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“I grew up with such an affinity to cats. I adore the way that they think and operate.”

Thinking Way Grew Grew Up Cat Adore Affinity

“I grew up with such mixed feelings about LA, but I do love it. I grew up lectured by Woody Allen, for example, that LA was absurd, worthy of ridicule and contempt. Most people seem to describe Los Angeles as elementally despicable, or as someplace that requires an apology.”

People Feelings Worthy Absurd Los Angeles Contempt Apology Ridicule Woody Mixed Feelings

Author:Matthew Specktor

“I grew up with synthesizers and weird, spacey music-hip-hop, R&B, modern rock-that I heard on the radio. That's influenced the way I play music. It's natural for me to go with what I feel. If I didn't let that other stuff out and stuck to a certain format, I would feel like I was missing out on something. I'm just enjoying my ride and being who I am.”

Ifs Way Feels Play Certain Stuff Enjoy Natural Heard Modern Rocks Missing Grew Grew Up Hip Hop Radio Stuck Who I Am Hips Hops Format Missing Out Synthesizers

Author:Gary Clark, Jr.

“I grew up with tarot cards and the reading of tea leaves.”

Reading Grew Grew Up Cards Tea Tarot Tarot Cards Tea Leaves

Author:Quentin S. Crisp

“I grew up with television. I love television and to be working in it is awesome. I think where I do well at television is because I grew up watching the great sitcom actors Jackie Gleason, I love Rob Reiner, also John Ritter.”

Thinking Sitcom

Author:Steve Howey

“I grew up with that completely fictive idea of motherhood, where the mother never strayed from the kitchen. All the women in my books are very afraid that if they do anything with their minds they won't be complete women. I don't think my daughters' generation has that feeling.”

Ifs Thinking Mind Book Ideas Feelings Mother Generations Grew Grew Up Daughter Motherhood Kitchen My Daughter

Author:A. S. Byatt

“I grew up with the Beatles and they are still to this day my top band played in my iTunes.”

Stills Grew Band Grew Up This Day Itunes

Author:Greg Laswell

“I grew up with the biologists. I know how they think.”

Thinking Knows Know How Grew Grew Up Biologist

Author:Margaret Atwood

“I grew up with the Blind Boys' music. My family owns a music store in Claremont, California, called The Claremont Folk Music Center. I grew up with a heavy diet of gospel, folk, and blues because those are kind of the cornerstones of traditional American music.”

Kind Boys Grew Grew Up My Family Blind Folks Heavy Stores Traditional California Diets Cornerstones Folk Music American Music

Author:Ben Harper

“I grew up with the Boston vibe and the Catholic vibe. I don't want to put anybody out.”

Want Grew Grew Up Catholic Boston

Author:John Krasinski

“I grew up with the classics. My mom and I would sit and watch 'Singin' in the Rain' and 'White Christmas' - those kind of movies.”

Kind White Watches Grew Mom Grew Up Rain My Mom Christmas White Christmas Singin In The Rain

Author:Lucas Grabeel

“I grew up with the concept of freedom of speech. So I'm too old, it's too late for me to adjust to the new world, the new world order.”

World Order Grew Speech Late Grew Up Concepts Too Late New World Freedom Of Speech New World Order World Order

Author:Bobby Fischer

“I grew up with the Grand Ole Opry, Dottie West, Conway Twitty, Buck Owens... not realizing it was influencing me as much as it was.”

Realizing Influence Grew Grew Up West Bucks

Author:Lionel Richie

“I grew up with the idea that once you found yourself with your clothes, why change?”

Ideas Found Grew Clothes Grew Up Why Change

Author:Nicolas Ghesquiere

“I grew up with the idealistic notion that writing and literature were noble causes. I had no inkling, no sense of what I would eventually encounter in terms of people who weren't being sincere. I'm not saying that it happens always or a lot, but it happens enough that sometimes it makes me feel a little queasy.”

People Feels Writing Littles Sometimes Enough Happens Literature Causes Term Grew Grew Up Notion Noble Encounters Sincere Idealistic Noble Causes Being Sincere

Author:Oscar Hijuelos

“I grew up with the motto of "they can't kill you and eat you," and I still think that's right. You sure as hell can't! When it comes to speaking about my body makes other people uncomfortable but it doesn't make me uncomfortable. It makes them think more about themselves than it makes them judge me. I've always had this body and had to live with it. I've never been a little thing. I've been smaller but I've never been small, even as a baby. I've never had that window into that kind of world where people only talk to you because you're conventionally sexy.”

