“My father raised me to think independently and follow my own path in life.” ThinkingFatherMy OwnPathRaised Author:Antony Garrett Lisi
“At the age of nineteen, on my own initiative and at my own expense, I raised an army by means of which I restored liberty to the republic, which had been oppressed by the tyranny of a faction. For which service the senate, with complimentary resolutions, enrolled me in its order.” MeanAgeOrderMy OwnLibertyArmyRaisedTyrannyResolutionExpensesRepublicSenateInitiativeOppressedFactionsNineteen Author:Augustus
“I'm a person of my own opinions, that's how I was raised. I speak what I feel... A lot of people feel the same way but they're scared to talk. They're really scared of the truth - they only want half of the truth. I've been living like that - forever in fear - but I know what to say and how to say it now. I ain't scared of myself. Y'all may be scared; I'm not scared.” PeopleKnowsWayWantFeelsMayPersonsSpeakMy OwnHalfOpinionForeverRaisedScared Author:Kendrick Lamar
“I was raised the Chinese way: I was taught to desire nothing, to swallow other people's misery, to eat my own bitterness. And even though I taught my daughter the opposite, still she came out the same way! Maybe it is because she was born to me and she was born a girl. And I was born to my mother and I was born a girl. All of us are like stairs, one step after another, going up and down, but all going the same way.” PeopleWayStillsMotherDesireGirlBornMy OwnStepsGenerationsTaughtDaughterOppositesMiseryRaisedChineseMy DaughterBitternessUp And DownStairs Author:Amy Tan
“God knows we have our own demons to be cast out, our own uncleanness to be cleansed. Neurotic anxiety happens to be my own particular demon, a floating sense of doom that has ruined many of what could have been, should have been, the happiest days of my life, and more than a few times in my life I have been raised from such ruins, which is another way of saying that more than a few times in my life I have been raised from death - death of the spirit anyway, death of the heart - by the healing power that Jesus calls us both to heal with and to be healed by.” KnowsWayShouldHeartHas BeensHappensSpiritJesusMy OwnHealingParticularAnxietyShould HaveRaisedCastsHealRuinsDemonRuinedFloatingAnother WayCould Have BeenDoomGod KnowsHealedNeuroticShould Have Been Author:Frederick Buechner
“I'm terrible in the kitchen. I was mostly raised by my mother and she could cook, so I never perfected that skill. If I had to count on my own cooking to survive, I'd probably be thinner.” IfsMotherMy OwnTerribleSkillsCookingRaisedCooksKitchen Author:Ben Affleck
“I wish my parents had raised me in Manhattan because I think it's the greatest thing you can do for a kid is to raise them in New York City. I can see this with my own children.” ThinkingChildrenI CanKidsWishParentCan DoMy OwnCitiesNew YorkRaisesRaisedNew York CityManhattan Author:Woody Allen