“I loved the towns I grew up in as a boy, and after I became a celebrity, I went back several times. I would have had the time of my life seeing the old places and the old faces again, but the attitude of those same people was, "I guess you're so big we bore you now."” PeopleBigsFacesAttitudeBoysSeeingGrewGrew UpTownsBoresTime Of My LifeBores YouOld Places Author:Johnny Carson
“I really embrace things that I think people who like music can relate to, they grew up with the same stuff and know the same references so when they hear it being used as a metaphor to something else they'll be like that's unique, or funny or something that's relatable to me.” PeopleThinkingKnowsUsedStuffGrewGrew UpUniqueEmbraceMetaphorRelateRelatable Author:Hoodie Allen
“MY ACT IS 'NOTHING BUT COMEDY. I TALK SOUTHERN BECAUSE I PICKED IT UP WHEN I MOVED TO THE SOUTH. IM NOT TRYING TO MAKE ANY SOCIAL POLITICAL POINT, NOR AM I TRYING TO MAKE FUN OF REDNECKS. I GREW UP A COUNTRY KID AND WILL ALWAYS BE ONE. I GREW UP WITH PEOPLE THAT SAID CERTAIN THINGS FUNNY AND I PREFORM USING THE SAME LANGUAGE BECAUSE I FIND IT HYSTERICLE. THATS IT. ITS A COMEDY SHOW THAT IS FUNNY AND THATS IT.” PeopleTryingSaidCountryShowsKidsPoliticalCertainLanguageFunSocialComedyGrewGrew UpMovedSouthSouthernRedneckComedy Shows Author:Larry the Cable Guy
“Some people grew up in the '70s, powerful, beautiful memories of the '70s which to me is one of the worst decades. It has something to do with that. Has something to with the birth of rock 'n' roll, and something to do with those American cars. an incredible design. There was so much optimism at that time and it must leak into the process.” PeopleBeautifulProcessMemoriesPowerfulWorstRocksCarDesignGrewBirthGrew UpOptimismIncrediblesDecadesRock N RollLeaksBeautiful MemoriesAmerican Cars Author:David Lynch
“I always wanted to give people the more exciting version of what I think a comedian should be - because I didn't grow up with comics, I grew up with rock 'n' roll. And when I saw a lot of comics, no matter how good they might have been material-wise, I would get a little bored with them after 10 minutes, only because I feel comedians don't really know performance.” PeopleThinkingKnowsGivingFeelsShouldLittlesHas BeensMatterMightWantedGrowsGrowing UpSawsWiseMinutesRocksMaterialsGrewGrew UpPerformancesExcitingVersionsComedianBoredRock N RollMight Have Been Author:Andrew Dice Clay
“There are certain kinds of people who write science fiction. I think a lot of us married late. A lot of us are mama's boys. I lived at home until I was 27. But most of the writers I know in any field, especially science fiction, grew up late. They're so interested in doing what they do and in their science, they don't think about other things.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWritingKindHomeCertainFictionBoysFieldsGrewLateMarriedGrew UpScience FictionMamaMama's Boy Author:Ray Bradbury
“There are people that appreciate the music for its musical value and there are people that will always think that it should be reserved as an expression for people who grew up with it.” PeopleThinkingShouldValuesExpressionGrewGrew UpAppreciateMusicalReserved Author:Bruce Molsky
“Lots of people have expressed consternation that I haven't gotten rid of Southern accent, but I just never saw any reason to lose the flavor that I grew up with. I enjoy saying some things with a Southern accent.” PeopleReasonEnjoyLosesSawsHavensGrewGrew UpSouthernAccentsFlavorConsternationSouthern Accent Author:Roy Blount, Jr.