People Thinking World Kind Hell Judging Baby Window Sexy Uncomfortable Little Things Motto Judge Me

Author:Beth Ditto

“I grew up with the one of the most famous fathers in the world in the 1960s and '70s. He passed away in 1984, and as time went on, people didn't know him. That blew me away.”

People Knows World Father Grew Grew Up 1960s Passed Away

Author:Kate Burton

“I grew up with the piano. I learned its language as I learned to speak.”

Speak Language Grew Grew Up Piano

Author:Keith Jarrett

“I grew up with the religion of 'Star Wars,' frankly. That's when I realized there is something bigger out there... and it's called The Force.”

War Force Stars Grew Grew Up Bigger I Realized

Author:Trey Parker

“I grew up with the sea, and poverty for me was sumptuous; then I lost the sea and found all luxuries gray and poverty unbearable.”

Found Lost Poverty Sea Grew Grew Up Luxury Gray Unbearable Sumptuous

Author:Albert Camus

Source: Lyrical and Critical Essays

“I grew up with the smell of the lake and the feeling of the woods.”

Feelings Grew Grew Up Woods Smell Lakes

Author:Steven Tyler

“I grew up with the television product being old Western serials like Roy Rogers, and John Wayne and Gary Cooper, and many others were my favorites when I was a young person going to films.”

Persons Film Young Television Products Grew Grew Up Western Roger Wayne Serials Gary Being Old

Author:Steve Kanaly

“I grew up with the thought that I wanted to treat people the way I'd like to be treated, and I think if you do that, it's pretty hard to go wrong.”

People Ifs Thinking Way Hard Wanted Grew Grew Up Treats Treated

Author:Nolan Ryan

“I grew up with the understanding that personal presentation is a way to show respect. I might be most comfortable in jeans and an old T-shirt, but I dress up to go to the theater out of admiration for the performers. I wouldn’t dream of wearing sweatpants to temple, or to church.”

Grooming Dress Code Good Upbringing Dressing Appropriately Looking The Part Personal Presentation

Author:Sue Klebold

Source: A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy

“I grew up with the understanding that the world I lived in was one where people enjoyed a sort of freedom to communicate with each other in privacy, without it being monitored, without it being measured or analyzed or sort of judged by these shadowy figures or systems, any time they mention anything that travels across public lines.”

People World Understanding Lines Figures Grew Grew Up Communicate Enjoyed Privacy Judged Being Me Nsa

Author:Edward Snowden

“I grew up with the white picket fence. My dad went to work nine to five, and he had a station wagon.”

White Five Grew Dad Grew Up My Dad Nine Stations Fence Wagons Picket Fences

Author:Matt Dillon

“I grew up with the word "volunteer" as a very powerful word in my family. I was inspired by my mother and by how selfless our family was toward others who didn't have enough.”

Enough Mother Powerful Grew Grew Up My Family Inspired Our Family Selfless Volunteer Very Powerful Powerful Words

Author:Eva Longoria

“I grew up with this kind of grocery store that caters to the poor. They serve you the worst food.”

Kind Poor Worst Grew Grew Up Stores Groceries Grocery Stores

Author:Sandra Cisneros

“I grew up with three brothers and no sisters. That's the best preparation for politics any girl can have.”

Girl Three Brother Grew Grew Up Preparation Three Brothers

Author:Michele Bachmann

“I grew up with Thundercats and She-Ra: Princess Of Power. That was sort of my take on fantasy: the women after-school cartoon world.”

World School Fantasy Grew Grew Up Princess Cartoon After School

Author:Milla Jovovich

“I grew up with too much freedom. You can't define yourself.”

Too Much Grew Grew Up Define Yourself

Author:Moon Unit Zappa

“I grew up with two different parakeets - one that lived for five years, and one that lived for 13 years - so I always had a bit of an attraction to birds and it's an oddly good fit to be in a movie about birdwatchers.”

Years Two Different Bits Five Grew Fit Grew Up Bird Attraction Five Years Parakeets

Author:Jim Parsons

“I grew up with two sisters, no brothers. There was Ronny who produced "Happy Days" for me and my sister Penny who acts, directs - she does everything. So they were very strong women in my life.”

