Grew Up Quotes - Page 37

• I grew up in a house with dogs. We always had dogs. We always had a bunch of dogs, actually.

  Lee Pace

  Dog, House, Bunch

  "From 'Daisies' to 'Marmaduke': The Personalities Interview with Lee Pace". Interview with Jorge Carreon, www.fanpop.com.

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• I grew up in a rough environment. You want to be strong and have your presence felt out there. That attitude reflects how people see you.

  Mekhi Phifer

  Strong, Attitude, People

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

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• I grew up in the Deep South, where sexism, racism, and homophobia were and still are alive and well. I have early, early memories of words and actions of this type being very painful.

  Pauley Perrette

  Memories, Racism, Alive

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• I grew up so poor in Austria that we never took a vacation with my family.

  Wolfgang Puck

  Vacation, Austria, My Family

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• I also have a big love of classical music played on piano because this is the environment I grew up in my brother being one of the great masters in this world.

  Suzi Quatro

  Brother, Piano, World

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• The idea of 'talking white,' a lot of people grew up around that, just the idea that if you speak with proper diction and come off as educated that it's not black and that it's actually anti-black and should be considered only something that white people would do.

  Chance the Rapper

  Talking, Ideas, White

  "Chance the Rapper remembers 'talking white' and fighting black on Acid rap" by Nadeska Alexis, www.mtv.com. May 14, 2013.

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• I am an American citizen born in Kuwait of Egyptian parents. I grew up in Great Britain, Malaysia, and Egypt and have lived in the United States since 1965, when I was seventeen.

  Feisal Abdul Rauf

  Kuwait, Egypt, Parent

  Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf (2013). “Moving the Mountain: A New Vision of Islam in America”, p.5, Simon and Schuster

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• I grew up with Scientology - my parents at one point were clerical. It's a pragmatic philosophy, not merely a belief system. Yeah, it's had media exposure because certain luminaries do Scientology, but millions of people do it who are not celebrities. It's not a threat or some cult.

  Giovanni Ribisi

  Philosophy, Media, People

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• I grew up riding when I was younger in Texas. I actually learned how to ride in Norway. I really love riding horses.

  Jackson Rathbone

  Horse, Texas, Norway

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• I grew up studying music. I went to conservatory.

  Lance Reddick

  Studying Music, Conservatory, Study

  "'Wire' and 'Fringe' star makes music, too". Interview with John Carucci, www.sandiegouniontribune.com. January 10, 2011.

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• I grew up with the Grand Ole Opry, Dottie West, Conway Twitty, Buck Owens... not realizing it was influencing me as much as it was.

  Lionel Richie

  Bucks, West, Influence

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

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• I grew up in New York City in the '80s, and it was the epicenter of hip-hop. There was no Internet. Cable television wasn't as broad. I would listen to the radio, hear cars pass by playing a song, or tape songs off of the radio. At that time, there was such an excitement around hip-hop music.

  Michael Rapaport

  Song, New York, Cities

  "Michael Rapaport’s Vision Quest". Interview with Steven Prigge, www.interviewmagazine.com. June 24, 2011.

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• So to compare the Beatles, obviously the Beatles are the Beatles, but in hip-hop terms, Tribe is the Beatles. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five are the Beatles. Big Daddy Kane is Jimi Hendrix. It means that much to people that grew up with it.

  Michael Rapaport

  Mean, Daddy, People

  "Actor-director Michael Rapaport". "Tavis Smiley", www.pbs.org. July 7, 2011.

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• I grew up in Dolton, just south of Chicago, about a 20-minute drive from old Comiskey Park.

  Richard Roeper

  Chicago, Parks, Minutes

  "Meet a Critic: Richard Roeper". Interview with Jen Yamato, editorial.rottentomatoes.com. December 5, 2007.

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• I was never that kid who grew up in New York and was always at the arthouse watching important films. I was the kid who grew up in the Midwest where there weren't any art films, and I watched TV. And that was really the medium that affected me and that I fell in love with.

  Shawn Ryan

  Art, New York, Kids

  Interview with Noel Murray, www.avclub.com. November 24, 2008.

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• I grew up on 'Lost.' I was 17 when I started, and I did it for four or five years, on and off.

  Tania Raymonde

  Years, Four, Lost

  "Tania Raymonde Talks MTV’s DEATH VALLEY and THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 3D". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 11, 2011.

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• I've always wanted to do action and action movies. I grew up on that.

  Tania Raymonde

  Action, Wanted, Grew

  "Tania Raymonde Talks MTV’s DEATH VALLEY and THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 3D". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 11, 2011.

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• Quite honestly I never had a desire to be an actor. I tell people, I did not choose acting; acting chose me. I never grew up wanting to be an actor. I wanted to play football. In about 9th grade an English teacher told me I had a talent to act. He said I should audition for a performing arts high school so I did on a whim. I got accepted.

  Ving Rhames

  Football, Teacher, Art

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

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• I grew up in a poverty-stricken neighborhood, but I didn't really know I was a deprived, poverty-stricken child until the media made me aware of it.

  Ving Rhames

  Children, Media, Poverty

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

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• I grew up poor and used to look at people in big houses and thought they had everything. Then later on I looked at models in magazines and thought they had it all.

  Alana Stewart

  People, House, Looks

  "Alana Stewart: Actress And Former Model Talks Spirituality And Staying Vibrant At 67". Interview with Shelley Emling, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 27, 2012.

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• I grew up as a photo nut. Every Christmas I would get a new camera. It's a huge part of my life.

  Kevin Systrom

  Nuts, Cameras, Huge

  "Kevin Systrom Says Comparing Instagram to Photography Is Like ‘Comparing Twitter to Microsoft Word’". Interview with Allie Townsend, techland.time.com. April 04, 2012.

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• You must remember I grew up around music. Three of my family were musicians.

  Lori Singer

  Musician, Three, Remember

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• I grew up in the Bronx, but in Riverdale - not exactly an area of New York that's known for being rough and tumble.

  Maggie Siff

  New York, Bronx, Rough

  "Sons of Anarchy's Maggie Siff is Over the Don Draper Type" by Justine Harman, www.elle.com. September 18, 2012.

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• I grew up in rural Tennessee. There were no bookstores in the town, but the school had a little library and the town had a little library, each with a patient and enthusiastic librarian, and I raced into both as if they were doorways to another world.

  Michael Sims

  School, Library, Bookstores

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• Even though the neighborhood I grew up in had some unhealthy elements, there was a caring there where you knew that you didn't want to get caught doing something wrong. There were bright spots in the neighborhood where I felt nurtured on a community level.

  Sonja Sohn

  Caring, Community, Elements

  "Sonja Sohn ReWires Baltimore". Interview with Elizabeth Gettelman, www.motherjones.com. March 15, 2012.

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