Grew Quotes - Page 11

• 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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• I grew up sitting beside my grandmother playing the piano and singing.

  Miranda Kerr

  Grandmother, Piano, Singing

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• I grew up in the Bible Belt and I made my own clothes and dyed my hair purple. Nobody ever knew what to do with me.

  Kesha

  Hair, Purple, Clothes

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

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• I grew up in a pretty tough neighborhood.

  Alicia Keys

  Tough, Grew Up, Neighborhood

  "Singer-songwriter Alicia Keys". "Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. March 3, 2014.

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• I grew up around the theatre. My mother is an actress. I would fall asleep on tons of theatre chairs. It's in my blood; it's in my spirit and my fabric of who I am.

  Alicia Keys

  Mother, Fall, Who I Am

  "I was just waiting for my time". Interview with Chrissy Iley, www.theguardian.com. January 8, 2007.

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• I grew up in the middle of everything. I walked the streets alone, I rode the trains alone, I came home at three in the morning alone; that was what I did.

  Alicia Keys

  Morning, Home, Three

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• I never really thought in terms of the concept of being a rock star - being around people like that just seemed like normal day-in-the-life stuff to me. Those were just the surroundings I grew up in.

  Anthony Kiedis

  Stars, Rocks, People

  Interview With Dimitri Ehrlich, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 24, 2011.

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• I grew six inches in a year.

  Karlie Kloss

  Years, Six, Inches

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• I grew up in a suburb of Baltimore with an extremely high concentration of Jewish families - where the Levys and Cohens in the high school yearbook went on for pages, where I could count far more temples than I ever could churches. Anti-Semitism, in our cultural biodome, was mostly an abstract concept.

  Jeffrey Kluger

  School, Yearbook, Church

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• Diana Ross is a big inspiration to all of us. We all grew up watching everything about her - her mike placement, her grace, her style and her class.

  Beyonce Knowles

  Inspiration, Class, Grace

  "Napster Brings Music to the Masses; 'The Sopranos' Season Finale Ends With a Bang; Kyra Sedgwick Looks to Become New Talk of TV". "Showbiz Today" with Laurin Sydney and Paul Vercammen, www.cnn.com. April 10, 2000.

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• I grew up in a very nice house in Houston, went to private school all my life and I've never even been to the 'hood. Not that there's anything wrong with the 'hood.

  Beyonce Knowles

  Nice, School, House

  "New Again: Destiny’s Child". Interview with Suzanne Hodges, Lorraine Bracco, www.interviewmagazine.com. January 29, 2013.

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• I don't know about you, but I lie awake nights worrying about Canadian uranium. I know these people. I grew up there. You have no idea what they're capable of doing. If Sidney Crosby hadn't scored that goal to win the Olympic gold medal, there's no telling what might have ensued.

  Charles Krauthammer

  Lying, Winning, Night

  "Obama's nuclear strutting and fretting" by Charles Krauthammer, www.washingtonpost.com. April 16, 2010.

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• I grew up loving actresses or actors who were very classy but who seemed a little bit mysterious because you couldn't grasp what they're really thinking. I mean, Grace Kelly always looked impossibly glamorous, yet you could always see there was something behind her eyes.

  Diane Kruger

  Mean, Eye, Thinking

  Interview With Tim Blanks, www.interviewmagazine.com. August 10, 2009.

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• I grew up in the Ukraine 'til I was about 7, and then I moved to L.A.

  Mila Kunis

  Ukraine, Grew Up, Moved

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• I obviously identify with the anti-authority figure. I've pretty much always had problems with authority, ever since I was a kid. But, yeah, it's not identifying, I think it's more a part of my natural DNA that I question anybody who has a plan. Everybody's got to have an angle; that's the way I grew up.

  Denis Leary

  Kids, Thinking, Dna

  Interview with Tasha Robinson, www.avclub.com. June 22, 2005.

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• I wanted to be a hockey player. Where I grew up, the basketball courts were rarely used. I was terrible in school and actually said, 'I'm going to be a hockey player.'

  Denis Leary

  Basketball, School, Hockey

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• When I grew up, in Taiwan, the Korean War was seen as a good war, where America protected Asia. It was sort of an extension of World War II. And it was, of course, the peak of the Cold War. People in Taiwan were generally proAmerican. The Korean War made Japan. And then the Vietnam War made Taiwan. There is some truth to that.

  Ang Lee

  War, America, Japan

  Interview with Liev Schreiber, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 28, 2009.

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• I grew up pretty much prevented from knowing anything from Communist China except that they were the bad guys that stole our country.

  Ang Lee

  Country, Knowing, Guy

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• I grew up pretty peacefully, in that Eastern way. You easily solve problems, believe in harmony. Reduce conflicts, take orders until one day you give orders.

  Ang Lee

  Believe, Order, Giving

  "Ang Lee, 'Life of Pi' Director, Talks Culture Shock, Anxiety And Why His Films Fit Together". Interview with Lucas Kavner, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 19, 2012.

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• John Legend is a nickname that some friends started calling me, and it kind of grew into my stage name.

  John Legend

  Names, Calling, Legends

  "John Legend Reflects On His Early Days - When Kanye West Was Opening For 'Him'". Interview with John Ochoa, www.mtv.com. August 21, 2008.

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