Raised Quotes - Page 5

• In Michigan, a liberal democrat raised taxes and kept their government programs at the same level. And guess what? Their economy continued into the toilet, it continued down.

  Rick Perry

  Government, Michigan, Toilets

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• My grandmother raised five children during the Depression by herself. At 50, she threw her sewing machine into the back of a pickup truck and drove from North Dakota to California. She was a real survivor, so that's my stock. That's how I want my kids to be too.

  Michelle Pfeiffer

  Children, Real, Kids

  "Michelle Pfeiffer - What She Did for Love". Interview with Liz Smith, www.goodhousekeeping.com. June 4, 2007.

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• I consider myself spiritual and I'm married to a man who is both an atheist and a humanist, and my kids have been raised with the traditions of different religions, but they do not go to church or temple. My feeling is that everyone should be able to believe what they want or need to believe.

  Jodi Picoult

  Spiritual, Atheist, Believe

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• I was born in Harlem, raised in the South Bronx, went to public school, got out of public college, went into the Army, and then I just stuck with it.

  Colin Powell

  School, Army, College

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• It's nice to say let's be bipartisan. But we're a partisan nation. We were raised as a partisan nation.

  Colin Powell

  Nice, Partisans, Nations

  "White House Unveils Health Care Plan Amid Republican Resistance" by Jake Tapper, abcnews.go.com. February 22, 2010.

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• I basically eat a lot of proteins, and I've been eating smaller portions of food. I try to eat all locally raised and organic produce.

  Norman Reedus

  Trying, Eating, Protein

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• Yeah, I was born in Montreal and I go back to Vancouver and Toronto a lot, so I have a sense of being Canadian, and I was raised by two Canadians, and my wife is Canadian, so yeah, I feel it.

  Jason Reitman

  Two, Wife, Vancouver

  "Jason Reitman Takes Off with Up in the Air". Interview with Brian Gallagher, movieweb.com. February 24, 2010.

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• When the Okies left Oklahoma and moved to California, they raised the average intelligence level in both states.

  Will Rogers

  Funny, California, Oklahoma

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• I tell people all the time that I was born and raised in Ronald Reagan's America.

  Marco Rubio

  America, People, Born

  "Rubio Doesn't Shut Down Vice Presidential Chatter" by Lee Ross, www.foxnews.com. August 23, 2011.

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• I was raised all over. Kansas, Hawaii, Georgia, Texas and Kentucky, by the time I was 11.

  Jeri Ryan

  Kentucky, Texas, Kansas

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• What creates freedom? A revolution in the streets? Mass protest? Civil war? A change of government? The ousting of the old guard and its replacement by the new? History, more often than not, shows that hopes raised by such events are often dashed, sooner rather than later.

  Jonathan Sacks

  War, Government, Events

  "Teach Your Children Well for a Better Life" by Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 2, 2012.

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• I was raised around a lot of artists, musicians, photographers, painters and people that were in theater. Just having the art-communal hippie experience as a child, there wasn't a clear line that was drawn. We celebrated creative experience and creative expression. We didn't try and curtail it and stunt any of that kind of growth.

  Jared Leto

  Art, Children, Hippie

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• It's absolutely of no importance who or what V was under the mask. He isn't a who or a what, he's an idea. The thing is, you couldn't continue it. Now and then the idea of a sequel has been raised, in vague forms, but I think it would be a bad idea. The story's finished.

  David Lloyd

  Thinking, Ideas, Would Be

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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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• For women raised in the '70s, high heels can still carry a stigma; they're associated with being stupid, with just wanting to please a man. Other women find them empowering.

  Christian Louboutin

  Stupid, Men, High Heels

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• I was raised in the greatest of homes... just a really great dad, and I miss him so much... he was a good man, a real simple man... Very faithful, always loved my mom, always provided for the kids, and just a lot of fun.

  Max Lucado

  Mom, Fun, Dad

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• I was brought up and raised in Britain as a Labour man, and that quickly changed. And I find there are more working-class people in the Conservative Party than the Labour party.

  John Lydon

  Party, Men, Class

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• I was raised Presbyterian, but I'm not really going to church. I think the experience in meditation is pretty much where it's at for me.

  David Lynch

  Thinking, Meditation, Church

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• I was raised in South Alabama in the woods, y'know? I'm country.

  Shelby Lynne

  Country, Alabama, Woods

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• Well, I think it's because I'm an only daughter. I have four brothers, a bunch of guy cousins, and so it's like I was raised amongst men. So I've always gotten along really well with men.

  Alicia Machado

  Daughter, Mother, Cousin

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• I don't get jealous of other girls, because I was raised in a cloning lab to be the perfect woman for Hugh M. Hefner, so, other than the fact that my I.Q.'s probably a little higher than he would like, I have nothing to worry about.

  Holly Madison

  Girl, Jealous, Perfect

  "The Girls Next Door". Comedy, Reality-TV, Romance, www.imdb.com. (2005 - ).

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• Are people raised to be villains or vilified like I have become?

  Marilyn Manson

  People, Villain

  "Marilyn Manson - review" by Mark Beaumont, www.theguardian.com. July 6, 2012.

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• I think I meant that, given the circumstances of my childhood, I had the illusion that it's easier to be alone. To have your relationships be casual and also to pose as a solitary person, because it was more romantic. You know, I was raised on the idea of the ramblin' man and the loner.

  Steve Martin

  Men, Thinking, Ideas

  "All about my father". Interview with Emma Brockes, www.theguardian.com. November 10, 2007.

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• I was raised with "Laurel and Hardy" and "I Love Lucy" and Jerry Lewis, and I just loved it. And I had a friend in high school and we would just laugh all day and put on skits. You know, it's the Andy Kaufman thing or the Marty Short thing where you're performing in your bedroom for yourself.

  Steve Martin

  School, Laughing, Bedroom

  "Steve Martin Memoir Recalls A Past Life". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. January 1, 2009.

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• At Home in the World is the story of a young woman, raised in some difficult circumstances, and how she survives. It tells a story of redemption, not victimhood.

  Joyce Maynard

  Home, Stories, Redemption

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