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“I grew up in athletics, where people keep score.”

“I grew up in Austria, and for me real comfort food is Wiener Schnitzel. Wiener Schnitzel and mashed potatoes because it reminds me of my youth... It reminds me when I grow up and it feels very comforting.”

Feels Real Grows Growing Up Youth Grew Comfort Grew Up Comforting Potatoes Austria Comfort Food Mashed Potatoes Schnitzel

Author:Wolfgang Puck

“I grew up in Baltimore and that's why I root for the Orioles. I'm very suspicious of people who move and take on a new team. You should stick with the team of your youth all the way to your grave. That shows a sense of loyalty and devotion.”

People Way Should Shows Moving Team Youth Grew Grew Up Roots Sticks Loyalty Graves Devotion Suspicious Baltimore

Author:Frank Deford

“I grew up in Baltimore which is a one of the biggest drug cities. I've seen a lot of drugs... so it was always around me, but I never really indulged in those type of activities. I never used drugs in my life and I was blessed enough with the wisdom and the strength to move forward.”

Enough Moving Used Cities Grew Type Drug Activity Grew Up Blessed Moving Forward Baltimore

Author:Mario

“I grew up in Baltimore, Maryland, and my relationship with the piano has been going on for about 38 years.”

Years Has Beens Grew Grew Up Piano Baltimore Maryland

Author:Cyrus Chestnut

“I grew up in Baltimore. And yes, I am a big sports fan, especially when it comes to my local teams.”

Bigs Sports Team Fans Grew Grew Up Locals Baltimore Sports Fan

Author:Josh Charles

“I grew up in Barranquila, Colombia, and I spent most of my childhood dreaming about becoming a singer.”

Dream Childhood Grew Becoming Grew Up Singers Colombia Childhood Dreams

Author:Shakira

“I grew up in Beaufort, South Carolina, in a six-room farmhouse with a couple of leaning posts to keep it from fallin'. I came up in a time when men were men.”

Men Rooms Grew Couple Six Grew Up South Posts Carolina South Carolina

Author:Joe Frazier

“I grew up in beautiful Carmel, California, and I have extremely sweet parents that always loved nature and animals. They instilled such an appreciation for beauty and kindness that it was inherent.”

Beautiful Parent Animal Kindness Sweet Grew Grew Up Appreciation California Inherent Nature And Animals

Author:Alison Eastwood

“I grew up in Bedford, N.Y., and it was close enough to Jones Beach on Long Island that every summer my mother would pack the car for the day, and we would drive to the beach!”

Long Enough Mother Car Grew Summer Grew Up Beach Islands Packs Long Island

Author:Marissa Jaret Winokur

“I grew up in Birmingham, but my parents are originally from Barbados. My dad, Romeo, was a long-distance lorry driver, and my mother, Mayleen, worked in catering.”

Long Mother Parent Grew Dad Grew Up Distance My Dad Drivers Long Distance Birmingham Barbados Catering Lorry

Author:David Harewood

“I grew up in Birmingham, where they made useful things and made them well.”

Wells Made Grew Grew Up Birmingham Useful Things

Author:Lee Child

“I grew up in Boston, so it's a nice change to be cold after living in California.”

Nice Grew Cold Grew Up California Boston

Author:Matt LeBlanc

“I grew up in Brentwood, but I live now in Los Feliz. I grew up on the beach, now I live under the Hollywood sign.”

Grew Grew Up Hollywood Beach

Author:Adam Shankman

“I grew up in Britain before it became a multicultural place, so in many ways I have a nostalgia for an England that's vanished - the England of my childhood has actually disappeared.”

Way Childhood Grew Grew Up England Nostalgia Britain Multicultural

Author:Kazuo Ishiguro

“I grew up in Brooklyn.”

Grew Grew Up Brooklyn

Author:Johnny Kelly

“I grew up in Bulgaria in a small city on the Black Sea Coast, so I was very interested in the sea, marine life, and everything related to it. But it was also a very dark place at night, so I could see the stars. And I just got very interested in it.”

