I grew up in a world where the majority of people were black, so that wasn't the defining quality of anyone. When you're describing someone, you don't start out with 'he's black, he's white.' Lupita Nyong'o blackdefinedescribe Change image and share on social
I grew up in a world where the social democratic state was the norm, not the exception. Tony Judt democraticexceptiongrow Change image and share on social
I grew up in Adelaide, Australia. No one in my family had finished high school, and I was smart at mathematics, so I became an academic and got my Ph.D. in computer science at Stanford. I didn't set out to be a businessperson. Rodney Brooks academicadelaideaustralia share on social
I grew up in Africa, in Nigeria. I never knew, I never had any reasonable encounter with football. I saw football on Sky News. I thought there were people dressed like extraterrestrials, you know, like they were going to Mars or something, headgears and shoulder pads. And I wondered why, as a child, why did they have to dress that way. Bennet Omalu africachilddress share on social
I grew up in Africa surrounded by a lot of culture. It's made me aware that the world is a big place. Jann Klose africaawarebig Change image and share on social
I grew up in airports and on air bases. I know what flying and airports can be. And most airports make me feel like we're about three per cent better than ants. Especially U.S. airports. They're zoos. All civility is gone. Douglas Coupland airairportant share on social
I grew up in Alabama in a very small town and didn't have access to the finest of anything, really. But my mother was the kind of woman who just wanted us, me and my sisters, to be exposed to any and anything she could find. Andre Holland accessalabamaexpose share on social
I grew up in Alice, Texas, a small oil town with one theater that only showed Roy Rogers movies. So when I got the role, I had never even seen a Bond film and had only had a vague notion about the idea of a Bond girl. Lois Chiles alicebondfilm share on social
I grew up in Alsace - in Strasbourg, by the canal; the family business was coal handling. It was still in the days when three generations would live under the same roof. There were 15 people for lunch, 20 for dinner. Jean-Georges Vongerichten alsacebusinesscanal share on social
I grew up in an abusive home and was told on a daily basis by my father that I would never amount to anything and that I looked like a boy. Janice Dickinson abusiveamountbasis Change image and share on social