Grew Quotes · Page 76

In Tennessee where I grew up, there were animals, farms, wagons, mules.

— Tina Turner

I grew up listening to a lot of Kraftwerk, Gary Numan, Devo, all that stuff.

— Sir Mix-a-Lot

I grew up incredibly poor and went to school and had a very average upbringing.

— Mila Kunis

Then I grew up and fell in love, I asked my sweetheart, 'what lies ahead?

— Jay Livingston

I grew up not liking my father very much. I never saw him cry. But he must have. Everybody cries.

— Charley Pride

My parents separated when I was eight. I grew up with my mom alone.

— Julian Casablancas

I grew up listening to cabaret. At 7 and 8 years old, I was already singing like a club performer.

— Annaleigh Ashford

I grew up with a Christmas tree, I'm going to stay with a Christmas tree.

— Thomas Menino

When I was 13, Eddie Murphy was to me what Chris Tucker was to 13-year-olds when I made 'Rush Hour.' And 'Rush…

— Brett Ratner

My upbringing was very un-Hollywood... I was born in New York and grew up on a ranch. I was never really smitten…

— Stephanie Zimbalist

The era of television in which I grew up was much simpler than now. Its conventions were quite transparent and fun to…

— Joe Bradley

Everyone has their parent's [music] collection which is strongly influences what you listen to as a kid. You have no choice. You…

— Ryan Lewis

I think it comes from the fact that we both grew up in it, and both [me and Donald Trump] saw American…

— Mike Pence

I'm not a Republican because I grew up rich, but because I didn't want to spend the rest of my life poor,…

— Mike Huckabee

I grew up like a lot of country boys and girls do - amongst the pine trees, dirt roads, farms, mules and…

— Josh Turner

I grew up in Bellport, Long Island where I attended Gateway Acting School and met Robin Allan. She was the school's director…

— Brendan Dooling

To me, the counterculture was always what I grew up with the hippies in the late '60s. But, however you define it,…

— Derek Ridgers

Everest is regarded as one of, if not the most challenging of human conquests. I was passionate about climbing and a great…

— Omar Samra

When I was very young, most of my childhood heroes wore capes, flew through the air, or picked up buildings with one…

— Fred Rogers

I grew up in a financially insecure place because I knew that my parents were following their dreams which has pros and…

— Zoe Lister-Jones

Nas always been my favorite rapper, but 50 Cent, he changed my way of thinking about music 'cause he was so detailed…

— Schoolboy Q

On the driving side, I think I grew in the Nationwide Series to a point, but then coming over to the Cup…

— Ricky Stenhouse Jr

[My mother] was the oldest of two sisters and two brothers, and she grew up with her brothers, who were about her…

— Indira Gandhi

When I grew up, feminism wasn’t something that was really talked about. There’s a really negative stereotype about feminism in the media.…

— Julie Zeilinger

I grew up going to church three times a week in my family. It's been a center of my life.

— Debby Boone

If you're trying to recreate life, the life that you best know is the one you grew up with.

— Alexander Payne

I love sitcoms, and I grew up on sitcoms. That's my tasty junk food.

— Felicia Day

I studied in American school, so yes, I grew up speaking English and Spanish. Obviously, Spanish is my first language.

— Eiza Gonzalez

“We did not change as we grew older; we just became more clearly ourselves.”

— Lynn Hall

...even the smallest of the starlings' concerns grew in importance until it seemed equal to the worries of kings.

— Christopher Paolini

When I grew up in Pittsburgh in my parents' restaurant, I was almost like a country bumpkin.

— Ming-Na Wen

I grew up listening to Queen. They were no stranger to throwing in the unexpected and something a little more dramatic.

— Carrie Underwood

I grew up in southern California in the '80s. Yes, I am a walking cliche.

— John Scalzi

And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, that one small head could carry all he knew.

— Oliver Goldsmith

I grew up in the Bronx. The Bronx teaches you to survive. It's like, 'Bring it on!'

— Wesley Snipes

John Legend is a nickname that some friends started calling me, and it kind of grew into my stage name.

— John Legend

My hometown I grew up in in Michigan is really tiny, and they are so excited for all of my adventures my…

— Toni Trucks

You know, I grew up with brothers so I'm used to being the only girl.

— Kyra Sedgwick

I grew up doing theatre and spent a long time as a playwright. I still think very visually when I write.

— Libba Bray

There'll always be working people in my poems because I grew up with them, and I am a poet of memory.

— Philip Levine