“Where I grew up, surfing was a way for people to celebrate their love and respect for the ocean.” PeopleWayGrewOceanGrew UpCelebrateSurfingLove And Respect Author:Tristan Prettyman
“Everybody gets inspired by different things. I grew up wanting to go up the street with a video camera because I liked watching David Letterman yell out of the ninth floor of Rockefeller Center with a megaphone at people on the street. I thought that was a riot.” PeopleDifferentStreetsGrewGrew UpCamerasInspiredVideoDifferent ThingsRiotLettermanVideo CamerasRockefeller Center Author:Tom Green
“Civilization grew in the beginning from the minute that we had communication - particularly communication by sea that enabled people to get inspiration and ideas from each other and to exchange basic raw materials.” PeopleIdeasInspirationSeaMinutesMaterialsCommunicationGrewCivilizationRaw Materials Author:Thor Heyerdahl
“The initial organisation, we called ourselves the Network Working Group, consisted of 6 to 10 people. We then quickly grew to 30 people and then to 50 people.” PeopleGroupsGrewInitialsOrganisation Author:Steve Crocker
“Like, a lot of people I know are wanting to get back to the Earth in some way and not raise their kids in this world of Apps and Internet all the time. I grew up on a river in New Jersey and I was in fantasy land. I could do anything.” PeopleKnowsWorldWayKidsEarthFantasyLandThis WorldGrewInternetGrew UpRiversRaisesGet BackJerseyNew JerseyApps Author:Kirsten Dunst
“I think I've done a lot of movies that people would like to have seen a sequel to. But I grew up in a time when we didn't do sequels. You just did a movie because you wanted to do a movie and you wanted to tell a story. It wasn't to build a franchise.” PeopleThinkingDoneStoriesWantedGrewGrew UpSequels Author:Kurt Russell
“People who grew up in New York City or Los Angeles tend not to even understand what goes on in the rest of the country. I'm really glad to have grown up in an environment where I actually was kind of a weirdo because I was obsessed with comedy and movies and stuff.” PeopleKindCountryStuffCitiesEnvironmentComedyNew YorkGrewGoes OnGrew UpGladObsessedLos AngelesNew York CityWeirdo Author:Ed Helms
“Some people have been listening to the Beatles their whole lives; I didn't discover them until I was 18 years old. As a result, I'm still very affected and moved by their music - maybe in a way that's different from someone who grew up around it.” PeopleWayYearsHas BeensStillsDifferentWholeResultsListeningGrewGrew UpMovedWhole LifeAffected Author:Danger Mouse
“I think that what happened is that we grew up with the Holocaust within us. It turned us into harsh, emotionally incapable people who have become blind to what they are doing to other people. A lot of times, Holocaust abuse justifies terrible things done to the Palestinians. And you have to realize that what is going on is terrible, and that we are responsible, and we have to take responsibility - even if we are not completely responsible.” PeopleIfsThinkingDoneRealizingResponsibilityHappenedGrewTerribleGrew UpAbuseResponsibleBlindJustifyHolocaustPalestinianIncapableHarshTaking ResponsibilityTerrible ThingsThings Done Author:Eytan Fox
“The way I was raised and the people that I grew up around for the most part were very humble people, and I appreciate all that they taught me, and their energy and their magnanimity help keep me grounded.” PeopleWayHelpingEnergyTaughtGrewGrew UpAppreciateRaisedHumbleGroundedMagnanimity Author:Lenny Kravitz
“There's a lot of people talking about elitism and all of that.Yes, I went to Princeton and Harvard, but the lens through which I see the world is the lens that I grew up with. I am the product of a working class upbringing.” PeopleWorldTalkingClassProductsGrewGrew UpWorking ClassLensesHarvardUpbringingElitismPeople TalkingPrinceton Author:Barack Obama
“I grew up on the south side of Chicago in a working class community. There were no miracles in my life, there's nothing miraculous about how I grew up, and I want people to know when they look at me, to be clear that they see what an investment in public education can look like.” PeopleKnowsWantLooksSidesCommunityClassClearGrewGrew UpMiracleInvestmentSouthChicagoWorking ClassLook At MeMiraculousPublic Education Author:Michelle Obama
