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• And I come here as a daughter, raised on the South Side of Chicago - by a father who was a blue-collar city worker and a mother who stayed at home with my brother and me.

  Michelle Obama

  Daughter, Mother, Brother

  Democratic National Convention Keynote Address, delivered 25 August 2008, INVESCO Field at Mile High Stadium, Denver, Colorado

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• When it comes to the health of our families, Barack refused to listen to all those folks who told him to leave health reform for another day, another president. He didn't care whether it was the easy thing to do politically - that's not how he was raised - he cared that it was the right thing to do.

  Michelle Obama

  President, Reform, Care

  "Michelle Obama touts husband's humble roots, asks for time to see 'change' through", www.foxnews.com. September 5, 2012.

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• I was brought up by my mother and my two sisters, although they're older than me and fled the nest very young, so I was technically raised as an only child, but I was very much loved.

  Gary Oldman

  Sister, Mother, Children

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• I love living in Utah. I was born here but raised in L.A., but we decided about 13, 14 years ago to come here to Utah.

  Donny Osmond

  Years, Utah, Born

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• When I hear Mitt Romney say that he believes that Jesus is the Son of God, that He's the Christ, raised from the dead, that He's his savior - that's good enough for me.

  Joel Osteen

  Jesus, Believe, Son

  "Osteen: Romney is a Christian" by Ashley Killough, politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com. April 24, 2012.

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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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• Capitalism has its weaknesses. But it is capitalism that ended the stranglehold of the hereditary aristocracies, raised the standard of living for most of the world and enabled the emancipation of women.

  Camille Paglia

  Weakness, Aristocracy, World

  "How Capitalism Can Save Art" by Camille Paglia, www.wsj.com. October 05, 2012.

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• Although I'm an atheist who believes only in great nature, I recognize the spiritual richness and grandeur of the Roman Catholicism in which I was raised.

  Camille Paglia

  Spiritual, Atheist, Believe

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• Before I was humiliated I was like a stone that lies in deep mud, and he who is mighty came and in his compassion raised me up and exalted me very high and placed me on the top of the wall.

  Saint Patrick

  Wall, Lying, Compassion

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• Everyone related to me in my circle was from church: church friends, church school, church activities. All my friends weren't allowed to watch MTV or go to PG-13 movies or listen to the radio, so I didn't really know anything different. That's how I was raised.

  Katy Perry

  Movie, School, Mtv

  "Katy Perry (she kisses boys, too!)". Interview with Amy Spencer, www.glamour.com. January 5, 2010.

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• I was raised in a super-sheltered atmosphere where we didn't watch anything besides Trinity Broadcasting Network - which was called TBN - or the Fox News channel.

  Katy Perry

  Atmosphere, Watches, News

  Interview with Scott Simon, www.npr.org. October 26, 2013.

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• 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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• My dad raised me with some good advice: 'Always tell the truth. Always shoot from the hip. You might not have many friends, but you'll never have enemies, because people will always know where you're coming from.'

  Pink

  Badass, Dad, Bad Ass

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• My grandfather came over from Puerto Rico and raised his kids speaking English so that it would be easier for them to assimilate.

  Aubrey Plaza

  Kids, Grandfather, Would Be

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

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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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• I was raised on a little farm about 12 miles out of Portsmouth, Ohio.

  Roy Rogers

  Ohio, Agriculture, Littles

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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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