I grew up in that world of power and politics in Washington, but when you grow up around it, you are completely unfazed by it.
‐‐ Alexandra Wentworth
I grew up in the 1950s and '60s, when it was almost a holiday when a black act would go on Ed Sullivan.
‐‐ Al Sharpton
I grew up in the 1950s at the beginning of rock n' roll, and would strum a tennis racket in front of the mirror.
‐‐ Jonathan Pryce
I grew up in the 1960s and wanted to become part of the great space exploration effort, but when I graduated from college in 1974, the Apollo program was over, and the country had moved into this pessimistic mode. We had entered the 'age of limits.'
‐‐ Robert Zubrin
I grew up in the 1960s in Memphis, and my father was a member of the American Civil Liberties Union. I was born three years before Martin Luther King was killed, and I think that history of civil action was something that I had in my blood.
‐‐ Ira Sachs
I grew up in the 1970s, but I don't think a whole lot had changed from the '60s. Oh, it had changed in the law books - but not in the kitchens of white homes.
‐‐ Kathryn Stockett
I grew up in the '50s, a tough time for African Americans. I had friends whose fathers would openly say, 'Just bite your tongu;, don't cause any problems.' My father was not like that. Even in the toughest times racially, if somebody disrespected his family, they were in trouble.
‐‐ Gregory Hines
I grew up in the '50s, in New York City, where television was born. There were 90 live shows every week, and they used a lot of kids. There were schools just for these kids. There was a whole world that doesn't exist anymore.
‐‐ Christopher Walken
I grew up in the '60s, which was a creative time, so it wasn't that big of a stretch to go from a baseball bat to a guitar to a film camera.
‐‐ Abel Ferrara
I grew up in the '70s and '80s, at a time that I'd argue was the absolute golden age of American popular culture. Because not only did we have all of the fantastic new stuff in print and on screens, but we had a constant supply of everything that came before, as well.
‐‐ Chris Roberson
I grew up in the '70s, and I hear in my own stuff a lot of what I grew up listening to, which is to say I hear a lot of Billy Joel, Paul McCartney, Carole King, Joni Mitchell and Stevie Wonder.
‐‐ Jason Robert Brown
I grew up in the '80s, and there was no bigger group than New Edition in R&B. I broke my piggy bank so me and my mom could go to a New Edition concert together.
‐‐ Ruben Studdard
I grew up in the '80s. I was a kid, but all my favorite movies came out of that period.
‐‐ Dan Fogler
I grew up in the '80s in L.A., so Ice Cube and Magic Johnson are my heroes.
‐‐ Jonah Hill
I grew up in the '80s where there's a lot of these kind of post-apocalyptic, post-comet, post-whatever it was, so that always captured my imagination a lot as a little kid, that idea of getting access to secret places and being able to roam around where you're not supposed to.
‐‐ Gillian Flynn
I grew up in the '90s, and I loved Nirvana.
‐‐ Josh Trank
I grew up in the 90s in the time of grunge when if you didn't go on stage in jeans and a T shirt you weren't 'real.' That seemed ridiculous to me.
‐‐ Jack White
I grew up in the '90s. My goal isn't to be a '90s rapper, but I have little hints of '90s influence in my music. It's a modern approach to classic rap.
‐‐ Action Bronson
I grew up in the '90s, so I've definitely resurrected many looks from my youth lately, including overalls, jelly shoes, and, of course, Doc Martens.
‐‐ Devin Kelley
I grew up in the African bush in Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda, which is my thing. I love the smell of the dust as you bump along in a Land-Rover. I go back there often.
‐‐ Giles Foden
I grew up in the age of discount air fare, and for me, the act of joining a culture was a great way about learning about that different culture. So I grew up in the South, and went to college in the North, and found out that I learned about myself as a Southerner by leaving the South and going to the Northeast.
‐‐ Bruce Feiler
I grew up in the age of polyester. When I got to touch real silk, cotton and velvet, the feel of nonsynthetic fabrics blew me away. I know it's important how clothing looks, but it's equally important how it feels on your skin.
‐‐ Colleen Atwood
I grew up in the age of radio. That was my main boyhood form of entertainment: lying on the living room floor with my ears affixed to the radio. I loved shows like 'The Phantom,' 'Cisco Kid,' and even 'Happy Theater' when I was younger.
