Grew Quotes · Page 71

As I grew older, I developed a very innate passion for art. I was actually pretty good at it.

— Evangeline Lilly

Sweetheart, do not love too long: I loved long and long, And grew to be out of fashion Like an old song.

— William Butler Yeats

I grew up in the home of a political cartoonist, so I was a junkie for politics.

— Rod Lurie

I grew up around lots of men - my father, my brothers, my uncles - so I wasn't intimidated by them.

— Dolly Parton

I've been to New York a lot. I grew up in London but I'm from Chile originally.

— Santiago Cabrera

I actually grew up thinking that sex was absolutely terrifying and that it would kill you.

— Amanda Seyfried

I grew up in a completely bookless household. It was my father's boast that he had never read a book from end…

— John le Carre

I grew up in a big family. You have to learn to get along with each other... get things done as a…

— John Boehner

I grew up watching stand-ups and thought it was so entertaining and unique - you didn't see that as a job description…

— Kevin Nealon

I've never been a social person. When I grew up, the other girls would all be combing their hair and exchanging lipstick,…

— Annie Lennox

I think it's a combination of my peoples that I grew up under, places that I hung out is what contributed to…

— Rakim

I grew in a community where I saw the process of how one becomes a drug dealer or a gang banger or…

— Michael K. Williams

Music leaves such a big impression. I always wondered, 'Man, if I grew up in Nashville, would I be making Country records…

— Kaskade

I grew up in Phoenix, Arizona and was a very competitive (and stressed out!) gymnast before getting into entertainment, but it was…

— Rachele Brooke Smith

I grew up under Communism so we could only learn Russian, and then when Communism fell in 1989 we could learn a…

— Petra Nemcova

We moved to Baltimore, Maryland, in 1979, when I was five. The funny thing is that, even though Baltimore had one of…

— Philipp Meyer

I pretty much always knew I wanted to be a writer. I was writing goofy stories when I was 7 or 8.…

— Ellen Potter

I have a real hunger to experience life. I'm really, really inspired by my family. I grew up with my family, really…

— Omar Benson Miller

I was a self-centered bore. I was masochistic, and only thought I was happy. When I woke up and said, "there must…

— Cary Grant

I grew up in a very celebratory town. We celebrate everything, from life to death and everything in between. So a lot…

— Bryan Batt

It is almost impossible to open a newspaper without reading something about the London housing market. House prices are rising at such…

— David Lammy

I come from Toledo, Ohio, a town that has been hurt badly by the shift of the automobile business towards Japan. And…

— P. J. O'Rourke

I'm healthy enough to still skate, so I gotta go because growing up I didn't have - I mean, I grew up…

— Jeff Ament

I grew up in a little village in Kerala. It was a nightmare for me. All I wanted to do was to…

— Arundhati Roy

I grew up Irish Catholic with a bunch of kids at Catholic school.

— Brigid Brannagh

I grew up in a pretty large family. We were really close-knit, so I definitely want to have lots and lots of…

— Anne Hathaway

I grew up in a way where I didn't realize there were limitations.I always thought I could speak my mind.

— Sandra Bullock

I come from a very big family, and I grew up in restaurants.

— Gloria Votsis

I grew up going to museums. I was privileged to discover art and artists in a very personal way.

— Thelma Golden

I grew up about 60 miles northwest of New York, in Middletown, NY.

— Aaron Tveit

I'm really fortunate. I grew up in a wonderful household with great Irish Catholic parents.

— Tim Kaine

'Felicity' was my 'Gilmore Girls' because I grew up in a small town.

— Lennon Parham

I grew up doing some landscaping and painting houses and that kind of thing.

— Miles Teller

I grew up just outside of Austin, and my upbringing was fairly rural.

— Amber Heard

When I was quite young, she was working in a hardware store, so I grew up knowing about hardware.

— Elizabeth Moon

As someone who grew up there, I say: The Chechen Republic must remain part of Russia. Everything else is negotiable.

— Vladislav Surkov

You must remember I grew up around music. Three of my family were musicians.

— Lori Singer

I grew up in Southern California, Simi Valley. I've lived in the same house all my life.

— Jason Dolley

My dad's one of the funniest men in the world. I grew up with him making me laugh so much I'd beg…

— Rafe Spall

I like a full house because it's how I grew up. I'm one of six children.

— Kate Spade