“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.” ThinkingWorldLittlesMovingActorsBitsNew YorkGrewLittle BitGrew UpAppreciateGood Actors Author:Josh Brolin
“Some people are born with very little; some are fortunate enough to have it all. When I grew up, we didn't have much. I had to hustle to get what I wanted... but I had that hunger for more. I didn't always make the right choices, but I learned from my mistakes.” PeopleLittlesEnoughWantedChoicesBornMistakeGrewGrew UpHungerFortunateHustleMy MistakesRight ChoicesMake The Right Choice Author:Curtis Jackson
“I grew up around a lot of boys - all my friends on my street were boys, so I was the only girl for a while hanging out with them. I have a little bit of a tomboy aspect; I love to be comfortable. But, I do have a sexy girly side as well - I just love sportswear.” WellsLittlesGirlBitsSidesBoysStreetsGrewComfortableLittle BitGrew UpMy FriendsAspectSexyHanging OutGirly Author:LIZ
“Our whole intention was to make a record of songs that we grew up with and change them up a little bit, but we kind of stumbled on writing "Joseph's Lullaby." The irony is when I originally wrote the song, it was called "Mary's Lullaby." I wrote it from Mary's standpoint and it was in a higher key, a real falsetto, and it just wasn't right. One day, the producer's wife said, "Well, it's kind of odd that you're singing from Mary's perspective, being the guy. Why don't you do Joseph?” WritingWellsKindLittlesSaidRealWholeGuySongBitsRecordsWifePerspectiveKeysGrewHigherOne DayLittle BitGrew UpSingingIntentionProducersIronyOddMaryStandpointLullabyFalsetto Author:Bart Millard
“I've been scuffed up a little, but I just hope and pray that I keep my youthful looks for as long as possible. I grew up in a musical family -- my mom sings and my father plays the piano. They were both very active in the church.” LooksLittlesLongPlayFatherChurchGrewMomPrayingGrew UpMusicalMy MomActivePianoHope And Pray Author:Cyrus Chestnut
“I grew up in Texas, and people love their American-made muscle cars there. I grew up around people who loved cars and took care of cars and my dad's a big car nut, so I learned a little bit about cars - how to love them, most importantly. I think that from the time I could remember, I've always envisioned myself in a vintage muscle car.” PeopleThinkingLittlesMadeBigsCareRememberBitsCarGrewDadLittle BitGrew UpMy DadMusclesTexasNutsVintageHow To LoveBig CarsMuscle Car Author:Amber Heard
“My own father held down two jobs, barely affording the little rented house I grew up in. My dad worked hard, lifted heavy things, and got his hands dirty. The only soap we had at my house was Lava. Heck, I was in college before I found out it wasn't supposed to hurt to take a shower.” LittlesTwoHardHandsJobsFoundFatherHouseHurtMy OwnCollegeGrewDadGrew UpMy DadHeavyDirtyShowersSoapLavaTwo JobsAffordingHeavy Things Author:Mike Huckabee
“The second book, which was probably more from a professional standpoint - when I read Junot Díaz's Drown, I was like, Oh my god, you can write these stories and people will actually read them beyond your own little community. This guy's book is blowing up and it seems like [he's writing about] the neighborhood that I grew up in. That was a big deal. I read that in graduate school, so that's when I was really taking writing seriously, but I didn't know you could do it. I didn't know you can actually be an author. It was a weird epiphany.” PeopleKnowsWritingLittlesBookStoriesBigsSeemsSchoolGuyCommunityDealsGrewGrew UpNeighborhoodGraduatesThis GuyBig DealStandpointEpiphanyGraduate SchoolBlowing Up Author:Matt de la Pena
“There's nothing wrong with being happy somewhere, even if it's the little pond you grew up in, as long as you are in fact comfortable vs. bored.” IfsLittlesLongFactsGrewComfortableGrew UpBoredPonds Author:Carolyn Hax
“I never imagined I would be in a film with Steve Martin. I was a little star struck, because I grew up watching his movies.” LittlesWould BeFilmStarsGrewGrew Up Author:Beyonce Knowles
“I really tried to push every genre that I could into this record. I wanted every song to have this feel, where as soon as the listener tunes in, they say "That's CoJo, that's Cody right there." That being said, it is a little different. There's Americana, there's Bluegrass, there's some rock, there's some really George Jones-style stuff on it, slow-style Ray Price country elements, there's some modern country, a little of this and a little of that. We tried to push a lot for show versatility, because I grew up with a lot of versatility in my music.” FeelsLittlesSaidDifferentCountryShowsWantedSongStuffRecordsModernRocksStyleGrewElementsGrew UpGenreTunesRaysListenersBluegrassVersatilityAmericanaGeorge Jones Author:Cody Johnson
