Grew up Quotes · Page 17

I grew up in Seattle, but I always knew I wanted to leave.

— David Guterson

I grew up in a home environment where I wasn't getting esteem for anything I did.

— Ben Affleck

I grew up in Washington, D.C. But also loving the theater.

— Frank Rich

I grew up on the streets of Baltimore, a city I love to this very day.

— Steve Clevenger

I grew up in the projects and I know how important it is for kids to have hope.

— Carlos Mencia

I grew up in a musical family, but nobody was a professional musician.

— Joshua Bell

The joy of working at something to find out what it means to me is what I grew up with.

— Rita Dove

I grew up cursing a lot. It felt natural. My parents told me to stop.

— Adam Sandler

I grew up in a haunted castle, boys. If you've never had a ghost try to push you down the stairs, you've…

— Gaelen Foley

No one ever grew up intending to be an umpire, except perhaps my friend Bill Haller. His brother Tom wanted to be…

— Ron Luciano

There is absolutely nothing wrong with returning to the house you grew up in every now and again. It's good for the…

— Cecelia Ahern

I grew up 60 minutes way from Richmond, in Charlottesville, Virginia and, as a child, I was obsessed with the Civil War.…

— Billy Campbell

Dad loved movies, and I grew up with British comedy. My ultimate favourite is Peter Sellers.

— Mike Myers

We should be dreaming. We grew up as kids having dreams, but now we're too sophisticated as adults, as a nation. We…

— Herb Brooks

But I can tell you that the New York that I see now is not the New York that we grew up…

— Tea Leoni

I've always loved dogs. I grew up with them and I love working with them. They're really fun.

— Zac Efron

I grew up in a family that despised displays of strong emotion, rage in particular. We stewed. We sulked. When arguments did…

— Koren Zailckas

I grew up in Louisiana, a lot of carbohydrates, fried foods, all very good. Butter, lots of homemade cakes and cookies. Here…

— Ali Landry

I grew up on Stephen King, reading the books. I love the small town, 1950s feel to it, that nostalgia, and that…

— Alexander Koch

I had a series of childhood illnesses... scarlet fever… pneumonia… Polio. I walked with braces until I was at least nine years…

— Wilma Rudolph

[My mother is] a half-Chinese, half-Jamaican woman, who grew up the ninth of nine kids, getting a law degree from Harvard. Academically…

— Harry Connick, Jr

When I grew up Carl Lewis was still running, Maurice Greene was running - he was that figure I see, like Michael…

— Tyson Gay

I knew, even at eight, that the confusion of values thrust upon me by parents, teachers, other children, nannies, camp counselors, and…

— Jean Liedloff

My memories of my childhood are wonderful memories. I feel that I was privileged because I grew up in a beautiful city.…

— Luca Parmitano

You often hear that people go into show business to find the love they never had when they were children. Never believe…

— Mel Brooks

I want to make the most out of the word ‘fame.’ I want to do good things with my fame, or whatever…

— Ali Lohan

There's always peripheral things that you like that you don't know, but starting with whatever his British influences are, are some of…

— Paul Weller

One of the reasons I got into this game was because I wanted to learn how to get myself comfortable in uncomfortable…

— Conor McGregor

I happen to be a twin. I grew up half of my life with someone who looks and sounds like me. And…

— Kehinde Wiley

Our whole intention was to make a record of songs that we grew up with and change them up a little bit,…

— Bart Millard

Prison was a blessing. Going to prison was the greatest thing that happened to me. It showed me that I wasn't infallible.…

— Rick James

Images are no longer what they used to be. They can't be trusted any more. We all know that. You know that.…

— Wim Wenders

I grew up in a religious family, and we weren't allowed to listen to rock music.

— Mike White

I grew up with a family that had very little and were at times homeless.

— Misha Collins

I grew up on movie sets and traveling the world with my pops.

— Scott Eastwood

Language is the tool of my trade -and I use them all - all the Englishes I grew up with

— Amy Tan

I never made more than $50 doing any play in Chicago. That was the way I grew up.

— Jeremy Piven

I grew up in an atmosphere where words were an integral part of culture.

— Wole Soyinka

I grew up in Minnesota. Four generations of my father's people are buried there.

— Peter Agre

I grew up sitting beside my grandmother playing the piano and singing.

— Miranda Kerr