Grew up Quotes · Page 37

I grew up in and identify with and that she works and exists in.

— Abdellatif Kechiche

I'm grateful that, after an early life of being silenced, sometimes violently, I grew up to have a voice, circumstances that will…

— Rebecca Solnit

My grandfather was a member of Parliament for 40 years. Obviously we're talking here South Africa, a whites only parliament. I grew…

— William Kentridge

I grew up in a brick house. What's wrong with bricks? An Englishman took me aside and said, "You have to understand,…

— Carl Andre

I grew up in a house where my father encouraged my brother and me to fail. I specifically remember coming home and…

— Sara Blakely

I grew up with two sisters, no brothers. There was Ronny who produced "Happy Days" for me and my sister Penny who…

— Garry Marshall

I grew up in Hawaii so I was outside a lot playing in the water.

— Kelly Preston

Happiness is a fragile thing, and alcohol, as I know from the house I grew up in, is dangerous to it.

— Marian Engel

As an older dad who grew up in a rural culture in the South, certain things were expected of women, and that…

— Clyde Edgerton

Coca-Cola remains emblematic of the best and worst of America and Western civilization. The history of Coca-Cola is the often funny story…

— Mark Pendergrast

Well, it looks like John Boehner will be the new Speaker of the House. He is the son of a bartender, one…

— Jay Leno

I grew up in Greenwich Village. Dad was friends with John Lennon and Yoko Ono.

— Yancy Butler

[Juan Wauters] got the tips for Queens because he grew up there.So him and my roommate, Matt Volz, they hooked me up,…

— Mac DeMarco

I grew up a Saints fan, an hour from the Superdome.

— Brett Favre

When I grew up, we didn't have a TV, and I think more families today have ambitions of getting out of their…

— Robert Winston

I grew up in one of the most socially conservative neighborhoods in Ohio, and my parents were traditional Catholics. But in her…

— Gail Collins

Soccer is what I grew up doing - it's my passion, and I'm way more comfortable on the field in my soccer…

— Alex Morgan

So I grew up in a very book-friendly environment and my education as a writer was reading. I think that's the best…

— Seth Grahame-Smith

I grew up around backstage, and that clinched it for me.

— Zak Orth

I grew up in a family where our mother made our clothing. We didn't have a lot of money, so we learned…

— Marcy Kaptur

I grew up in a place where no one knew anyone in the entertainment business, I never knew it was an actual…

— Joseph Kosinski

As a child. I grew up on a small farm, so I did a lot of drawings of animals, chickens and people.…

— Joyce Carol Oates

I grew up in the shadow of the Trujillato, saw how the regime had ravaged so many families.

— Junot Diaz

I'm still very connected to my family, to the world I grew up in. I understand what it means to be afraid…

— Elizabeth Warren

My high school was nothing like West Beverly High, let me tell you. I grew up in Fredericktown, Ohio.

— Luke Perry