“I grew up in a family in which there was very little religion. My father wasn't religious at all. But he was really interested in the subject of, you know, the birth and growth of Islam. And he basically transmitted that interest to me.” KnowsLittlesFatherGrowthInterestReligiousSubjectsGrewBirthGrew UpIslam Author:Salman Rushdie
“I grew up around fashion - my mom was an editor for Vogue. Compared to the music industry, though, I'd say [fashion] is a little bit more disorganized. But it's exciting for me because, when you're a performer, there is a fashion element.” LittlesBitsFashionGrewMomIndustryElementsLittle BitGrew UpExcitingMy MomEditorsPerformersMusic IndustryVogueDisorganized Author:Zachary Cole Smith
“I grew up in a household where the FryDaddy was always bubbling, and butter and salt were never in short supply. I've never been one to choose the healthy option over the non-healthy option if the healthy option was lacking in taste. I believe a little bad is good for you from time to time. When it comes to maintaining a healthy soul, nothing beats traveling.” IfsBelieveLittlesSoulI BelieveGrewHealthyTasteGrew UpBeatsSaltHouseholdLackingMaintainingHealthy Soul Author:Ian Anthony Dale
“My parents grew up in poor families where little English was spoken, they both went to college and became teachers. They believed that anything was possible with hard work, and they particularly stressed the importance of education. They instilled that same belief in my sister and me.” LittlesHardBeliefParentPoorTeacherCollegeHard WorkGrewGrew UpImportanceMy SisterStressedImportance Of EducationPoor Family Author:Samuel Alito
“Hybart is a little community I grew up in, so it was just a wonderful time in those years. I was the youngest of about nine boys in the neighborhood and we played ball all the time, and I looked up to them and they let me play around with them, and we just had a good time.” YearsLittlesPlayCommunityBoysWonderfulGrewGrew UpLet MeBallsNineGood TimesNeighborhoodWonderful TimesHad A Good Time Author:Jeff Sessions
“The only thing my mum could afford growing up was to be able to look after me and my brother so the only thing that I wanted when I grew up was to be able to look after my mum. So when I could, I bought her a house and then I got her a car as well and I got her a little air freshener to put in her car and on it, it said "life is a journey not a destination."” WellsLooksLittlesSaidAbleWantedLife IsHouseGrowing UpGrowingAirJourneyCarBrotherGrewGrew UpMy BrotherDestinationMumLife Is A JourneySaid Life Author:John Newman
“I grew up as this little Catholic girl who just wanted to make beautiful things. I expressed myself with paint.” LittlesWantedBeautifulGirlGrewGrew UpCatholicPaintBeautiful Things Author:Mary GrandPre
“I grew up in a very small town in Scotland, a little place called Crieff which is beautiful and it's at the foothills to the highlands. It's a very beautiful part of the world. It's a small, I suppose quite conservative place.” WorldLittlesBeautifulGrewGrew UpTownsConservativeScotlandSmall TownVery Beautiful Author:Ewan McGregor
“I think I kind of grew up with that a little bit and have great admiration for people who do [medical practice] for a living and who are real empaths. So I suppose I drew on - , from my mom a bit.” PeopleThinkingKindLittlesRealBitsPracticeGrewMomLittle BitGrew UpMy MomMedicalAdmirationEmpaths Author:Rachel McAdams
“These are the young women [in Stand by Me] that we grew up knowing and hopefully they feel a little rough around the edges, because it's true to life.” FeelsLittlesYoungKnowingGrewGrew UpEdgesHopefullyRoughYoung WomenTrue LifeStand By Me Author:Brian K. Vaughan
“It's just people who grew up in that time are suddenly old enough to be creators themselves, but I think they have a little perspective. I'm 40 now, and I have children of my own. Before I forget my own childhood completely, I want to take some time to take a look at the '80s and think back.” PeopleThinkingWantLooksChildrenLittlesEnoughMy OwnForgetChildhoodPerspectiveGrewGrew UpCreator80s Author:Brian K. Vaughan
“I grew up in a household in which the Bible played very little role.” LittlesRolesGrewGrew UpHousehold Author:Frank Moore Cross