Doe Two Strong Brother Grew Grew Up My Sister Very Strong Strong Women Pennies Happy Day Two Sisters

Author:Garry Marshall

“I grew up with very hands-on jobs. I was raised on a farm and taught to work hard. In this high-tech, high-speed society, somewhere along the line, we got the message that if we're not a brain surgeon or an astronaut, we really shouldn't be proud of ourselves.”

Ifs Hard Hands Jobs Lines Brain Taught Hard Work Grew Proud Messages Grew Up Raised Speed Farms Be Proud Astronaut Surgeons High Speed Brain Surgeons

Author:Aaron Tippin

“I grew up with very little religious training. Actually, like, none. I think what Jewishness I felt as a kid stemmed almost entirely from this atrocity in our family tree.”

Thinking Kids Religious Tree Training Our Family

Author:Jonathan Raymond

“I grew up with video games. My generation kind of grew up with the Nintendo and the Sega Genesis. Then, I had a Dreamcast and, finally, the PlayStation. So yeah, I've always been a big gamer.”

Kind Bigs Games Generations Grew Grew Up Yeah Video Genesis My Generation Gamer I Had A Dream Nintendo Playstation

Author:CC Sabathia

“I grew up with white parents and until after college, it was a lot of confusion, especially because I grew up in an all-white area. So I never looked around and saw anyone who looked like me.”

Parent White Saws College Grew Grew Up Areas Like Me Confusion

Author:Gina Prince-Bythewood

“I grew up within Italian-American neighborhoods, everybody was coming into the house all the time, kids running around, that sort of stuff, so when I finally got into my own area, so to speak, to make films, I still carried on.”

Stills Running Kids Film Romance House Speak Stuff My Own Grew Grew Up Areas Neighborhood Italian Italian American

Author:Martin Scorsese

“I grew up without a father, and my mother grew up without a father and her mother grew up without a father. So we have this long heritage of growing up without fathers.”

Long Mother Father Growing Up Growing Grew Grew Up Heritage

Author:Gloria Gaynor

“I grew up without a lot of money and my parents grew up with far less money. And that's kept me in line. Really in line.”

Parent Lines Grew Grew Up Lots Of Money

Author:Adrien Brody

“I grew up without a television. It meant that I read lots of books and entertained myself.”

Book Television Grew Grew Up

Author:Emily Watson

“I grew up without the rose-tinted look at the profession many of my friends had, but I've been very lucky playing major roles in 'An Ideal Husband', 'Arcadia' and 'The Memory of Water'.”

Looks Water Memories Roles Grew Lucky Husband Majors Grew Up My Friends Ideals Rose Profession Arcadia Ideal Husband

Author:Samantha Bond

“I grew up working at a record store and listening to vinyl. Even if it's side A and B, there's always this continuity that really turned me on about music.”

Ifs Sides Records Listening Grew Grew Up Stores Continuity Vinyl Record Stores

Author:Amos Lee

“I grew up working for the minimum wage at Hardee's and knows first hand how important the minimum wage is. I support a state based minimum wage so every state can set their own minimum wage based on their cost of living.”

Knows Firsts Important States Hands Support Grew Cost Grew Up Minimum Minimum Wage Cost Of Living

Author:Joni Ernst

“I grew up working in Canada so everything was low budget.”

Grew Grew Up Lows Budgets Canada

Author:Ellen Page

“I grew up writing about the paranormal, and I blame too many Saturday mornings watching Scooby Doo.”

Writing Morning Grew Grew Up Blame Paranormal Saturday Saturday Morning Scooby Doo

Author:Kelley Armstrong

“I grew up years ago doing something that unfortunately doesn't hardly exist any more, a medium called Radio.”

Years Grew Grew Up Years Ago Radio Mediums

Author:Robert Stack

“I grew up, as many Indians do, in an archipelago of tongues. My maternal grandfather, who was a surgeon in the city of Madras, was fluent in at least four languages and used each of them daily.”

Used Language Cities Four Grew Grew Up Tongue Grandfather Surgeons Fluent Madras

Author:Aravind Adiga

“I grew up, as reported, in a large family of Catholics without even a decent ration of tentativeness among the lot of us about our religious faith.”

Religious Grew Grew Up Catholic Decent Religious Faith Large Family Rations

Author:William F. Buckley, Jr.

Source: Nearer, My God

“I grew up, especially as an actor thinking that I had to move to New York to be a good actor. But after a while you start to live the world a little bit and you start to appreciate where you're from.”

Thinking World Littles Moving Actors Bits New York Grew Little Bit Grew Up Appreciate Good Actors

Author:Josh Brolin

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