’m good with that. I want a hundred wagonloads of the best armor, weapons, and war spoils from Ares’s fortress, and I get to pick the stuff.”

That was a punishing price, because Ares loved his spoils of war, but he nodded in agreement.

Hephaestus let the two lovers go. As he expected, the story got told and retold around the Olympian dining table for centuries, so Ares and Aphrodite were the butt of everybody’s jokes.

Aphrodite and Hephaestus never lived together again. Were they technically divorced? I don’t know.

But it’s not like they were ever married in anything but name.

Afterward, Hephaestus felt free to have relationships with other women. He had kids with a lot of them. Also, from then on he hated the children Aphrodite and Ares had had together, even if they didn’t deserve it…."

Excerpt From: Rick Riordan's “Percy Jackson's Greek Gods.” iBooks.

i think its because you are always available
so that makes you appear needy in thier eyes

na man you be
do shakara small na,u aint dat cheap ogbeni

then they will fight to make you available

read this dear https://www.nairaland.com/5355946/better-than-naa.try-method-see#81195206


theres nothing God cannot do.
try one more time.
your past is not your future
many great people share almost the same story

even though you feel down,dont remain down
Believe,Arise and try again

shadrama:
dry

DRY FASTING ABI

i will start calling her my G

It has two feet,two arms,but never more than one idea on its head or a button on its shirt.

A man is what a woman marries.

To turn a man into a husband is one of the most delicate plastic operation known to civilization.It requires Hope,Faith and Charity.

If you flatter a man,you bore him to death,

If you don't,he wonders what stuff women are made of.

If you are the type that wears gay colors like bright orange,red,yellow, He gazed on women in subtle colors.

If you are the type that takes the back seat and let him do all the talking,He swears you"ll kill him.

If you talk about marriage,he enters into a shell and answer in Mono-Syllables.

If you don't talk about marriage,he wonders how much longer you intend in playing around.

There is no question you"ll hook him.but there will be a time of tolerance.
Maybe you think im lying(Agree Or Disagree)

Holumhidey:







Hmmmm
For the first time in one of my nine lives;
I CONCUR.

bro such is life ,full of ups and downs,but we are better than chickens

No be small Wahala oooooooooooo

Two men met at a bus stop and struck up a conversation. One of them
kept complaining of family problems. Finally, the other man said:
"You think you have family problems? Listen to my situation. A few
years ago I met a young widow with a grown-up daughter and we got
married.
"Later my father married my step daughter. That made my stepdaughter my stepmother and my father became my stepson. Also,my wife became mother in-law of her father-in-law.

Then the daughter of my wife, my stepmother, had a son. This boy was my half-brother because he was my father's son, but he was also the son of my wife's daughter which made him my wife's grand-son.That made me the grandfather of my half-brother.

"This was nothing until my wife and I had a son. Now the half-sister of my son, my stepmother, is also the grandmother. "This makes my father the brother-in-law of my child, whose stepsister is my father's wife, I'm my stepmother's brother-in-law, my wife is her own child's aunt, my son is my father's nephew and I'm My own son's grandfather! And you think you have family wahala

some people get serious problem oo

how many times did you read this

Hey look,wake up,yeah i mean you
I know how you are feeling
I understand that you might loose it
I can see the despair in your eyes
You hide your sadness with your smiling mask
the fears that torments you i can feel
the hopelessness that surrounds you i can see
(sighs ?? )


But you know that this day is gonna come
its looks too late because it caught you up before you can run
now your head is down ,don"t know where to turn
you recall the days of laughters all are now gone
(hmmm )



But wait ,you can cry>its fine (its human)
but dont shut down yet
you ain"t a computer
Tell me what happens after a heavy rainfall
doesn"t the sun rise like the Amazon stock?
(yea)

life you see revolves on days and nights
you"ve had your days,maybe these are your nights
and life"s a good puncher cause it gon knock you down
and who do you even think you are ?,life"s far bigger than you,thats why they call it life
(this life )


Now listen....
when life knocks you down eh
Because of WHO you have ,not who you think you are(WHO DO YOU EVEN THINK YOU ARE)
Get up,stand ,yes Arise,dust off those ashes
And walk up to life ,look into his eyes,and tell him to his pokers face
i have your BOSS on my side,His name is GOD ALLMIGHTY.
And NOTHING,i mean NOTHING, is IMMPOSIBLE for Him
He will save me!!!


IF YOU DONT BELIEVE,you cant make effort
if you dont make effort,wonder won"t occur
make this one more effort,try one more time,one more time
i know you are better than this,even God knows,he believes in you too,thats why you are even still alive,so you gotta belive and JUST DO IT.

See eh,life favours tough people not chickens
(no way for chickens )

in nigeria or abroad?
if na for naija,e fit be you know........

theres some thing you are not telling us.tell us that thing and we will tell you what to do

oga landlord,the girl is not the issue na her step mama carry d matta for head,
just tell her step ma dat na landlord you be oo,carry small drink go appease that goddess,and apologize from coming from that village,thats its not ya fault,no be you born yourself na..pet am with mummy mummy names with a smiling face,and she go calm down knowing that her step dawta is secured in a way{financially or house wisely }.na woman she be naaa

even when u vex ya mummsy,and come with wrapper and some nice stuff with a smiling good boy face,she go still calm after boiling

Be wise my son

my guy,she waited for 7 years ooo,and you know say women know that time is not their friend,so she jumped on an immidate offer.she played victim because thats the way women are.

now sit down ,
plan yourself and your future ,dont plan it around anyone but you oo
stand up and move on,but move on as a focused predetor{not on women oo,but on the goals you set}
then be friends with a lot of women ,dont commit oooo,before u serve another 7 yrs .then when you are ready,pick one as that guy picked your girl and marry her,and the girl you picked will dump another guy that will learn this lesson ,
live goes on like that,

Be wise my son