Grew Quotes - Page 8

• 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 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 a small Southern town, and there were white people and black people. Coming to New York to go to Columbia, every time I went into the subway I was absolutely astounded because you see people from all over the world who actually live here - who aren't just here as tourists.

  Tony Kushner

  New York, White, People

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• I grew up in Seattle, but I always knew I wanted to leave.

  David Guterson

  Grew Up, Wanted, Seattle

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• I grew up on movie sets, so it was something I just found familiar. When I was growing up also, in high school, I would audition for things and my parents let me audition for things - with the thought that I wouldn't get them. And then I would get them... sometimes, and it would surprise them.

  Jake Gyllenhaal

  Growing Up, School, Parent

  Interview with Steven Horn, www.ign.com. May 28, 2004.

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• I grew up in the military. I've lived that life. I know that our soldiers are out there fighting for our right to vote, and they're out there fighting for other countries' rights to vote... Guys have been dying for it, and we have to go out and exercise it.

  Robert Griffin III

  Country, Military, Exercise

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• I grew up on a lot of early Beatles, DC5, Cream, Clapton, Page, Beck and Hendrix.

  Eddie Van Halen

  Pages, Hendrix, Grew Up

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• It's an image that the media has given me as a bad girl, and the only reason they gave me that image is just because of the few things that have gone wrong in my life, and also because I grew up living in a trailer.

  Tonya Harding

  Girl, Media, Gone

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

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• I've always wanted to work for Walt Disney. That's what I thought I was going to do when I grew up.

  Keith Haring

  Grew Up, Wanted, Walt

  "New Again: Keith Haring". Interview with Andy Warhol, Emilia Petrarca, Halston, www.interviewmagazine.com. August 6, 2013.

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• I grew up with the Blind Boys' music. My family owns a music store in Claremont, California, called The Claremont Folk Music Center. I grew up with a heavy diet of gospel, folk, and blues because those are kind of the cornerstones of traditional American music.

  Ben Harper

  Boys, California, Kind

  "Give Till It’s Gone: A Conversation with Ben Harper". Interview with Mike Ragogna, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 16, 2011.

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• I loved Rent when I first heard it, but it grew on me and so did Tick, Tick... Boom. Some songs are more interesting than others and sometimes the ones that never stood out at first end up being the best to perform.

  Neil Patrick Harris

  Song, Interesting, Firsts

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• I'm a lot older than my little brothers and sister, so I think I grew up babysitting them.

  Josh Hartnett

  Brother, Thinking, Littles

  "Josh Hartnett Interview - RESURRECTING THE CHAMP". Interview with Steve "Frosty" Weintraub, collider.com. August 21, 2007.

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• I grew up in Chicago, and there was always snow. In Los Angeles there never was, so we would always import snow!

  David Hasselhoff

  Snow, Chicago, Los Angeles

  "David Hasselhoff, ‘The Christmas Consultant’ Star, Reminisces About Childhood Holidays". Interview with Naughty But Nice Rob, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 9, 2012.

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• My feeling about growing up in New Jersey was, 'How come I'm not in New York?' That being said, I'm older and I have a better worldview now, and so I think I grew up in an incredibly privileged position. The town I grew up in is beautiful. I got a great education, and I'm very grateful for it.

  Anne Hathaway

  Beautiful, New York, Growing Up

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• I grew up in Ann Arbor, about 25 miles west of Detroit. And when you grow up in that area, you get a healthy dose of Motown automatically.

  Mayer Hawthorne

  Growing Up, Healthy, West

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• I have never denied my background or my culture. I have taught my child to embrace her Mexican heritage, to love my first language, Spanish, to learn about Mexican history, music, folk art, food, and even the Mexican candy I grew up with.

  Salma Hayek

  Art, Children, Mexican

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• I don't believe in the so-called Latino explosion when it comes to movies. Jennifer Lopez doesn't have an accent. She grew up in New York speaking English, not Spanish. Her success is very important because she represents a different culture, but it doesn't help me.

  Salma Hayek

  New York, Believe, Important

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

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• I grew up in Mexico, not the U.S., and the fact is that there just aren't any parts for Latin actresses. I have to persuade people that my accent won't be a problem, but an asset.

  Salma Hayek

  Latin, People, Mexico

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

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