Grew Quotes · Page 32

I grew up in an age where women's tennis did not have similar prizes to men, and they played in complete obscurity,…

— David Stern

I grew up not really thinking I had a disability. I grew up thinking I had different shoes

— Oscar Pistorius

Thus my faith grew that my beautiful dream for the future would become reality after all, even though this might require long…

— Adolf Hitler

I grew up with three brothers and no sisters. That's the best preparation for politics any girl can have.

— Michele Bachmann

[Michael] Chabon is arguing in favor of what is at the same time an old-fashioned and very forward-thinking opening up - of…

— Emily Barton

When I was in high school, I used to have breakfast with my grandpa every morning. He instilled a lot of values…

— Matthew Quick

I grew up in a small town in Washington State, so I wasn't really aware of costume design as a career growing…

— Colleen Atwood

I sang of leaves, of leaves of gold, and leaves of gold there grew.

— J. R. R. Tolkien

We are selected, but I grew up in California and in San Francisco and there was a system of electing judges.

— Stephen Breyer

When I was younger I got accused of gamesmanship but I grew out of it.

— Adrian Lewis

I grew up in Dallas, with cowboys. I was the only guy in sixth grade with long hair and an earring. Let's…

— Barry Watson

I grew up in the U.K., and my parents are both doctors.

— Mona Eltahawy

It's such an honor. I still get, I guess, starstruck, at the Opry. Because there's so much history here and there are…

— Kellie Pickler

I've never had coffee. I've always hated the smell. It was always tea. I was a pretty typical kid, though. I grew…

— Billy Corgan

I love my hair. When I was young it had weird kinks and cowlicks in it, but I just grew into it.…

— Sandra Oh

I kind of grew up on horror.

— Kathy Bates

I sort of grew up doing theater. And that's how I got into film, actually.

— Paul Dano

We grew up very poor, and I hated being poor. I was the oldest of five kids, and I never got a…

— Paul Henderson

We grew up listening to alternative music from the '90s, and there was no shame in being on a major label and…

— Nate Ruess

I never ever thought that I would be in a Bond film, ever, which is weird because I grew up loving these…

— Naomie Harris

I've been inspired by people's work, but I never grew up with posters on my bedroom wall or obsessed with one person.

— FKA twigs

A lot of people think that I grew up in recording studios and knew the whole process, but that was never the…

— Julian Lennon

I'm not an '80s fan. I'm more '70s New York pre-punk kind of thing and I guess I grew up with '90s…

— Jessica Pare

I grew up in Ohio, where civil-rights accomplishments had already begun to accelerate before Martin Luther King appeared. In hindsight, we know…

— Rita Dove

'The Lake of Dreams' grew gradually, over many years, elements and ideas accruing until they gained enough critical mass to become a…

— Kim Edwards