“The interesting scope of Mark Twain's development as a human being is that he grew. He saw, he travelled, he studied this country and later the world with the eye of a man educating himself. This is a central fact in the Mark Twain legacy. He became an American spokesman for the ideals of racial equality and dignity for the working man because he was willing to look the world in its face and see, really see what was happening to the people in it.” PeopleMenWorldHumansLooksCountryFactsEyeFacesHuman BeingsInterestingSawsWillingGrewDevelopmentHappeningsIdealsDignityMarkLegacyScopeWorking ManRacial Equality Author:Hal Holbrook
“I grew up listening to everything, and when I got signed to a record deal out of Nashville, that was my introduction to what was happening in country music.” CountryDealsRecordsListeningGrewGrew UpHappeningsIntroductionNashville Author:Mary Chapin Carpenter
“I grew up camping with my family. We took so many trips. We had an RV, actually, when we were growing up. We did a ton of camping trips and went across the country.” CountryGrowing UpGrowingGrewGrew UpMy FamilyCampingRvs Author:Kirsten Lepore
“Isolation means a lack of growth. I grew up in China at a time when the country was completely isolated. That era is over.” MeanCountryGrowthGrewGrew UpChinaErasIsolationIsolated Author:Zhang Xin
“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
“When I grew up, I simply didn't have mentors that said, "Science is important. Science helps you build a country. Science makes a country powerful." And that's such a simple thought, but when you think about what's powered Taiwan and Korea and Silicon Valley and Cambridge.” ThinkingSaidImportantCountryHelpingSimplePowerfulGrewGrew UpValleysMentorKoreaSiliconSilicon ValleyCambridgeTaiwanSimple Thoughts Author:Juan Enriquez
“I grew up down in the hills of Virginia. I can be in Kentucky in 20 minutes, Tennessee in 20 minutes or in the state of West Virginia in 20 minutes. And it's down in the Appalachian Mountains, down there. And it's sort of a poorer country. Most of the livelihood is coal mining and logging, working in the woods and things like that. Most people has a hard life down that way.” PeopleWayI CanCountryHardStatesMinutesGrewMountainGrew UpWestWoodsHillsCoalVirginiaLivelihoodMiningKentuckyHard LifeTennesseeWest VirginiaLoggingCoal Mining Author:Ralph Stanley
“My father was brought to this country as an infant. He lost his mother as a teenager. He grew up in poverty.Although he graduated at the top of his high school class, he had no money for college. And he was set to work in a factory but, at the last minute, a kind person in the Trenton area arranged for him to receive a $50 scholarship and that was enough in those days for him to pay the tuition at a local college and buy one used suit. And that made the difference between his working in a factory and going to college.” KindPersonsMadeCountryEnoughSchoolLastsUsedMotherFatherLostDifferencesPayClassPovertyMinutesCollegeGrewGrew UpHigh SchoolAreasLocalsSuitsTeenagerFactoriesInfantScholarshipNo MoneyLast MinuteTuitionGoing To CollegeKind PersonHigh School Class Author:Samuel Alito
“I grew up, really, in the country.When I was a kid there were three country stores, a railroad depot, and a post office.” CountryKidsThreeGrewOfficeGrew UpStoresPostsRailroadsPost Office Author:Jeff Sessions
“My father was a Muslim immigrant; when Donald Trump started talking about banning Muslim immigrants from this country, I grew my beard out. My mother hated it. She never wanted me to look particularly "Muslim." She thought if I grew my beard out that people would know, right? "Don't make it hard for yourself. Don't let people know."” PeopleIfsKnowsLooksCountryHardWantedMotherFatherTalkingGrewTrumpHatedImmigrantsBeard Author:Andrew Aydin
“China's culture and history are closely related to my living environment. This country is my birthplace. It is also where I grew up. Its culture and history shape my relations with family, friends, society, and daily life.” CountryCultureEnvironmentGrewShapesGrew UpRelationChinaRelatedDaily LifeFamily FriendsBirthplace Author:Ai Weiwei
“I think about Chilean literature as a family, because I grew up reading the literature of my country. I feel like I have fathers and stepfathers and a lot of brothers and sisters and distant cousins and all that.” ThinkingFeelsCountryReadingFatherLiteratureBrotherGrewGrew UpBrothers And SistersCousinStepfathersChileans Author:Alejandro Zambra
“I'm a small town boy from a place not too different from Farmville. I grew up with a corn field in my backyard. My grandfather had emigrated to this country when he was about my son's age. My mom and dad built everything that matters in a small town in southern Indiana. They built a family and a good name and a business, and they raised a family.” DifferentCountryMatterAgeNamesBoysFieldsSonGrewMomDadGrew UpBuiltTownsRaisedMy MomMy SonSouthernGrandfatherSmall TownCornMy GrandfatherBackyardsIndianaMom And Dad Author:Mike Pence