Grew Quotes - Page 8

• My parents were founders of the Cuban Communist Party, and I grew up extremely poor.

  Guillermo Cabrera Infante

  Party, Parent, Literature

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• My father was the son of immigrants, and he grew up bilingual, but English is what my father taught me and what he spoke to me. America's strength is not our diversity; it is our ability to unite around common principles even when we come from different backgrounds.

  Ernest Istook

  Father, Son, America

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• Some people are born with very little; some are fortunate enough to have it all. When I grew up, we didn't have much. I had to hustle to get what I wanted... but I had that hunger for more. I didn't always make the right choices, but I learned from my mistakes.

  Curtis Jackson

  Mistake, People, Choices

  "A Billion" by Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 18, 2011.

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• I understand human needs. I grew up where far too many people lived day to day without elemental needs like food and shelter.

  Naveen Jain

  People, Needs, Shelter

  "Tips for Entrepreneurial Philanthropy" by Naveen Jain, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 23, 2011.

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• I grew up poor in India, and there were days when we struggled to find food and other basic necessities. Our mother worked odds and ends jobs to keep the family together and educate us.

  Naveen Jain

  Mother, Jobs, Odds

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• I actually grew up playing the piano in the church and was deeply involved in music ministry.

  T. D. Jakes

  Piano, Church, Ministry

  "Mega Church Leader Bishop T.D. Jakes". "Talk of the Nation" with Neal Conan, www.npr.org. May 2, 2006.

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• Where I grew up - I grew up on the north side of Akron, lived in the projects. So those scared and lonely nights - that's every night. You hear a lot of police sirens, you hear a lot of gunfire. Things that you don't want your kids to hear growing up.

  LeBron James

  Lonely, Growing Up, Kids

  Interview With Larry King, edition.cnn.com. June 2, 2010.

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• I just think a hustler's ambition is that I never stop. I start off hustling and said I'll never stop hustling. An ambitious hustler is the one to hustle the hustlers. When I grew up, my heroes were hustlers. Now I'm their hero.

  Young Jeezy

  Hero, Ambition, Thinking

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• I grew up in a world that told girls they couldn't play rock 'n' roll.

  Joan Jett

  Girl, Rocks, Play

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• Beyond just writing about falling in love and out of love and wanting to do certain things and going out and partying and all the things that I grew up writing about, I want to write about deeper things.

  Joan Jett

  Falling In Love, Party, Writing

  "A Minute With: Joan Jett on life as a 'Runaway'". Interview With Bob Tourtellotte, www.reuters.com. March 18, 2010.

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• I grew up doing live tours and playing in bars, so it was what I love to do.

  Jewel

  Bars, Grew Up

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• I grew up conservative because my mum was a conservative, and when I finally realized what conservatives were, I changed my mind immediately.

  Elton John

  Mind, Conservative, Grew Up

  "Elton John Interview GNOMEO AND JULIET". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. February 7, 2011.

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• I grew up at my grandmother's house, and she had a beautiful garden. I used to hate mowing the lawn and weeding, which is what you do when you're a kid. I loathe gardening, but I love gardens, and I have two beautiful gardens.

  Elton John

  Beautiful, Weed, Hate

  "Elton John Interview GNOMEO AND JULIET". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. February 7, 2011.

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• I grew up as this very carefree, happy kid then things turned darker for me. Maybe it was because I saw that the world wasn't as happy a place as I had hoped it would be for me.

  Angelina Jolie

  Kids, Happy Kid, Would Be

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• Even during the rationing period, during World War II, we didn't have the anxiety that we'd starve, because we grew our own potatoes, you know? And our own hogs, and our own cows and stuff, you know.

  James Earl Jones

  War, Food, Anxiety

  "The Voice of Triumph". Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 29, 1996.

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• There are absolutely no problems between me, my dad and my sister. Obviously I grew up with just my mum, but my relationship with my dad is just fine.

  Norah Jones

  Dad, Problem, My Sister

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• You know, I grew up on romantic comedies, and it's hard to find a new way to tell that story.

  Rashida Jones

  Stories, Way, Comedy

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• I grew up in a world where the social democratic state was the norm, not the exception.

  Tony Judt

  World, Social, States

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• I grew up in Marcy Projects in Brooklyn, and my mom and pop had an extensive record collection, so Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder and all of those sounds and souls of Motown filled the house.

  Jay-Z

  Mom, House, Soul

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• It was always assumed I would be a professor. I grew up thinking it.

  Daniel Kahneman

  Thinking, Would Be, Professors

  "This much I know: Daniel Kahneman". Interview with Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. July 7, 2012.

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• I vowed to myself that when I grew up and became a theoretical physicist, in addition to doing research, I would write books that I would have liked to have read as a child. So whenever I write, I imagine myself, as a youth, reading my books, being thrilled by the incredible advances being made in physics and science.

  Michio Kaku

  Children, Reading, Book

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• I'm someone who loves romance. I always have loved it. Most people who grew up as nerds, as I was, surprisingly, have loved romance.

  Mindy Kaling

  People, Romance, Nerd

  "Mindy Kaling Talks Acting in and Producing THE MINDY PROJECT, Returning to THE OFFICE, GAME OF THRONES Obsessions and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. July 30, 2012.

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• I used to forget that I was an Indian woman. I would even forget that I was a woman. I don't think of myself as bringing to the table a lot of 'women's issues.' I don't feel the need to write about maternity. I grew up thinking that the talented people in comedy were hard-joke writers.

  Mindy Kaling

  Writing, Thinking, Issues

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• I grew up in New York, I love New York.

  Caroline Kennedy

  New York, Grew Up, I Love New York

  "More Caroline: Spoke to Hillary, won't run if not selected". Interview With Ben Smith, www.politico.com. December 26, 2008.

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• I grew up in a household where reading was encouraged. My mother believed in the power of words, and my father obviously did too.

  Caroline Kennedy

  Mother, Father, Reading

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