Night Stars Black Dark Cities Sea Grew Grew Up Related Coast Marine Dark Places Marine Life Bulgaria

Author:Dimitar Sasselov

“I grew up in California, which was not - at least in the '50s and '60s - a cultural oasis by any means. Certainly not Orange County, anyway.”

Mean Grew Grew Up California Orange County Oasis Orange County

Author:Bob Gunton

“I grew up in California. I was outside of the city, not directly in it. So I did have an experience of the sky, but for me, it was the idea of space exploration that fueled my interest. I grew up in that age of the astronauts, and I was fascinated that we could leave the Earth.”

Ideas Age Earth Interest Space Cities Sky Grew Grew Up California Exploration Fascinated Astronaut Space Exploration

Author:Larry Wilmore

“I grew up in Cambridge in England, and my love of mathematics dates from those early childhood days.”

Love Childhood Grew Grew Up England Mathematics Early Childhood Cambridge

Author:Andrew Wiles

“I grew up in Canada and was a huge Spider-Man fan, and never thought of Spider-Man as an American hero.”

Men Fans Huge Grew Hero Grew Up Canada Spiders Spider Man American Hero

Author:Jake Epstein

“I grew up in Canada, man - we all had rinks in our backyards because we'd ice down the grass with a hose and build a skating rink.”

Men Grew Grew Up Ice Grass Canada Skating Backyards

Author:Tatiana Maslany

“I grew up in cattle country-that's why I became a vegetarian. Meat stinks, for the animals, the environment, and your health.”

Country Animal Environment Grew Grew Up Meat Vegetarian Vegan Cattle Stink Vegetarian Health Vegan Health

Author:K. D. Lang

“I grew up in Cazenovia, N.Y. I'm the second of five children, with three sisters and a brother.”

Children Three Five Brother Grew Grew Up Three Sisters

Author:Siobhan Fallon Hogan

“I grew up in Central Illinois, midway between Chicago and St. Louis and I made a historic blunder. All my friends became Cardinal fans and grew up happy and liberal, and I became a Cub fan and grew up embittered and conservative.”

Baseball Cubs Conservatives

Author:George F. Will

Source: How Baseball Explains America

“I grew up in central Illinois midway between Chicago and St. Louis and I made an historic blunder. All my friends became Cardinals fans and grew up happy and liberal and I became a Cubs fan and grew up embittered and conservative.”

Made Fans Grew Grew Up My Friends Conservative Chicago Historic Cardinals Blunders Illinois Cubs Midway Chicago Cubs

Author:George Will

“I grew up in Chicago and was a huge fan of 'The Second City', so when I moved to L.A., I was looking for anything that resembled that... then I started 'The Groundlings', so I went to a show and it was very much like 'Second City'. I was so impressed that that same night I went backstage and I went up to the funniest person there.”

Persons Shows Night Cities Fans Huge Grew Grew Up Moved Chicago Impressed Second City

Author:Kathy Griffin

“I grew up in Chicago on the South Side, and had a ton of freedom, just did whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted. At the risk of sounding dopey, I would say it was blissful.”

Wanted Sides Risk Grew Grew Up South Chicago

Author:George Saunders

“I grew up in Chicago, and I understand what Michael Jordan symbolizes.”

Grew Grew Up Chicago Jordan

Author:Dwyane Wade

“I grew up in Chicago, and there was always snow. In Los Angeles there never was, so we would always import snow!”

Grew Grew Up Snow Los Angeles Chicago Imports

Author:David Hasselhoff

“I grew up in Chicago, so I've always been a Bears fan.”

Fans Grew Bears Grew Up Chicago Cubs

Author:Kyle Chandler

“I grew up in Chicago, so I've always been a Bears fan. Dad used to take me to Bears games and Cubs games. My brother used to ride me over to Lake Forest College on his Honda Supersport and we'd watch the Bears practice. I remember those guys out there as monsters - they were the biggest things I've ever seen!”

