I grew up close to my grandma.

I am extremely close to my grandma. Growing up, she would always do my hair; she was always the one who would make me…

— Laurie Hernandez

I grew up in a close-knit community where I was expected to excel, and it was a different experience when I got to the…

— Kimberly Bryant

I grew as close to Madonna as I've ever been to a woman without being romantically involved.

— Nile Rodgers

“One of these people was a girl who exemplified everything I could ever come up with to want. We grew very close very quickly…

— Kyle Beachy

I was really only around country music on the radio, and I think because I grew up so close to Atlanta, and R&B was…

— Sam Hunt

You know, I grew up Black in America, I grew up close to Spanish Harlem where we ain't have much money, but we was…

— Jamaal Bowman

The closest friends I made all through life have been people who also grew up close to a loved and loving grandmother or grandfather.

— Margaret Mead

During the 1950s, Aristotle Onassis and I formed what grew to be a close friendship and association in several business ventures.

— Anonymous

When an accident or a crime happens, there's a period of time before the yellow tape goes up, before the official response becomes formalized.…

— Dan Gilroy

When you grow up close to poultry and fields and gardens and open-air markets, you can't help but develop an instinct for quality food.

— Alain Ducasse

My grandmother made sure that I went to church every Sunday. And she'd come over and pick us boys up, and we would go…

— John Mellencamp

The first thing I hear when I wake up is the sea, which is so close to our house that its reflections from the…

— Craig Brown

I think cricket is there in Usain Bolt's blood. Since I got to watch from close quarters, it was amazing to see him run…

— Harbhajan Singh

I grew up in Mumbai.

— Fareed Zakaria

I grew up in the middle class.

— Anthony Scaramucci