All Quotes

I grew up in the suburbs.
‐‐ Rosemarie DeWitt

I grew up in the suburbs, a calm suburb, without tension, with working-class and middle-class people mixed together.
‐‐ JR

I grew up in the suburbs among highly educated people, in a house crammed with books. It was a culture rich in ideas, stimulation, entertainment, and mental activity, all helpful to the nurture of an imaginative child who wanted from an early age to be a writer.
‐‐ Stephen Hunter

I grew up in the suburbs and basically associate the suburbs with cultural death.
‐‐ Billy Corgan

I grew up in the suburbs and was raised on rap radio, so it took me a long time to stumble upon the acoustic guitar as a resource for anything.
‐‐ Cass McCombs

I grew up in the suburbs north of Atlanta. I had an amazing childhood, and I still go back to my home in Atlanta often.
‐‐ Devon Werkheiser

I grew up in the suburbs of a small town on the south coast where the only opportunity I ever got to wear anything smart was a funeral, so I had never owned a piece of clothing worth more than £40.
‐‐ Tom Odell

I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago.
‐‐ James Iha

I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago, and in spite of what most people might have expected from a young girl growing up deaf, life for me was like one long episode of 'The Brady Bunch.' Despite whatever barriers were in my way, I imagined myself as Marcia Brady skating down the street saying 'hi' to everyone, whether they knew me or not.
‐‐ Marlee Matlin

I grew up in the suburbs of Connecticut - during the school time of year - but I preferred it in New Hampshire. I preferred the culture, the landscape, the relative solitude. I've always loved it.
‐‐ Donald Hall

I grew up in the suburbs of Detroit.
‐‐ Anna Sui

I grew up in the suburbs of Sydney, an arid kind of place, but every day I took the ferry across the harbour to get to school. I'd watch the ships coming in and going out.
‐‐ Pamela Stephenson

I grew up in the suburbs of Toronto, where everything was in a strip mall.
‐‐ Dave Foley

I grew up in the suburbs, so I figured 'Why not try downtown living?' And, honestly, I love it. I've been very pleasantly surprised at how much downtown Indianapolis has to offer.
‐‐ Andrew Luck

I grew up in the suburbs, so I remember arriving at Waterloo and seeing Big Ben and the coloured lights on top of the Southbank Centre and thinking, 'Wow!'
‐‐ Martin Freeman

I grew up in the theater and danced ballet atrociously.
‐‐ Maureen O'Hara

I grew up in the theater. I began my career at 3. That was the first time I stepped onto a provisional stage.
‐‐ Demian Bichir

I grew up in the theatre. It's where I got my start. Writing a television drama with theatrical dialogue about the theatre is beyond perfection.
‐‐ Aaron Sorkin

I grew up in the time of Germany after the war.
‐‐ Bernhard Langer

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

I grew up in the United Methodist Church, and church was always a very big part of my growing up.
‐‐ Hilarie Burton

I grew up in the United States.
‐‐ Dominique de Villepin

I grew up in the unlikely place of Connecticut. The Eastern Woodlands. It was semi-rural where I grew up. I was fascinated by the Piqua and the Mohegan Indians of that area.
‐‐ John Fusco

I grew up in the upper class, for sure. My family was kind of about that whole parties-and-horse racing thing. I can understand it's fun for some. I never enjoyed it.
‐‐ Cara Delevingne

I grew up in the West, grew up on the land, was educated as a geologist.
‐‐ Bruce Babbitt

I grew up in the west of Ireland, and Galway was our local seaside resort. We'd go for one day of the year during the summer, and I have enduring memories of the sand and the sea.
‐‐ Philip Treacy

I grew up in the world of bad television, on my dad's sets and then as a young schmuck on dating shows and so on.
‐‐ George Clooney

I grew up in this business... A lot of my life has been centered around this question about how NASA is helping us to understand our own home planet... and to understand our place in the universe.
‐‐ Ellen Stofan

I grew up in this era where your parents' friends were all called aunt and uncle. And then I had an aunt and an aunt. We saw them on holidays and other times. We never talked about it, but I just understood that they were a couple.
‐‐ Patti Davis

I grew up in this industry. I'm a third generation actor, and I believe strongly that life and career are two different things. Career is inside my life. I'm also a photographer, a pianist, and lots of different things, so my life consists of so many different elements that there are moments when I have to step away and be me.
‐‐ Alaina Huffman

I grew up in this little farm town, and I've always dreamt of Hollywood and pop culture, and then I suddenly found myself plopped in the middle of it.
‐‐ Ross Mathews

