“Growing up in England, people told you why you couldn't do things. Suddenly, I had a publisher banging on my door, and was given the creative green light to simply make.” PeopleLightGivenCreativeGrowing UpGrowingDoorsEnglandGreenPublishersBangingGreen Lights Author:Nick Bantock
“Growing up in Middlesbrough [in England], I listened to artists like Chuck Berry, Little Richard, and Howlin' Wolf. It was like another world. Something happened to me when I heard that music. It leapt out of the speakers and went straight into my heart. And I thought, "Right, that's what I'm doing."” WorldHeartLittlesArtistGrowing UpGrowingHappenedHeardMy HeartEnglandSpeakersAnother WorldChuckBerriesHowlin WolfMiddlesbrough Author:Paul Rodgers
“New Yorkers always hate LA! I love both cities! I do love the sunshine and the beach after growing up in rainy England.” HateCitiesGrowing UpGrowingEnglandBeachSunshineNew YorkersRainy Author:Louise Roe
“Today the sort of thing for a guy in England growing up is that you have to suppress all your emotions. It's almost like you have to sit back and be cool.” TodayGuyEmotionGrowing UpGrowingLike YouEnglandBeing Cool Author:Freddie Highmore
“Growing up in Boston, I was always Matt, Son of Former New England Patriot Don. And then when my brother Tim was a senior in high school, I became Matt, Brother of Tim.” SchoolGrowing UpGrowingSonBrotherHigh SchoolEnglandFormerMy BrotherPatriotSeniorBostonNew EnglandHigh School SeniorNew England Patriots Author:Matt Hasselbeck
“I want the marginality to come into the center. This is the thing I was conscious of growing up, when I later lived in England. I saw all these war movies that came out shortly after the war, and they were all about the war being fought by Englishmen or Americans, there were no other "allies" in it - from India or Australia, etc.” WantWarGrowing UpSawsGrowingConsciousIndiaEnglandEtcAustraliaAlliesEnglishmenWar Movie Author:Michael Ondaatje
“I guess it's kind of the obvious thing for me to do 'cuz it's what I grew up listening to. The songs growing up and everything kind of seem like old music to them, but to me, it's just... good music. And of course I did grow up in England in the 21st Century and that does come into it as well.” WellsKindDoeSeemsSongCoursesGrowsGrowing UpGrowingCenturyListeningGrewGrew UpEnglandObvious21st CenturyCuzObvious ThingsOld Music Author:George Ezra
“I have fond memories of growing up in beautiful England. It is very much a part of the fabric of me, even though I left when I was quite young. It's just a very different culture over there, filled with a profound depth of history.” DifferentBeautifulYoungCultureLeftMemoriesGrowing UpGrowingEnglandFilledProfoundDepthFabricDifferent CulturesFond Memories Author:Samantha Newark
“As a biracial girl growing up in England, I'd never really seen any historical characters who looked like me depicted on film before that weren't being brutalized or playing slaves.” CharacterFilmGirlGrowing UpGrowingEnglandHistoricalSlaveLike MeBiracialGirls Growing Up Author:Gugu Mbatha-Raw
“Growing up in Malaysia and England, there wasn't an obvious route into the comics world, so my creative energy went into theatre and prose and then movies and TV.” WorldEnergyCreativeGrowing UpGrowingTvsEnglandObviousTheatreProseRoutesCreative EnergyMalaysia Author:Arvind Ethan David
“Growing up and living in England, I'm surrounded by grey skies and sarcasm, so when I came to America, my first impressions were bright, hopeful, cheerful.” FirstsAmericaGrowing UpGrowingSkyEnglandImpressionHopefulSarcasmGreyCheerfulFirst ImpressionGrey Skies Author:Stanley Donwood
“I'm sure that growing up in the Midwest played a role in my chronic escapism. In fact, before I lived in France, I lived in Japan, England, and Bulgaria. I was determined to experience other places and cultures, particularly because I had the perception that I'd been cut off from these experiences as a child.” ChildrenFactsCultureRolesGrowing UpCuttingGrowingPerceptionEnglandDeterminedFranceJapanEscapismMidwestBulgaria Author:Danielle Trussoni
“Growing up in England, of course you do absorb certain ways the royals wave their hands and carry themselves. Like most girls, I fantasized about being some sort of a princess.” WayHandsCertainGirlCoursesGrowing UpGrowingEnglandWavePrincessRoyal Author:Julie Andrews
“Growing up in New England, being schooled and classically trained, it needed to shake, it needed to evolve.” Growing UpGrowingNeededEnglandEvolveShakesSchooledNew England Author:Emeril Lagasse
“I love going for a swim. Growing up in England, anywhere with a pool seems like the height of glamour to me.” SeemsGrowing UpGrowingEnglandHeightSwimPoolGlamour Author:Damian Lewis
“For me, the great problem growing up in England was that I had a very narrow concept of what God can be, and it was damn close to an old man with a beard.” MenProblemGrowing UpGrowingConceptsEnglandDamnOld ManBeardUmpires Author:John Cleese
“I feel I have grown up. I am a man. It's important in my football too. When everything is good, I don't think you grow up fantastically, I think maybe you need a few problems to grow up. It is good if people in England have started to admire me. I think I have changed a little since the World Cup. I am stronger with my mentality and with my game as well.” PeopleIfsThinkingMenWorldNeedsFeelsWellsLittlesImportantProblemGamesGrowsGrowing UpChangedFootballEnglandStrongerAdmireCupsSoccerMentalityWorld CupI Have Changed Author:Cristiano Ronaldo