Born And Raised Quotes - Page 2

• I was born and raised in Nigeria. We lived in England when I was 3 and 4, and I would go to summer school every year in Switzerland.

  Toks Olagundoye

  Summer, School, Years

  "Talking with "Jackie Joyner-Kersee," from The Neighbors". Interview with June Thomas, www.slate.com. November 30, 2012.

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• I was born and raised in the University of Chicago area and had an uneventful middle-class Catholic childhood. I had a heavy Catholic upbringing and Catholicism is terrible - it's the reason there were slaves. Mass every morning at seven o'clock during Lent. It's a totally negative, man-made religion.

  Chaka Khan

  Morning, Men, Class

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I would have worked no matter what. I was born and raised that way. It occurred to me to be married second.

  Amy Pascal

  Matter, Way, Married

  "Amy Pascal: An untypical leading lady who's taken Sony to the top". Interview with Jane Martinson, www.theguardian.com. May 18, 2006.

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• Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there. My folks were Indian. Both my mother and father had Cherokee blood in them. I was born and raised in Indian Territory. 'Course we're not the Americans whose ancestors came over on the Mayflower, but we met them at the boat when they landed.

  Will Rogers

  Mother, Running, Father

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• I was practically born and raised at 20th Century Fox studio, started to work there selling papers when I was around seven years old, and every summer vacation from school I would work in a various department at the studio. So I was an old-timer when I was 15.

  Richard D. Zanuck

  Summer, School, Vacation

  "Richard Zanuck: 'Chocolate Factory' and Beyond". "Talk of the Nation" with Neal Conan, www.npr.org. July 11, 2005.

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• I was born and raised in the Bay Area. It's the place I got a deep, deep affection for.

  Michael B. Jordan

  Deep Affection, Bay Area, Born

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• No one's ever asked to see my birth certificate, they know that this is the place that we were born and raised.

  Mitt Romney

  Stupid People, Election, Birth

  "NBC and CBS Pounce on Romney’s Birth Certificate ‘Swipe’ at Obama: ‘Was It a Joke?’". "NBC Nightly News" with David Gregory, www.mrc.org. August 24, 2012.

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• The most important to me is, Theo is a good person first and foremost. And I think that has a lot to do with it. He's not deceitful. He's an honest guy, a good guy. There's a lot more to this thing than it being a job for him, being born and raised here, the Red Sox being as important as they are to him. Above all else, Theo understands he's a compromiser. Theo understands that the clubhouse is our home. He doesn't invade that privacy often. When he does, he doesn't make you uncomfortable and that says as much about him as anything.

  Curt Schilling

  Jobs, Lying, Home

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• If a child is born and raised in a home that is loving and nurturing, where there is complete truth about who we are, you can’t give a child any greater place from which to fly.

  Amanda Bearse

  Children, Home, Giving

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• As a boy, because I was born and raised in Ohio, about 60 miles north of Dayton, the legends of the Wrights have been in my memories as long as I can remember.

  Neil Armstrong

  Memories, Boys, Ohio

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• When a little more than a teenager, I was a piano-bar pianist in the land where I was born and raised, Tuscany.

  Andrea Bocelli

  Teenager, Land, Piano

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• [Two Evil Eyes] was shot in Pittsburgh, and that's where I was born and raised, so it was really nice to be a part of Pittsburgh film culture.

  Julie Benz

  Nice, Eye, Two

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I'm born and raised in the Northeast. My parents are Irish immigrants. So our tendency is to shy away from the big yellow ball that comes up in the sky every once in a while.

  Denis Leary

  Sky, Yellow, Parent

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• I was born and raised to entertain other people. I've heard laughter and applause and known a lot of sorrow. Everything about me is based on show business - I think it will bring me happiness. I hope so.

  Donald O'Connor

  Laughter, Thinking, People

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I was born and raised in Huntington Beach, California. I was very athletic, playing volleyball and softball. I did gymnastics for about ten years, too.

  Jasmine Tookes

  Inspirational, Softball, Volleyball

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• Being born and raised as a Californian, I somewhat ignorantly had taken for granted the diversity and liberal mindset that shaped my childhood and adult life.

  Carre Otis

  Taken, Diversity, Childhood

  "In the Face of Change" by Carre Otis, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 3, 2012.

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• I was born and raised in the high desert of Nevada in a tiny town called Searchlight. My dad was a hard rock miner. My mom took in wash. I grew up around people of strong values - even if they rarely talked about them.

  Harry Reid

  Mom, Strong, Dad

  Democratic response to the State of the Union address, www.cnn.com. February 3, 2005.

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• I was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and I hate Michigan.

  Jerome Bettis

  Hate, Michigan, Detroit

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• I was born and raised Catholic.

  Tom Araya

  Catholic, Born, Raised

  "Reining in the Blood". Interview with Jason Handelsman, www.miaminewtimes.com. July 19, 2007.

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• Being Puerto Rican, born and raised on the streets of New York, you go, 'Wow, you're still friends with your ex, man? Really? That's weird.' I don't play that.

  Marc Anthony

  New York, Men, Play

  "EXCLUSIVE: Marc Anthony Breaks Silence, Denies Cheating on Jennifer Lopez" by Edward Lovett and John Quinones, abcnews.go.com. September 1, 2011.

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• Born and raised in Paris, I am deeply attached to my city; we almost have half a century of love story together, where I have been truly completely faithful! The most beautiful city in the world is my city, yeepeeee!

  Christian Louboutin

  Beautiful, Cities, Paris

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• I was born and raised a Christian and I still adhere to those principles.

  Dee Snider

  Christian, Principles, Born

  Dee Snider (2013). “Shut Up and Give Me the Mic”, p.341, Simon and Schuster

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• I was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii

  Steve Case

  Hawaii, Born, Honolulu

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• I realized how Latina I was, and then also, at the same time, how not Latina enough I was, because I’m born and raised in Los Angeles. I speak Spanish, but I don’t speak perfect Spanish, not like a native speaker

  America Ferrera

  Perfect, Speak, Los Angeles

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• CM has always stood for one thing: Chicago Made. Chick Magnet? That's preposterous. Girls don't like me. I was born and raised in Chicago. The city made me. Punk is just because I've always been a smart-mouthed, wise-ass punk. I still am. I was the guy, if a bunch of football players were messing with one of my friends, I'd walk over there and spit in their face.

  CM Punk

  Girl, Wise, Football

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

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