All Quotes

I grew my dreadlocks 12 years ago because they give me the freedom to roll out of bed and not spend hours on my woolly, thick hair. I get tons of dropped jaws and compliments, so I reckon folks like them all right.
‐‐ Valerie June

I grew really fast. It's true I went from 5'6" to 6'1" in six months in 8th grade. By the end of 8th grade, I was 6'1". Everyone was freaking out.
‐‐ Dot Jones

I grew six inches in a year.
‐‐ Karlie Kloss

I grew six, seven inches in junior year of high school, so I played guard my whole life growing up. So I think there's where I got my skill set from.
‐‐ Kelly Olynyk

I grew so depressed from the lack of support that I considered quitting. No one understood me.
‐‐ Shinya Yamanaka

I grew to manhood in the Ohio State Penitentiary.
‐‐ Chester Himes

I grew up 150-200 miles from any city. You simply didn't have much connection with the outside world. So my dreams were always to get out. It's a familiar kind of thing, I think, for anybody in a small town.
‐‐ Bobbie Ann Mason

I grew up 60 minutes way from Richmond, in Charlottesville, Virginia and, as a child, I was obsessed with the Civil War. I used to do re-enactments and all that stuff.
‐‐ Billy Campbell

I grew up a big comic book reader, as a kid, and I love the whole fanboy crowd.
‐‐ Joe Manganiello

I grew up a Catholic and I don't want to talk badly about the Catholic Church but there's a lot of routine stuff going on. You say the same prayers, you sit, you kneel, whatever.
‐‐ Bernhard Langer

I grew up a child of Watergate. It gave me a good dose of skepticism about authority. One of my favorite movies is 'All the President's Men.' Woodward and Bernstein, those guys were my heroes. I have a degree in journalism.
‐‐ Chris Carter

I grew up a chubby girl. I had two brothers. My parents loved us, they just fed us whatever we wanted.
‐‐ Meghan Trainor

I grew up a clumsy kid with bad hand-eye coordination. Yet here on El Cap, I felt as though I had stumbled into a world where I thrived. Being up on those steep walls demanded the right amount of climbing skill, pain tolerance, and sheer bull-headedness that came naturally to me.
‐‐ Tommy Caldwell

I grew up a Detroit Tigers fan, and now to be an owner of the Dodgers is amazing.
‐‐ Magic Johnson

I grew up a geek. I added comedy to it midway through high school.
‐‐ Jordan Klepper

I grew up a happy kid in Toronto. I've never suffered. I've never even had a real job! But I understand sadness and striving, and those two things tie into all the roles that I've played.
‐‐ Alison Pill

I grew up a hip-hop kid doing mix-tapes.
‐‐ Mike Posner

I grew up a huge fan of The Three Stooges and Monty Python, so somebody getting slapped in the face with a fish, or falling out of a chair, or running into a door, or tripping over their own feet and eating it, is all stuff I find really, really funny.
‐‐ Thomas Sadoski

I grew up, a kid in New Jersey.
‐‐ Jared Kushner

I grew up a little girl in the Soviet Union playing at a small sports club. Tennis gave me my life.
‐‐ Anna Kournikova

I grew up a little north of New York City and went to high school at Regis, an all-boys tuition-free high school in Manhattan.
‐‐ Phil Klay

I grew up a Michael Jordan fan; that was my first idol. But my true sports idol was Deion Sanders: he was the person I always wanted to be. I wanted to play two sports professionally, which would never happen, but to me, that was every kid's dream.
‐‐ Tim Howard

I grew up a middle class, colonized child of teachers and librarians and people, women especially, who treasured education.
‐‐ Lorraine Toussaint

I grew up a misfit. I never fit in.
‐‐ Joe Manganiello

I grew up a Phillies fan. Me and my buddies tailgated a couple of times when they won the World Series. I like just being in that atmosphere.
‐‐ Mike Trout

I grew up a plumber's son in Philadelphia.
‐‐ Mike Vogel

I grew up a poor kid in Florida, and I was always in Florida living with my stepfather and my mother, and we used to, every year, sit down and watch 'The Wizard of Oz.' And I think to this day that's probably the foundation for everything I've done since.
‐‐ Kenny Leon

I grew up a really shy kid, but I always surrounded myself with a lot funny people. It depends on the day - if I feel like being quiet, I will be. I'm not a complete goofball, though.
‐‐ Manny Montana

I grew up a Red Sox fan. I grew up going to Fenway Park and the Museum of Fine Arts and the Science Museum and Symphony Hall and going to the Common, walking around. My whole family at different times lived and worked in Boston.
‐‐ James Spader

I grew up a Saints fan, an hour from the Superdome.
‐‐ Brett Favre

I grew up a vegetarian. Then, because I grew up in the states, I started slowly eating meat. First it was bologna sandwiches, or pepperoni on pizza.
‐‐ Padma Lakshmi

I grew up a very open and free mind, but also with the flaws of a look on life with too much liberty than people normally have.
‐‐ Adriano Giannini

I grew up a witness to gay politics in its early days. I remember seeing Harvey Milk and been moved by him.
‐‐ Margaret Cho

I grew up a wrestler; for a long time in Oklahoma I was a wrestler.
‐‐ Christian Kane

I grew up about 30 minutes north of Boston in a town that was a virtual melting pot - I was exposed to all different backgrounds, cultures, and religions, fueling my personal interests in global issues.
‐‐ Alex Newell

I grew up about 60 miles northwest of New York, in Middletown, NY.
‐‐ Aaron Tveit

I grew up abroad, so I would love to have my child grow up the same way and experience the world.
‐‐ Cris Judd

I grew up accepting that my nationality was not depicted on TV or film. To be honest, it was something I didn't acknowledge as a kid. But once I realized my love for acting and the possibility of pursuing a career in it, I quickly noticed the absence of Asians in general and thought, 'Well, I'm gonna try to change that.'
‐‐ Vincent Rodriguez III

I grew up across the marsh from The Citadel.
‐‐ Thomas Gibson

I grew up acutely aware of the exile and distance caused by war.
‐‐ Hiam Abbass

I grew up addicted to 'Star Trek' and 'Mission: Impossible.' Now I switch between 'South Park' and 'C-Span.'
‐‐ Lawrence Blume

I grew up admiring Phil Mickelson. He loves competing, and he loves the fans' support, similar to me. In terms of my playing style, Steve Stricker and I are similar.
‐‐ Matt Kuchar

I grew up all around the world, and when I settled in a suburb in America, I didn't have any idea what I was supposed to wear.
‐‐ Dylan Walsh

I grew up all over Idaho - I was born in Emmett, a very small town.
‐‐ Aaron Paul

I grew up all over the world. My father was in the army and was posted to a new place every two and a half years. I have no geographical roots.
‐‐ Juliet Stevenson

I grew up always wanting to be a dancer, and when I went to New York, I fell in love with the idea of performing in all ways. I saw myself traveling with a company or making my own work and being a little weird. I wasn't thinking about the business side of anything; I just knew that I loved dancing.
‐‐ Jillian Hervey

I grew up always wanting to be a part of 'Idol,' and I never thought I would make it as far as I did. I was really lucky, and it's given me the opportunities that I have now.
‐‐ Jessica Sanchez

I grew up among farmers in Illinois and so you always have to have the tools you might need in the eventuality of a flat tire or a broken window.
‐‐ Nick Offerman

I grew up among strong women so I know what it's like to be loved and humiliated in a heartbeat.
‐‐ Chris O'Dowd

I grew up an Angels fan.
‐‐ Freddie Freeman