Grew Quotes · Page 47

Mahalia Jackson, I grew up around the corner from in Chicago.

— Nichelle Nichols

As an American, I grew up in an era where we led the world in everything. Everything!

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

I grew up doing theater when I was very young - always enjoyed it.

— Italia Ricci

I grew up in a conservative household. That was the life of the time in Egypt: a conservative, middle-class household.

— Mohamed ElBaradei

I'm an Irish-American, and I grew up in an Irish-American neighborhood.

— William Devane

The first time I had to hold a baby, I was really nervous, but I soon grew in confidence.

— Jessica Raine

I kinda grew up in different places. I was just from everywhere.

— Juice Wrld

I didn't have much. I grew up with a loving, supportive family, with a roof over my head, but there was no…

— Justin Rose

My mother's death brought me to my knees. She was my hero, my role model, my very best friend. I spoke to…

— Maria Shriver

I grew up as an only child. I think it might just be that my dad really didn't care that I was…

— Mitchell Baker

I grew up in the heat of '70s postmodern fiction and post-Godard films, and there was this idea that what mattered was…

— Noah Baumbach

I grew up with a house full of dogs. My mother was a great nature lover and taught us to have almost…

— Glenn Close

I'm Egyptian and Muslim, but I grew up in the West, far from my Arab roots. I began 'Sex and the Citadel'…

— Shereen El Feki

In every job, I would justify it in my mind, whether I loved it or hated it, that I was getting paid…

— Mark Cuban

I grew up a Catholic and I dont want to talk badly about the Catholic Church but theres a lot of routine…

— Bernhard Langer

I definitely feel like I grew up a little bit more, just as far as knowing the game more, learning more. I…

— Tyler Herro

When I grew up, I simply didn't have mentors that said, "Science is important. Science helps you build a country. Science makes…

— Juan Enriquez

I grew up in a family of filmmakers, so I always wanted to make films about animals, especially comical films. Something about…

— Isabella Rossellini

When I was a little bitty kid, my aunt showed me how to play a little boogie. It took me years. I…

— Dr. John

I grew up around the pool with my sisters. Both of my sisters swam. I was always there. So I thought, why…

— Michael Phelps

I was very lucky because hanging out at a golf course was much better than being on the streets. Golf taught me…

— Angel Cabrera

With all of its false assumptions and evil methods, communism grew as a protest against the hardships of the underprivileged. Communism in…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

My dad was a particularly polite kind of guy, very courteous. So when we got on a bus, he would always encourage…

— Paul McCartney

I was born on the other side of the tracks, in public housing in Brooklyn, New York. My dad never made more…

— Howard Schultz

No one person invented Mulberry. The knowledge that we had to have this floating harbor slowly grew.

— Lord Mountbatten

I grew up listening to - it's kind of embarrassing - all classical music.

— Caroline Shaw

My father was a writer, so I grew up writing and reading and I was really encouraged by him.

— Anne Lamott

Mostly as a No 10. When I was really young, I played as a striker, but I grew a lot when I…

— Kevin De Bruyne

Well, you know, people don't know me as a country artist and I am new to the genre. But that's how I…

— Kristin Chenoweth

Everything I need to know, I learned in Iowa. I grew up here in Iowa.

— Michele Bachmann

I grew up making films and always thought that's what I wanted to do.

— Tim Minear

I wanted to be an astronaut when I was a kid. I grew up in Houston. Gordo Cooper was my favorite astronaut.

— Dennis Quaid

I grew up in a house that was in a constant state of mourning.

— Maurice Sendak

I grew up counterculture. I'm essentially a hippie, and I'm essentially a folkie.

— Steve Earle

Sacredness grew like a pearl, sometimes around the most unlikely bits of grit.

— S.M. Stirling

Truth grew in my mind like a fungus, and though I tried to sleep it out, there was no resisting the epiphanies.

— Donald Miller

I was wearing blush when I was in third grade, so honestly, I just grew up with people who accepted me.

— Bretman Rock

I'm a hip-hop head, I grew up with it. So I've always loved the music.

— Neil Drumming

We grew up in a very strange world, because my mother was up against it all when she had three black children.

— Jaye Davidson

I seated ugliness on my knee, and almost immediately grew tired of it.

— Salvador Dali