“People like Howlin' Wolf, Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, John Lee Hooker, Nina Simone, Captain Beefheart - all of these artists were what I grew up listening to every day of my life. And there's a very healthy music scene in the west country of England, where I grew up.” PeopleCountryArtistListeningGrewHealthySceneGrew UpStonesEnglandWestBobRollingCaptainsDylanRolling StonesNinaHowlin WolfCaptain Beefheart Author:PJ Harvey
“I grew up in the south of Italy, next to the sea, which was a great place to grow up. The type of life we lived there was very relaxing. Just very fun, open-minded people. It was all very sociable and low-key.” PeopleNextFunGrowsGrowing UpSeaKeysGrewTypeGrew UpLowsSouthOpen MindedSociableLow Key Author:Nicki Minaj
“I grew up in northern Minnesota on 40 acres of wooded land 20 miles from the nearest town, and so the wilderness was home. It was not an unsafe place. I had that advantage. But there are so many representations of the wilderness being dangerous. You know, depictions of wild animals attacking people. It's like, "No, we kill those animals in far greater numbers than they kill us."” PeopleKnowsHomeAnimalNumbersGreaterLandDangerousGrewGrew UpAdvantageTownsMilesWildernessRepresentationAttackingAcresWild AnimalMinnesotaUnsafeDepiction Author:Cheryl Strayed
“Music to me is something that I didn't choose; it was a necessity. I grew up with music, my father is a musician. It makes me happy; it makes people happy.” PeopleFatherGrewGrew UpMusicianMake Me HappyMaking People Happy Author:Ingrid Michaelson
“There is a double-standard between men and women. My father was a major league baseball player, and I grew up thinking I could have the same attitude on the field that he did. When I did that in real life, people thought I was a total bi-atch.” PeopleThinkingMenRealFatherAttitudePlayerFieldsGrewMajorsGrew UpStandardsMen And WomenBaseballReal LifeLeagueBaseball PlayerDouble StandardMajor LeagueMajor League Baseball Author:Katie Uhlaender
“The attitude of people associating guns with nothing but crime, that is what has to be changed. I grew up at a time when people were not afraid of people with firearms.” PeopleAttitudeCrimeChangedGrewGrew UpGunNot AfraidFirearms Author:Antonin Scalia
“I grew up in a family of ten. You had to have, like, a burst appendix to get the floor.... My brothers and sisters are very quick, intense, brilliant, very sarcastic people. And they were always right there with you, right there, missing not one little throat clearing.” PeopleLittlesMissingBrotherGrewTenGrew UpBrilliantIntenseMy BrotherSarcasticThroatBrothers And SistersClearingAppendixVery Sarcastic Author:Mary Robison
“I went back to Jamaica after living in New York and started to work on experimental stuff and basically I grew as a filmmaker. I went to film school; I was a PA on a lot of projects and I worked so hard, you know, you're young and I learned from different mentors. And luck put me in the position to work with amazing people. One of my mentors by the name of Little X, who took me under his wing after I came out of film school and moved to New York. I worked in videos for Jay-Z, Pharrell to Busta Rhymes and Wyclef. I quickly realized how much I wanted to make films instead of music videos.” PeopleKnowsLittlesDifferentHardWantedSchoolFilmYoungNamesStuffNew YorkPositionGrewProjectsLuckMovedWingsVideoFilmmakerMentorRhymeFilm SchoolJamaicaAmazing People Author:Storm Saulter
“I grew up in a steel town of Western Pennsylvania, outside of Pittsburgh, and when I announced for president, I announced from the factory floor. When I talk about making America the number one manufacturer again in the world, it's not just talk. When I talk about having the opportunity for people to rise again, it's not just because it polls well.” PeopleWorldWellsAmericaOpportunityPresidentNumbersGrewGrew UpTownsWesternFactoriesSteelPollsPennsylvaniaPittsburgh Author:Rick Santorum
