Grew Up Quotes - Page 27

• I grew up as a sports fan, and I know that a hall of fame is very different than an award for being the best of the year. It's a nod to the longevity of our accomplishment.

  Chuck D

  Sports, Awards, Years

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• I grew up with a lot of guys, some of them are dead, some of them are this and some of them that, and some of them very, very powerful, bright young men, who became this instead of that simply because of a lack of guidance - that's all.

  Harvey Keitel

  Powerful, Men, Guy

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• I'm a kid who grew up in an all African-American neighborhood and got into schools and aspired to just be me, and didn't worry about labels or anything. Just wanted to be a success at what I did.

  Darius Rucker

  School, Kids, Worry

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Adam Sandler

  Parent, Natural, Cursing

  "Adam Sandler Talks THAT’S MY BOY, Leaving SNL, and Returning to R-Rated Comedy". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. June 10, 2012.

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• My mom sent me to regular high school because she wanted me to have that experience and not say that I missed out, but I didn't like it at all. I'm more comfortable in the world that I'm in, I grew up in it so when I get around normal kids in regular high school I don't know what to do. I feel more secure in an adult environment.

  Alexa Vega

  Mom, School, Kids

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I grew up north of Chicago, not far from where the Schwinn bicycle plant used to be, and was conscious of the fact that these beautiful, everlasting bikes were made just down the road.

  Dave Eggers

  Beautiful, Up North, Chicago

  "Dave Eggers: 'We tend to look everywhere but the mirror'". Interview with Elizabeth Day, www.theguardian.com. January 26, 2013.

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• I grew up asking for everything under the sun for Christmas, but I knew I wasn't going to get it all.

  Faith Hill

  Asking, Sun, Grew

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• I'm aware that most people who meet me for the first time think of me in a certain way because of who my father is. That just comes with the territory. But that's been that way ever since I was a little kid as long as I can remember. I grew up that way.

  Ron Reagan

  Father, Kids, Thinking

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• When I grew up in the '60s, we were actually dominated by this, you know, sort of conforming '50s culture, even though we were like trying to express our own culture, like, the dominant culture was the thing that was forming us. And I think that that's true today.

  Gus Van Sant

  Thinking, Trying, Culture

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• I grew up in a pretty large family. We were really close-knit, so I definitely want to have lots and lots of children.

  Anne Hathaway

  Family, Children, Want

  Interview with Angelina Jolie, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 27, 2010.

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• The hockey I was raised on, the hockey I understand, the hockey that my dad taught me about when I was a boy was intrinsically connected with fighting. I grew up in a house where we revered tough guys.

  Jay Baruchel

  Dad, Fighting, Hockey

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• My grandparents are from Mexico, so I grew up with great Mexican food.

  M. Ward

  Grandparent, Mexican, Mexico

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• I grew up with reggae music.

  Youssou N'Dour

  Reggae, Grew, Reggae Music

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• I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago.

  James Iha

  Chicago, Grew, Suburbs

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• I grew up in a bookless house - my parents didn't read poetry, so if I hadn't had the chance to experience it at school I'd never have experienced it. But I loved English, and I was very lucky in that I had inspirational English teachers, Miss Scriven and Mr. Walker, and they liked us to learn poems by heart, which I found I loved doing.

  Carol Ann Duffy

  Inspirational, Teacher, Heart

  "Carol Ann Duffy: 'Poems are a form of texting" by Joanna Moorhead, www.theguardian.com. September 5, 2011.

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• I... grew up in politics and I used to work for the Democratic Party.

  Harvey Weinstein

  Party, Used, Democratic

  "Harvey Weinstein On Hollywood's Heated Oscar Race". "Morning Edition" with Renee Montagne, www.npr.org. December 2, 2011.

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• I grew up watching 'Raging Bull.

  Vincent Cassel

  Bulls, Raging Bull, Rage

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• I grew up playing sports, but now I feel like I can't, because if I get injured, I'll impair whatever film I'm working on.

  Ellen Page

  Sports, Film, Feels

  "Drew Barrymore and Ellen Page: Bosom Buddies". Interview with Jessica Henderson, www.marieclaire.com. September 9, 2009.

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• I grew up working in Canada so everything was low budget.

  Ellen Page

  Canada, Lows, Budgets

  Interview with Stax, www.ign.com. April 14, 2006.

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• I love sport, I grew up playing sports, that's all I did, and it is so invigorating now that I'm supposedly adult to learn something completely new, from the bottom up.

  Ellen Page

  Sports, Adults, Bottom

  "Ellen Page: 'I'm totally pro-choice. I mean what are we going to do - go back to clothes hangers?'". Interview With Lisa O'Kelly, www.theguardian.com. April 3, 2010.

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• I grew up in Stillwater, Minnesota in a proud Catholic family.

  Denis McDonough

  Catholic, Minnesota, Proud

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• I was joking the other day about how my real life feels like a TV show, and my TV life feels real - because, to be on Thursday nights on NBC, which is what I grew up with, has been such a big part of inspiring me. To be part of that tradition is really completely surreal, and I'm so grateful.

  Whitney Cummings

  Real, Grateful, Night

  Interview with John Scott Lewinski, www.askmen.com. September 15, 2011.

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• I grew up in a scientific world, the son of a neurosurgeon.

  Eben Alexander

  Son, Neurosurgeons, World

  "Proof Of Heaven: A Doctor’s Experience With The Afterlife". www.newsweek.com. October 8, 2012.

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• II know very, very little about the ukulele, but I actually grew up playing the viola from 4th grade through high school.

  Kris Allen

  School, Ukulele, Littles

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• My entire life, I've always known that I wanted to be a performer, but I didn't know exactly how, where or when. I never learned or studied the craft, formally. I grew up doing martial arts and playing piano. But, something inside of me always said that I was going to do this, as far back as I can remember.

  Laz Alonso

  Art, Piano, Crafts

  "Laz Alonso talks James Cameron's AVATAR - Could it be the first of a Trilogy?". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. April 5, 2009.

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