‐‐ George Takei
I grew up in the Alps and France, and Barbie was my first exposure to the American woman. For me she was blonde, she was free and she was fun.
‐‐ Catherine Malandrino
I grew up in the American South and came of age in the 1960s, an incredibly turbulent time. It was as if the seams of American life were being ripped apart with riots and protests.
‐‐ Sue Monk Kidd
I grew up in the Bay Area until 1976, then I pretty much went all the way through primary and high school on Bainbridge, though like anybody who grows up on an island, I ran the first chance I got.
‐‐ Jonathan Evison
I grew up in the Bible Belt and I made my own clothes and dyed my hair purple. Nobody ever knew what to do with me.
‐‐ Kesha
I grew up in the Boys & Girls Club. That's where I really started playing all sports, and that's why I'm a big advocate for the work they do.
‐‐ Frank Thomas
I grew up in the Bronx.
‐‐ Chris Hayes
I grew up in the Bronx, but in Riverdale - not exactly an area of New York that's known for being rough and tumble.
‐‐ Maggie Siff
I grew up in The Bronx. I mean, I was born and raised in New York City. And I started singing in Spanish because I was always just connected to my Latin roots.
‐‐ Prince Royce
I grew up in the Bronx. I used to remember going to all these fancy stores in Manhattan to run errands or whatever, and I felt intimidated, like they did not talk to me because I was from the Bronx. I never want anyone to be intimidated by fashion. Fashion is fun or, at least, should be.
‐‐ Mickey Drexler
I grew up in the Bronx where you would stay up late with your girlfriends, just being silly in our bedrooms, whatever. And I was always the clown.
‐‐ Jennifer Lopez
I grew up in the business since I was three years old so I've always kind of been in front of the camera and grew up in commercials and I knew that I wanted to do it no matter what, I just loved it.
‐‐ Ashley Tisdale
I grew up in the Cayman Islands. I didn't play video games or watch TV. I would basically come home from school, throw down my backpack, grab my machete, and go hike and chop down trees to make a fort.
‐‐ Armie Hammer
I grew up in the church and had always questioned what they were telling me.
‐‐ Jimmy Cliff
I grew up in the church, and I always kind of knew Bible stories and knew the Sunday school answers, but when I was a freshman in high school I joined youth group, and that's when I started to see radical love; that's when I started to see what Christian community is supposed to look like and what fellowship is supposed to look like.
‐‐ Jeremy Lin
I grew up in the church, and I feel very strongly about it.
‐‐ Mary Ann Mobley
I grew up in the church. I was raised in the church.
‐‐ Quinton Aaron
I grew up in the city. Both my mother and father were factory workers, and I loved the life in the 'metro.' Everybody saw me as a very urban guy. And I was.
‐‐ Per Petterson
I grew up in the classic American-Jewish suburbia, which has a whole different sense of what it means to be Jewish than anywhere else in the world.
‐‐ Natalie Portman
I grew up in the countryside and always used to wear my parents' Barbour jackets. It is a fantastic British heritage brand.
‐‐ Alice Temperley
I grew up in the countryside, and I was obsessed with horses and wildlife.
‐‐ Bella Freud
I grew up in the countryside in Saitama prefecture, north of Tokyo.
‐‐ Nobu Matsuhisa
I grew up in the countryside in the middle of nowhere in England and got out as soon as I could!
‐‐ Rupert Friend
I grew up in the countryside riding horses, and I also ride every holiday in Spain, which is where I was born. It's a big part of my life.
‐‐ Astrid Berges-Frisbey
I grew up in the countryside, so I had quite a feral life up until the age of about fourteen.
‐‐ James Norton
I grew up in the countryside with the factory here, my house 200 metres away, my grandma's house 50 metres away, in a kind of old-style Italian society where everyone works for the family business, everyone lives nearby, and the people you spend your time with are your family.
‐‐ Margherita Missoni
I grew up in the D.C. area, and I used to wear a Redskins jersey just walking around. I just had kind of a bowl haircut for a long time and no sense of style or personal hygiene. But the main thing was the haircut. You know, when you see a haircut of yourself from around 12 or 13, it's rough. I also had really bad acne.
‐‐ Rob Huebel
I grew up in the day when the Beatles sold 1 million singles in a week. And all you've got to do now is sell about 10,000 singles and you're in the charts.
‐‐ Phil Collins