“I grew up a middle class, colonized child of teachers, and librarians and people, women especially, who treasured education.” PeopleChildrenClassTeacherMiddleGrewGrew UpMiddle ClassLibrarianTreasured Author:Lorraine Toussaint
“I grew up watching Lindsay and it made me want to do what she does. Just the whole vibe. Being there, being on camera, or on stage, with everybody listening to you it's so cool when people look up to you. I've already been asked for my autograph and it's just a really good feeling to have.” PeopleWantLooksDoeMadeWholeFeelingsStageListeningGrewGrew UpCamerasLook UpUp To YouBeing ThereAutographsGood Feeling Author:Ali Lohan
“I was a very lucky kid, because I grew up affluent Santa Barbara, California. My experience as a child was probably so different from people I met later who grew up in the rural South, where many doors were closed to them.” PeopleChildrenDifferentKidsDoorsGrewMetsLuckyGrew UpSouthCaliforniaSantaAffluentBarbaraSanta Barbara Author:Floyd Norman
“All I know about 1970s New York City is that it's where I grew up, and you always have an umbilical connection to the time and place of your growing up. It was cheap, didn't have too many people in it, you could go to the movies or whatever on the spur of the moment, you could get by without working too much and especially without involving yourself in the corporate world.” PeopleKnowsWorldMomentsCitiesGrowing UpToo MuchGrowingNew YorkGrewGrew UpConnectionsCorporateNew York CityInvolvingSpursCorporate WorldToo Much WorkSpur Of The Moment Author:Luc Sante
“I spent maybe a week all day every day working on the wall, my first legal wall because I was just so excited and it was nice to be able to chill and relax and work on the piece instead of doing it quickly and running from the cops or whatever. Then it just really grew from there. Other people saw it and appreciated the skill.” PeopleFirstsRunningAbleSawsPiecesNiceWeekWallGrewSkillsExcitedRelaxCopAppreciatedChill Author:Alec Monopoly
“I grew up in low-income areas and I've seen people take negative energy and just accept it. They give into and end up living a pretty rough life. At a young age, I just knew I wasn't going to give in because I didn't want to end up being one of those people in the neighborhood that didn't have anything and lived a hard life.” PeopleWantGivingEndsHardAgeYoungEnergyAcceptingGrewGrew UpLowsAreasNegativeIncomeNeighborhoodRoughYoung AgeHard LifeLow IncomeNegative Energy Author:LaMarcus Aldridge
“When I was a young boy, I can remember in the community that I grew up in, seeing people in the community who had numbers that were on their arms.” PeopleI CanRememberYoungCommunityNumbersBoysSeeingArmsGrewGrew Up Author:Bernie Sanders
“As a kid, I was fortunate that we grew up near a children's theater, with all different classes and things; so as a kid I took classes there and as I got into high school I did all the community theater stuff. Then I came to college here in New York, going to Marymount Manhattan, and studied acting there. But most of the training I got was from working. Working with really great people.” PeopleChildrenDifferentKidsSchoolStuffCommunityActingClassNew YorkCollegeGrewGrew UpTrainingHigh SchoolTheaterFortunateReally GreatGreat People Author:Andrew Rannells
“I grew tired of religion some time not long after birth. I believe in people, I believe in humans, I believe in a car, but I don't believe something I can't have absolutely no evidence of for millenniums. And it's funny, people think analysis or psychiatry is mad, and they go to church.” PeopleThinkingBelieveHumansLongI CanI BelieveChurchCarGrewBirthEvidenceMadTiredDon't BelieveI Believe InAnalysisPsychiatryFunny People Author:John Malkovich
“Even the Westerns that I grew up with, the Sergio Leone's and all that, there was always a sort of anti-hero, a guy reluctant to shame even, to pick up the gun again because he wants to help other people, and he does, he uses his skills for that.” PeopleWantDoeHelpingUseGuyGrewHeroSkillsGrew UpPicksGunShameHelping OthersReluctantAnti HeroSergio Leone Author:Antoine Fuqua
