“I grew up surrounded by these tough, ballsy, strong women. They were also adoring women, but they were the kind of women who would argue over what kind of pants you were wearing or the color of your nail polish.” KindStrongColorGrewGrew UpToughArguingPantsNailsStrong WomenPolishNail Polish Author:Michael Kors
“I grew up near Disneyland, and my brother's an animator, so I was always really inspired by bright, cartoony colors and that whole feeling of happiness.” WholeFeelingsColorBrotherGrewGrew UpInspiredMy BrotherDisneylandAnimator Author:Gwen Stefani
“I think life is cotton candy on a rainy day. For those who grew up with cotton candy the old-fashioned way, it is very delicate. Pre-made cotton candy that has preservatives is not nearly as good or true. True cotton candy is sugar, color, and air and it melts very quickly. That was the metaphor - it can't be preserved, it can't be put aside, it can't be banked. It has to be experienced, like life.” ThinkingWayMadeLife IsAirColorGrewGrew UpMetaphorSugarDelicateOld FashionedCandyCottonRainyRainy DayCotton Candy Author:Nikki Giovanni
“I don't think that I could have survived in my family without a naughty sense of humor; yeah, absolutely. I think my brother and I both get our senses of humor from our parents. I mean, my mother was absolutely hilarious and foul. She had the most ridiculously off color sense of humor, so that was sort of what we grew up with.” ThinkingMeanMotherParentColorBrotherGrewGrew UpMy FamilyYeahSensesMy BrotherSense Of HumorSurvivedFoulNaughty Author:Rachael MacFarlane
“When I grew up I assembled my role models à la cart. I wanted to be an astrophysicist. If I tried to find a role model who grew up in the Bronx with my skin color who was an astrophysicist, I would never have become an astrophysicist.” IfsWantedRolesColorGrewGrew UpModelsSkinsRole ModelsCartsSkin ColorBronx Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“[Crack epidemic] definitely has impacted folks in my family, most definitely. I think that's true for most, if not all people, regardless of color, that grew up in and around areas that were closer to the nucleus of the crack epidemic.If you look at Baltimore or D.C., Detroit, Chicago, Oakland, like, Los Angeles.” PeopleIfsThinkingLooksColorGrewGrew UpAreasMy FamilyFolksLos AngelesCracksChicagoDetroitEpidemicsBaltimoreNucleusOakland Author:Mahershala Ali
“I hope to encourage some people out there, especially all the mixed, curly-headed babies of the world, stand up, we are here! But just people in general, it really doesn't matter. Judge a man on his actions, his words, not the color of his skin or the race, or where he grew up.” PeopleMenWorldMatterActionRaceColorJudgingBabyGrewGrew UpSkins Author:Kevin michael
“I grew up in Houston, and I remember we had separate drinking fountains, and black people sat in the balcony of the theater... We had an African-American housekeeper growing up who was really like my second mother. I thought it was silly - hatred just because of the color of somebody's skin.” PeopleRememberMotherBlackGrowing UpGrowingColorGrewGrew UpHatredSkinsTheaterDrinkingSillyAfrican AmericanSatBlack PeopleFountainHoustonBalconiesHousekeepers Author:Dennis Quaid
“When I grew up, what was interesting for me was that music was color and life was gray. So music for me has always been more than entertainment.” InterestingColorGrewGrew UpEntertainmentGrayColor And Life Author:Pete Townshend