All Quotes

I grew up in conservative rural Kansas in the 1950s when it was expected that girls would not have a life outside the home, so educating them was a waste of time.
‐‐ Sara Paretsky

I grew up in Cuba under a strong, military, oppressive dictatorship. So as a teenager, I found myself involved in a revolution. I remember during that time, a young, charismatic leader rose up, talking about hope and change. His name was Fidel Castro.
‐‐ Rafael Cruz

I grew up in Cyprus and Egypt, these fantastic places I remember fondly.
‐‐ Tea Obreht

I grew up in D.C. but always had a love affair with New York. I did 'Central Park West,' 'Sex and the City,' 'Law & Order.'
‐‐ Darren Star

I grew up in Dallas, and my dad works for IBM, so I grew up in the environment of Silicon Prairie.
‐‐ Scott Michael Foster

I grew up in Dallas, with cowboys. I was the only guy in sixth grade with long hair and an earring. Let's just say I got a lot of, er, flak for being different.
‐‐ Barry Watson

I grew up in dance class, so I was looking in mirrors all day.
‐‐ Katharine McPhee

I grew up in dance studios. I was forced to be in several numbers in recitals and dance competitions. I took one tap class - literally one class - and then I quit.
‐‐ Michael Angarano

I grew up in Danville, Illinois, right in the middle of the state.
‐‐ Dick Van Dyke

I grew up in Del Mar, Calif., north of San Diego. I got my first job the summer after eighth grade at a small Internet service provider.
‐‐ David Ulevitch

I grew up in Delhi, where there are no Parsis. But once I came to Mumbai, I realised how quirky Parsis are.
‐‐ Cyrus Broacha

I grew up in Denver, Colorado. After high school I went to Vegas.
‐‐ Paul Taylor

I grew up in Deptford in south London, and at that time I used to wear toppers, loon pants and tonic suits from shops like Take 6 and Topman. I was a bit of a soul boy, but I had a very eclectic taste in music - I was into James Brown and Bowie; and I was the only kid in the neighbourhood who would also be listening to Chopin.
‐‐ Gary Oldman

I grew up in Derry, of course, and it was - Derry was the worst example of Northern Ireland's discrimination.
‐‐ John Hume

I grew up in Des Moines. My dad had a house full of books, things like P.G. Wodehouse books and 'Wuthering Heights' by Emily Bronte.
‐‐ Bill Bryson

I grew up in Detroit. I was a teen father. I lived on welfare for three years. I have a brother serving life in prison, though I believe he's innocent.
‐‐ Michael Eric Dyson

I grew up in different parts of Africa. I grew up in Mozambique and places like that. I've been in South Africa many times.
‐‐ Daniel Espinosa

I grew up in Ditchling. It was an idyllic village at the foot of the South Downs. In those days, the village was full of artists and sculptors.
‐‐ Donald Sinden

I grew up in Dolton, just south of Chicago, about a 20-minute drive from old Comiskey Park.
‐‐ Richard Roeper

I grew up in Doncaster and have felt the love for football run through the town; it's for that reason that I have a real personal passion to make Doncaster Rovers a success story.
‐‐ Louis Tomlinson

I grew up in Doraville, Georgia and I ate barbecued ribs and chicken fried steak, and all kinds of cheesy grits, you know, and I never even thought twice about it.
‐‐ Kathy Freston

I grew up in East Berlin, in a family of artists.
‐‐ Nina Hagen

I grew up in East Flatbush in Brooklyn which was an intense neighbourhood filled with different West Indian cultures.
‐‐ Michael K. Williams

I grew up in East Germany, and we were short on technology. So my father was really proud to be the owner of a turntable.
‐‐ Apparat

I grew up in East Germany, so we had to learn Russian in school... everybody hated it. I never thought it would come in handy... And being an actor, I've been able to use it quite a bit.
‐‐ Tom Wlaschiha

I grew up in east Tennessee, and everybody knew everybody's business.
‐‐ Kenny Chesney