“I grew up as a kid with very little. I could enjoy a peanut butter and jelly sandwich or peanut butter crackers.” LittlesKidsEnjoyGrewGrew UpSandwichesPeanutsJellyPeanut ButterCrackersPeanut Butter And Jelly Author:Michael T. Flynn
“I grew up thinking I had very little value. It's not something I felt I could share with my mom so it was all inside me.” ThinkingLittlesValuesFeltShareGrewMomGrew UpMy Mom Author:Rita Moreno
“We grew up in a praying home [with Alex Kendrick], we saw incredible answers to prayer in our parents' lives, they grew up in praying homes, our father launched a Christian school with nothing, basically he had some people that believed in the project but they had very little resources, and we watched our parents deal with those issues first in prayer, and then when they went out knocking on doors they saw amazing doors answered and resources come in.” PeopleFirstsLittlesHomeSchoolChristianFatherParentPrayerAnswersDealsIssuesSawsDoorsGrewPrayingProjectsGrew UpResourcesIncrediblesOur FatherAlexKnockingAnswers To PrayerChristian SchoolsKnocking On Doors Author:Stephen Kendrick
“I grew up in a little village in Kerala. It was a nightmare for me. All I wanted to do was to escape, to get out, to never have to marry somebody there. Of course, they were not dying to marry me. I was the worst thing a girl could be: thin, black, and clever.” LittlesWantedGirlCoursesBlackWorstDyingGrewGrew UpCleverNightmareVillageWorst ThingsMarry Me Author:Arundhati Roy
“I was born in the late '70s and grew up in the deep South, and I was very much still of an era where racism was a casual part of white people's public and private lives, though it had been pushed more into its own little echo chamber by then. As a five year old, I saw a fully costumed Klan circle, complete with burning cross, on a town square in rural Alabama at high noon.” PeopleYearsLittlesStillsBornWhiteFiveSawsGrewLateGrew UpRacismCrossesTownsSouthCirclesBurningErasFive YearsSquaresEchoesChamberPrivate LifeCasualNoonAlabamaFive Year Olds Author:Nate Powell
“Back then, a few doilies and napkins were all that a lot of women had. In the little house where I grew up, the pillowcases my grandmother embroidered were the only things of beauty.” LittlesHouseGrewGrew UpGrandmotherMy GrandmotherNapkinsPillowcasesDoilies Author:Oprah Winfrey
“My parents put me in sports when I was 5 years old, and they put my sisters in sports. So that's what I grew up with, that mentality: "It's OK to want to be the best. Aggression is good." You have to have that little walk on the court or down the track. I love to put that into my female characters, because I don't think enough girls are taught that at a young age.” ThinkingWantYearsLittlesEnoughCharacterAgeYoungGirlSportsParentWalksTaughtGrewGrew UpFemaleCourtTrackBeing The BestMy SisterMentalityAggressionYoung AgeFemale Characters Author:Gina Prince-Bythewood
“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.” PeopleFeelsWritingLittlesSometimesEnoughHappensLiteratureCausesTermGrewGrew UpNotionNobleEncountersSincereIdealisticNoble CausesBeing Sincere Author:Oscar Hijuelos
“I've learned a lot just being around people who grew up so differently from me, which is cool. It teaches you how to be a lot more tolerant. The bigger your world is, the more tolerant and accepting you become, because you have friends from all walks of life. You learn to be a little bit less selfish.” PeopleWorldLittlesBitsWalksAcceptingTeachGrewLittle BitGrew UpBiggerSelfishI've LearnedJust BeingWalks Of Life Author:Michael Che
“I grew up loving actresses or actors who were very classy but who seemed a little bit mysterious because you couldn't grasp what they're really thinking. I mean, Grace Kelly always looked impossibly glamorous, yet you could always see there was something behind her eyes.” ThinkingMeanLittlesEyeActorsBitsBehindsGraceGrewLittle BitGrew UpActressesMysteriousHer EyesGlamorous Author:Diane Kruger
“Where I grew up in Dallas, things might be a little more traditional. People have the same things in mind. They're supposed to grow up, go to college, get a job, get married, and have children, grandchildren. That's the world I grew up in.” PeopleWorldMindChildrenLittlesMightJobsGrowsGrowing UpCollegeGrewMarriedGrew UpTraditionalGrandchildrenDallas Author:Lisa Loeb
“It's an extraordinary thing, this tiny little province of Northern Ireland, where carnage happened. And I was part of it. I grew up in it.” LittlesHappenedGrewGrew UpExtraordinaryTinyIrelandProvincesExtraordinary ThingsNorthern IrelandCarnage Author:Liam Neeson