I grew up in this poor place, with very limited circumstances, at about 16 years of age was sent by my family to work, and instead of remaining in the position into which I was sent, I somehow worked my way out of it without any help from anyone, just luck.
‐‐ Jamaica Kincaid

I grew up in this town, my poetry was born between the hill and the river, it took its voice from the rain, and like the timber, it steeped itself in the forests.
‐‐ Pablo Neruda

I grew up in this world where everything seemed possible.
‐‐ Fareed Zakaria

I grew up in Tom DeLay's district.
‐‐ Paul Begala

I grew up in Toronto and as long as I can remember, as long as there was cable, even those old cable boxes that were wired to the TV, there have been Bollywood movies on Toronto TV.
‐‐ Mike Myers

I grew up in trailer houses in New Mexico, Arkansas, Texas and Oklahoma.
‐‐ Ronnie Dunn

I grew up in Tuscany in a very poor family. My father was a farmer and my mother was a farmer, but, my childhood was very good. I am very grateful for my childhood, because it was full of gladness and good humanity.
‐‐ Roberto Benigni

I grew up in uptown Jamaica; I went to a rich school. I was raised by my mother and my stepfather; they made sure education came before anything. I had a good childhood, grew up spending time with my bigger brothers and sisters. My people are good people. I was exposed to a lot of different kinds of people and culture.
‐‐ Damian Marley

I grew up in Vancouver and my father drove me to every single one of my acting lessons, auditions, and jobs.
‐‐ Erica Cerra

I grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia.
‐‐ Ryan Reynolds

I grew up in Vancouver, man. That's where more than half of my style comes from.
‐‐ Seth Rogen

I grew up in Vancouver, which is a pretty liberal, gay Mecca of the West coast. There's San Francisco, and then there's Vancouver.
‐‐ Avan Jogia

I grew up in Wahpeton, N.D., and I didn't leave until I was 18, and I've kept going back.
‐‐ Louise Erdrich

I grew up in Wakefield, Mass., and there were only a couple of Jewish families in the town.
‐‐ Israel Horovitz

I grew up in war and saw the United Nations help my country to recover and rebuild. That experience was a big part of what led me to pursue a career in public service. As Secretary-General, I am determined to see this organization deliver tangible, meaningful results that advance peace, development and human rights.
‐‐ Ban Ki-moon

I grew up in Washington, D.C. But also loving the theater.
‐‐ Frank Rich

I grew up in Washington, D.C. Suffice to say, it was not a garden spot.
‐‐ Jonathan Banks

I grew up in Washington State and then eventually found my way back to Iowa City for grad school.
‐‐ Chelsea Cain

I grew up in West Palm Beach, Florida. My dad took me hunting, trapping and fishing when I was a kid.
‐‐ John W. Thompson

I grew up in western Oregon, just outside Eugene, on 27 wooded acres that served as my playground.
‐‐ Benjamin Percy

I grew up in Westlake Villiage, a suburb of L.A. There was a guy there who was a fighter and was like, 'I'll teach you to box.' I started a little bit of boxing, then it crossed over into jiu-jitsu. I was into it for a little while, but then I started doing basketball, baseball, team sports.
‐‐ Jonathan Lipnicki

I grew up in what my mom will always dispute as 'the hood.' She just doesn't like the name. But it had its similarities to any neighborhood like that. The all-black neighbors and the all-black problems and the all-black happiness. And I really loved it.
‐‐ Jerrod Carmichael

I grew up in what you might call a relentlessly creative household. We were given art supplies, music supplies... Our mother knew enough to get us started and then stand back and not meddle. My parents never said to us, 'Don't you think you'll need something to fall back on?' They acted as though creativity was completely normal.
‐‐ Julia Cameron

I grew up in wide-open spaces, but they didn't have the romantic history of the West.
‐‐ Robert Taylor

I grew up in Winnipeg, in the Canadian midwest, the fifth child. It was a great household to grow up in - I was loved to sweet death.
‐‐ Len Cariou

I grew up in Yorkshire, and once or twice a year, we'd travel over the Pennines to see my cousins in Cheshire.
‐‐ Anthony Browne

I grew up in Zimbabwe in Southern Africa, and I moved to London when I was 17. And I started commuting and, actually, to go to college. And I used to really enjoy that part of my journey where the - it was actually a Tube train, but it was over ground, and it went right past the backs of people's houses, and I could actually see right in.
‐‐ Paula Hawkins

I grew up in Zurich until I was 12, and I've always come to Vorderer Sternen for a sausage, a hunk of bread, and some mustard.
‐‐ Daniel Humm

I grew up incredibly poor and went to school and had a very average upbringing.
‐‐ Mila Kunis