I grew up in eastern Kentucky, and we would sing in the churches, and there's lots of good mountain church singers out there. Like a lot of folks who turn out to be secular music artists, that's a lot of the training you put in, whether you know it or not.
‐‐ Chris Stapleton

I grew up in England, went to a nice public school, then didn't want to go to university, so I thought I would wander around. I did a season skiing, a bit of sailing, typical spoilt brat stuff. I ended up in the Caribbean. I was having a blast.
‐‐ Marc Koska

I grew up in Essex, and all my life I wanted to live in London - now I do. I feel very privileged to be able to live here.
‐‐ Russell Tovey

I grew up in Europe, and I used to like those very slow-moving European films. I've been contaminated by the American TV culture, and I just want things to move faster now.
‐‐ Rebecca De Mornay

I grew up in Europe, and soccer was the first organized game I played. When we moved back to the U.S. in the middle of 4th grade, I switched to American football and stopped playing competitively until college, when I played intramurals.
‐‐ Andrew Luck

I grew up in Europe, where the history comes from.
‐‐ Eddie Izzard

I grew up in Evanston and lived in Chicago for a long time, in Old Town and Wrigleyville. I did three films when I was in high school. The first was 'Class,' with Rob Lowe. I had a supporting role in that.
‐‐ John Cusack

I grew up in Fall River, Massachusetts. My background was modest, and I worked at a Portuguese bakery in town.
‐‐ Emeril Lagasse

I grew up in Far Rockaway and then Long Island.
‐‐ Molly Crabapple

I grew up in financially straitened circumstances and meat, which was expensive, was a rare thing at mealtimes. We ate meat about once a month, if that.
‐‐ Neel Mukherjee

I grew up in Florida and went to school there, and ended up going to University of Central Florida.
‐‐ Daniel Tosh

I grew up in Florida in different cities. I was born in Mississippi. My parents moved a lot, so I moved to Tennessee, Alabama, South Carolina, Virginia, all through the South. But my family's roots were from central Florida, like Daytona Beach area, so we ended up moving there.
‐‐ Diplo

I grew up in Florida riding horses, so for the majority of my life I was either in boots and jeans or a bathing suit.
‐‐ Kate Upton

I grew up in Florida, so every now and then, we'd have a garter snake in the lawn. But I'm not super okay with them.
‐‐ Maulik Pancholy

I grew up in Florida, so you start swimming at the age of 1, really. By 10, I was competitive swimming, and by 12, I had aspirations to be the best in the world.
‐‐ Diana Nyad

I grew up in Florida, where if you weren't comfortable dancing, you weren't going to get any girls.
‐‐ Channing Tatum

I grew up in Florida, which is the land of flea markets and swap meets. My grandmother loved to go these places, and she'd take me along.
‐‐ Ransom Riggs

I grew up in France, my first language was French, and I tend to gravitate towards French cooking.
‐‐ Robert Stack

I grew up in front of a television. I guess I'll grow old inside of one.
‐‐ Gilda Radner

I grew up in Georgia, and I started acting in plays when I was like eight years old, and I always memorized everyone's parts, not just my own, and I always memorized everyone's blocking. Whenever anyone wasn't there, I would always jump in. I was very hands-on.
‐‐ Carrie Preston

I grew up in Georgia, in a small town in the southwest corner of Georgia, actually, called Sylvester.
‐‐ Sue Monk Kidd

I grew up in Germany for a little while, and all my German friends said that Seattle, weather and energy-wise, is a lot like West Germany. It's true.
‐‐ Daniel Breaker

I grew up in Gillingham in Kent, and my dad commuted to Victoria Station every day. I remember travelling in with him one day and the noise, the people, and the heat leaving me wide-eyed and grinning.
‐‐ Douglas Hodge

I grew up in Glen Ellyn, which is about 20 miles west of Chicago. I attended Glenbard South High School and University of Illinois. I didn't study acting until I moved to Los Angeles after college, but the fact that I was raised in the Chicago area set the stage for all of my comedic and acting sensibilities.
‐‐ Ryan McPartlin