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title: "10 Neighborhood Grew Quotes by 10 authors"
description: "Browse 10 Neighborhood Grew quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Neighborhood Grew sayings and thoughts."
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> [Frattamaggiore, the neighborhood where I grew up, was very difficult.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorenzo-insigne/frattamaggiore-the-neighborhood-where-i-grew-up-was-very-difficult/)

[Lorenzo Insigne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorenzo-insigne/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb0/lorenzo-insigne-17934_community_frattamaggiore-the-neighborhood-where-i_1320782.jpg)

> [When I sit here and see that the eight brothers from the neighborhood that I grew up with still have success, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raekwon/when-i-sit-here-and-see-that-the-eight-brothers-from-the-neighborhood-2/)

[Raekwon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raekwon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46b/raekwon-3709_brother_when-i-sit-here-and-see-that-the-eight-b_1672665.png)

> [I just wanted to impress the guys in the neighborhood that I grew up with.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scarface/i-just-wanted-to-impress-the-guys-in-the-neighborhood-that-i-grew-up/)

[Scarface](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scarface/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ea/scarface-5393_impress_i-just-wanted-to-impress-the-guys-in-the_1509542.jpg)

> [I feel like I made it already, because I got already what everybody on the corners of the neighborhood I grew up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lloyd-banks/i-feel-like-i-made-it-already-because-i-got-already-what-everybody-on/)

[Lloyd Banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lloyd-banks/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c93/lloyd-banks-11959_because_i-feel-like-i-made-it-already-because-i_2909325.png)

> [I would tell little Zavion Davenport that it doesn't matter where you're from and how you grew up, the neighborhood you grew…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chi-chi-devayne/i-would-tell-little-zavion-davenport-that-it-doesn-t-matter-where-you/)

[Chi Chi DeVayne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chi-chi-devayne/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d5/chi-chi-devayne-16871_how_i-would-tell-little-zavion-davenport-tha_1973277.jpg)

> [In the neighborhood that I grew up in - in New York on Long Island - there were a lot of musicians.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-petrucci/in-the-neighborhood-that-i-grew-up-in-in-new-york-on-long-island/)

[John Petrucci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-petrucci/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a7/john-petrucci-2141_history_in-the-neighborhood-that-i-grew-up-in-in_925145.png)

> [Even though the neighborhood I grew up in had some unhealthy elements, there was a caring there where you knew that you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonja-sohn/even-though-the-neighborhood-i-grew-up-in-had-some-unhealthy-elements/)

[Sonja Sohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonja-sohn/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ce/sonja-sohn-38566_caring_even-though-the-neighborhood-i-grew-up-i_852590.jpg)

> [There are two kinds of houses in the neighborhood where I grew up-the ones where the parents stayed married, and the ones…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-weiner/there-are-two-kinds-of-houses-in-the-neighborhood-where-i-grew-up-the/)

[Jennifer Weiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-weiner/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d91/jennifer-weiner-2358_community_there-are-two-kinds-of-houses-in-the-nei_972287.png)

> [I grew up in a pretty tough neighborhood. I grew up around drugs, alcohol, prostitution, I grew up around everything, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alicia-keys/i-grew-up-in-a-pretty-tough-neighborhood-i-grew-up-around-drugs/)

[Alicia Keys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alicia-keys/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/304/alicia-keys-1094_alcohol_i-grew-up-in-a-pretty-tough-neighborhood_1598307.jpg)

> [In the neighborhood where I grew up, it was a rough neighborhood - well, not rough, but it certainly wasn't upper class…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-ramsey/in-the-neighborhood-where-i-grew-up-it-was-a-rough-neighborhood-well/)

[Dave Ramsey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-ramsey/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aae/dave-ramsey-1362_ahead_in-the-neighborhood-where-i-grew-up-it-w_1451198.jpg)

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