“I never made more than $50 doing any play in Chicago. That was the way I grew up.” WayMadePlayGrewGrew UpChicago Author:Jeremy Piven
“I grew up in a poverty-stricken neighborhood, but I didn't really know I was a deprived, poverty-stricken child until the media made me aware of it.” KnowsChildrenMadePovertyMediaGrewGrew UpNeighborhoodDeprived Author:Ving Rhames
“I grew up in Los Angeles, and I've made movies all over the world... I've been in New York, Norway, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, London - I've been in all these cities, shooting away in the winter, thinking, 'People who choose to live here are insane.” PeopleThinkingWorldMadeCitiesNew YorkGrewGrew UpWinterLondonInsaneShootingLos AngelesChicagoPhiladelphiaPittsburghNorway Author:John Landis
“I don't relate to what's left of the music business. There doesn't seem to be any point to it anymore. The business that I grew up in and loved, we made records a different way - there were record companies, there were stores where you could buy albums.” WayMadeDifferentSeemsLeftCompanyRecordsGrewGrew UpAlbumsStoresRelateDifferent WaysMusic BusinessRecord Companies Author:Don McLean
“I grew up dancing, and my ballet teacher was literally a drill sergeant; she was so strict and so scary. And it made me a better dancer.” MadeTeacherGrewGrew UpDancingScaryDancerBalletStrictDrillsSergeantsBallet TeachersDrill Sergeant Author:Kate Hudson
“I had a very simple, unremarkable and happy life. And I grew up in a very small town. And so my life was made up of, you know, in the morning going to the river to fetch water - no tap water, and no electricity - and, you know, bathing in the river, and then going to school, and playing soccer afterwards.” KnowsMadeSchoolWaterSimpleMorningGrewGrew UpRiversTownsSoccerHappy LifeElectricitySmall TownBathingFetchPlaying SoccerTap Water Author:Ishmael Beah
“I grew up in central Illinois midway between Chicago and St. Louis and I made an historic blunder. All my friends became Cardinals fans and grew up happy and liberal and I became a Cubs fan and grew up embittered and conservative.” MadeFansGrewGrew UpMy FriendsConservativeChicagoHistoricCardinalsBlundersIllinoisCubsMidwayChicago Cubs Author:George Will
“More than any other personality trait, my mother seemed to be ruled by anger and sadness. She seemed to hate being a mother. Watching her unhappiness as I grew up made me conclude that the answer was to try and be as unemotional as I could, which many therapists have taught me is a bad idea. It also made me want to avoid marriage and having children.” WantTryingChildrenMadeIdeasMotherHateAnswersSadnessTaughtGrewPersonalityGrew UpUnhappinessTraitsTherapistsBeing A MotherBad IdeasHaving ChildrenPersonality TraitsUnemotional Author:Merrill Markoe