“My parents are actors as well, so I grew up around that world. It was always a very romantic, mythical world. They did a lot of theater, so to me an actor was getting to come backstage and dressing room mirrors with bulbs around them and trying on people's costumes. It was very exciting to me as a child.” PeopleWorldTryingWellsChildrenActorsParentRoomsGrewGrew UpExcitingTheaterMirrorsCostumesDressingsBulbsDressing RoomsVery Romantic Author:Phoebe Fox
“Israel is a very young country, a cultural melting pot, and unlike the structured life of the Orthodox Jews, I grew up in a non-religious part of society where people were totally open to new experiences on many levels. I learned that when things are missing, you invent them.” PeopleCountryYoungReligiousLevelsMissingGrewGrew UpJewIsraelOrthodoxPotMeltingNew ExperiencesMelting PotNon Religious Author:Noma Bar
“I noticed - and this is one of the people don't understand of Tony [Abbot] - he grew. To me he grew as opposition leader. He come in - he wasn't really good at the beginning when he was opposition leader. He won the confidence of the Australian people and got the job as Prime Minister. He grew in Indigenous affairs. To me, we just totally disagreed in it, but now we're very much one on one on it.” PeopleJobsLeaderGrewAffairMinistersOppositionPrimePrime MinisterIndigenousAustralianOne On One Author:Warren Mundine
“I grew up in the suburbs, a calm suburb, without tension, with working-class and middle-class people mixed together.” PeopleTogetherClassMiddleGrewGrew UpCalmTensionMiddle ClassWorking ClassSuburbs Author:JR
“I grew my mustache when I was nineteen in order to look older. I never shaved it off even though it overran its usefulness many, many years ago. Once you get started in television, people associate you with your physical appearance - and that includes the mustache. So I can't shave it off now. If I did, I'd have to answer too much mail.” PeopleIfsYearsLooksI CanOrderAnswersToo MuchTelevisionGrewYears AgoAppearanceMailAssociatesUsefulnessNineteenMustachePhysical Appearance Author:Walter Cronkite
“After I released 'Jesus, Take the Wheel,' people started saying, Oh, it's kind of risky. You're coming out with a religious song. And I was thinking, Really? I grew up in Oklahoma; I always had a close relationship with God. I never thought it was risky in the least. If anything, I thought it was the safest thing I could do.” PeopleIfsThinkingKindSongJesusReligiousGrewGrew UpWheelsComing OutRelationship With GodOklahomaClose Relationship Author:Carrie Underwood
“I grew up in Manhattan, and I've always had all kinds of people around me. I've always had a very 'live and let live' point of view.” PeopleKindViewsGrewGrew UpPoint Of ViewAll KindsManhattanLive And Let Live Author:Natasha Lyonne
“Where I grew up, people obviously knew my dad because it's a small place and he was the top player for Swinton - they'd go and watch him play, see him in the papers, so they knew he was black.” PeoplePlayBlackWatchesPlayerGrewDadPaperGrew UpMy DadPapersSmall Places Author:Ryan Giggs
“I think I have a finely tuned sense of humor. I think just being around it and growing up in it... my dad and Mel Brooks and Norman Lear. These are the people I grew up around.” PeopleThinkingGrowing UpGrowingGrewDadGrew UpMy DadSense Of HumorJust BeingBrooksLear Author:Rob Reiner
“I feel somewhat privileged because I often feel very sorry for kids. I often feel very sorry for 20-year-olds and teens who grew up with the internet and have grown up completely connected because, for me, people like me know what it was to struggle, but it wasn't a struggle. It was great! It was fantastic. The thrill of the hunt.” PeopleKnowsFeelsYearsKidsStruggleGrewInternetGrew UpSorryConnectedLike MeFantasticTeensPrivilegedThrillHunts Author:Justin Broadrick
“At some point in time, in the future, people are going to refer to the Step Up films as the films they grew up on. Hopefully, that inspires them to get in dance films that are being made.” PeopleMadeFilmStepsInspireGrewGrew UpHopefullyStep Up Author:Stephen Boss