Up Quotes · Page 924

When we went into World War II, I was a tractor driver then. I drove tractors on the plantation. So when they…

— B. B. King

Mom and sister played piano growing up; my grandma still plays piano in church. They always beat me over the head trying…

— Dustin Lynch

I grew up on Jodeci and R. Kelly.

— The-Dream

I think that education is something - it takes place in the classroom. It's all up to that teacher. We should be…

— Jane O'Meara Sanders

I'm 5-foot-5, and I'll wear a big parka and put the hood up, and nobody gives me a second glance.

— Daniel Radcliffe

One of the reasons I picked up the guitar is because I saw a video of Feist performing in Paris.

— Yuna

It's a funny thing when you think you're dead. You're not terrified of it anymore. There's a sort of a epiphany to…

— David Lange

I grew up in a very white, privileged, old-fashioned society in South Africa and went to a boarding school run by nuns.

— Prue Leith

Life is all about how things rough up against you and how you see them and the vantage point you have from…

— Craig David

I came from a very strict background, and didn't hear any Jamaican music when I was growing up.

— Grace Jones

Making a living out of acting sounded like science-fiction when I was growing up. I didn't know anyone around me who lived…

— Penelope Cruz

My parents split up when I was 3 years old, and I lived with my mother.

— Garcelle Beauvais

Just because someone has gone to an elite school and college does not make him smarter than the person who has grown…

— Vikas Swarup

I have a lot of influences. I like to sit down with the cinematographer a month before, and we'll watch pieces of…

— Ben Affleck

My parents gave up a lot to bring me up in the little house on the prairie, and I wasn't prepared to…

— Tony Parsons

I was basically a dork that hit the books and liked to build things and did all of the things that you…

— Tom Scholz

When somebody talks about your career, most people are gonna talk about wins and losses, a World Series or pennants. But if…

— Jim Leyland

For one reason or another, a lot of guys wind up with a guitar that isn't really right for them.

— Jim Root

There are a lot of westerns that deal with people standing up for their principles, and that is the predominant theme that…

— Rod Lurie

I was in a meeting and one of the executives told me he was going to have to change my surname. I…

— Jack Savoretti

When someone you don't know comes up and offers you something you need, that touches you. You know it's from the heart.

— Alex Cora

I get up in the morning and I go to practice like everyone else.

— Kylian Mbappe

I don't shop beats. That was never my method coming up. I think it's very strange to have a CD of 30…

— DJ Premier

I grew up in Connecticut, so obviously I'm a Patriots fan.

— Tom Thibodeau

I grew up in Flatbush, Queens, Laurelton. These are places where it's mostly black and there was a lot of diversity.

— JPEGMAFIA