Remember Used Guy Games Watches Practice Fans College Brother Grew Bears Dad Grew Up Monsters Forests My Brother Lakes Take Me Chicago Cubs Honda Chicago Cubs

Author:Kyle Chandler

“I grew up in church and I don't think I necessarily understood what it meant to be called into the culture and the community in the city that you're in or the town that you're in and live effectively and be informed and be gracious with people.”

People Thinking Culture Community Church Cities Grew Grew Up Understood Towns Meant To Be Gracious

Author:Shane Harper

“I grew up in church and it's always been important to me. I've always had a sense of calling to do life and faith-affirming media.”

Important Church Media Grew Calling Grew Up Affirming

Author:Brian Bird

“I grew up in church, and I have a wonderful family that always supported that.”

Church Wonderful Grew Grew Up Wonderful Family

Author:Carrie Underwood

“I grew up in church. My mom's a minister, and my grandmother was an ordained minister. I was always very mindful of the presence of a greater being I call God.”

Church Greater Grew Mom Grew Up My Mom Ministers Grandmother My Grandmother

Author:Mahershala Ali

“I grew up in church. That's how most young African American musicians learn how to perform. You could be six years old and playing organ or drums in front of thousands or hundreds of people.”

People Years Young Church Fronts Grew Six Grew Up Musician African American Organs Six Year Olds

Author:Robert Glasper

“I grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio, and my parents are really right wingers. My dad watches, like, five or six hours of Fox News every day and stuff like that.”

Stuff Parent Hours Watches Five Grew Dad Six Grew Up News My Dad Foxes Right Wing Ohio Fox News Cincinnati Ohio

Author:Jeffrey R. Immelt

“I grew up in Colorado - went back there, tried to heal myself and grow and learn, then got a call that David Lynch wanted me to fly back to Seattle so he could meet me for Twin Peaks.”

Wanted Grows Grew Grew Up Heal Twins Seattle Colorado Twin Peaks

Author:Sheryl Lee

“I grew up in Columbus, Indiana, a kind of industrial and farmland place.”

Kind Grew Grew Up Columbus Indiana Farmland

Author:Stephen Sprouse

“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”

Home Girl Grew Waste Grew Up Conservative Expected Wasting Time That Girl Kansas

Author: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.”

Remember Young Found Names Strong Talking Leader Military Revolution Grew Involved Grew Up Rose Teenager Dictatorship Cuba Charismatic Castro Hope And Change

Author:Rafael Cruz

“I grew up in Cyprus and Egypt, these fantastic places I remember fondly.”

Remember Grew Grew Up Fantastic Egypt Cyprus

Author:Tea Obreht

“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.”

Long Different Guy Hair Grew Grew Up Grades Cowboy Being Different Dallas Long Hair Earrings Sixth Grade

Author:Barry Watson

“I grew up in dance class, so I was looking in mirrors all day.”

Class Grew Grew Up Mirrors Dance Class Looking In The Mirror

Author: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.”

Numbers Class Grew Grew Up Competition Studios Quitting I Quit Recitals

Author:Michael Angarano

“I grew up in Danville, Illinois, right in the middle of the state.”

States Middle Grew Grew Up Illinois

Author: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.”

Firsts Jobs Grew Internet Summer Grew Up Grades Mars Providers San Diego Eighth Grade Service Providers

Author:David Ulevitch

“I grew up in Denver, Colorado. After high school I went to Vegas”

School Grew Grew Up High School Vegas Las Vegas Colorado Denver After High School

Author: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.”

Soul Kids Used Bits Boys Listening Grew Taste Grew Up South London Suits Shops Brown Pants Eclectic Bowie Neighbourhoods Taste In Music Eclectic Style Toppers

Author:Gary Oldman

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