Grew Quotes - Page 9

• 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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• I really do love Diana Ross; I grew up listening to her records. I grew up in a little town in Mexico, so while we got the music, we never got the experience of watching her.

  Salma Hayek

  Listening, Mexico, Records

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• I grew up in a fun-loving environment - you work hard and play hard.

  Hunter Hayes

  Fun, Hard Work, Play Hard

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• I grew up just outside of Austin, and my upbringing was fairly rural.

  Amber Heard

  Austin, Grew Up, Upbringing

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• My sister is Korean and my parents adopted her about three years before I was born and that is how I grew up.

  Katherine Heigl

  Years, Parent, Three

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• Civilization grew in the beginning from the minute that we had communication - particularly communication by sea that enabled people to get inspiration and ideas from each other and to exchange basic raw materials.

  Thor Heyerdahl

  Communication, Inspiration, Sea

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• I grew up watching 'Superman.' As a child, when I first learned to dive into a swimming pool, I wasn't diving, I was flying, like Superman. I used to dream of rescuing a girl I had a crush on from a playground bully.

  Tom Hiddleston

  Crush, Girl, Dream

  "Superheroes movies like Avengers Assemble should not be scorned". www.theguardian.com. April 19, 2012.

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• In 'Thor,' that was my own hair. I grew it out. But I have naturally curly, blonde hair, so I'll never look like that. By the time I got to 'The Avengers,' I had come off two other films, which required me to have it very short. So I dyed it again and it was long enough to use a part of my hairline.

  Tom Hiddleston

  Two, Hair, Long

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• I grew up in the '80s in L.A., so Ice Cube and Magic Johnson are my heroes.

  Jonah Hill

  Hero, Ice, Magic

  "Jonah Hill And Channing Tatum 21 Jump Street Set Visit Interview". Interview with Brendan Bettinger, collider.com. February 15, 2012.

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• As the son of a feminist mother, I grew up with the idea that work was a sort of salvation for women as it would give them freedom from the domestic grind. Now it seems work is a form of slavery, undertaken out of apparent compulsion rather than choice.

  Tom Hodgkinson

  Mother, Son, Ideas

  "Idle thoughts" by Tom Hodgkinson, www.theguardian.com. July 1, 2006.

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• I like to cook Puerto Rican food. That's what I grew up on: rice, beans, meat, some Italian-American food. I know my way around the kitchen.

  Jennifer Lopez

  Italian, Kitchen, Meat

  "Jennifer Lopez: Still Wild at Heart". Interview with Veronica Chambers, www.glamour.com. August 2, 2010.

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• I grew up the biggest fan of the Cure. Knew every lyric, had every album, B-side, single, poster, everything. Then cut to fifteen years later, and we're working on songs together. Ridiculous.

  Mark Hoppus

  Song, Cutting, Years

  "A Different Spin with Mark Hoppus!". Interview, www.seventeen.com. September 8, 2010.

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• Nobody ever grew despondent looking for trouble.

  Kin Hubbard

  Literature, Trouble, Despondent

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• I had a gypsy upbringing, so I moved around all over the place and can't remember a street I grew up on.

  Vanessa Hudgens

  Gypsy, Remember, Grew Up

  "Questions and answers with Vanessa Hudgens". Interview with Robert Desalvo, www.mtv.com. August 21, 2013.

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• I have a very broad demographic, from the 8-year-old who knows every word to 'Ice Ice Baby' and the college kid who grew up on 'Ninja Rap' to the soccer mom and grandparent.

  Vanilla Ice

  Soccer, Mom, Baby

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• 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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• My body grew hot, then cold. I tried to eat the bed sheets. My heart beat madly. Every joint in my body ached. When I took the cure they took it all away from me.

  Bela Lugosi

  Heart, Bed Sheets, Hot

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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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