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Grew Up Quotes (page 9)

I grew up in an atmosphere tinged with militarism, and afterwards I spent five boring years within the sound of bugles. To this day it gives me a faint feeling of sacrilege not to stand to attention during ‘God save the King’. That is childish, of course, but I would sooner have had that kind of upbringing than be like the left-wing intellectuals who are so ‘enlightened’ that they cannot understand the most ordinary emotions. George Orwell
Remember that day you said you loved me? Remember that? See, you could do that because you're basically a sane person, who grew up in a loving, sane family. You could take a risk like that. But in my family we didn't go around saying we loved each other. We went around screaming at each other. So what do I do, when you say you love me? I go and undermine it. Jeffrey Eugenides
I grew up in Toronto and as long as I can remember, as long as there was cable, even those old cable boxes that were wired to the TV, there have been Bollywood movies on Toronto TV. Mike Myers
I'm a strange mixture of my mother's curiosity; my father, who grew up the son of the manse in a Presbyterian family, who had a tremendous sense of duty and responsibility; and my mother's father, who was always in trouble with gambling debts. Rupert Murdoch
Probably the geekiest attribute that I have of them all is that I've always had a hard time meeting friends. Like no matter where I grew up and I moved around, I always had a hard time. Olivia Munn
I grew up in a military family. I was moved around from school to school, so people aren't always the most welcoming to new girls in school. Olivia Munn
Martin Mull quote: "I've always had a certain fascination. It's basically paint..."
I've always had a certain fascination. It's basically paint what you know, and this is what I grew up with. Martin Mull
When I grew up I always wanted to act. Also, I wanted to be either a lawyer or a doctor. However, when I got to college and realized what those occupations entailed, I changed my mind real quick. Tia Mowry
Nana Mouskouri quote: "I grew up thinking that singing was my security."
I grew up thinking that singing was my security. Nana Mouskouri
Constance Baker Motley quote: "I grew up in a house where nobody had to tell me to go to..."
I grew up in a house where nobody had to tell me to go to school every day and do my homework. Constance Baker Motley
I grew up in a very masculine environment. So I was around a lot of men, my brothers and their friends. There was just a lot of guys around. Alanis Morissette
Thurston Moore quote: "I grew up in the early '70s in New England."
I grew up in the early '70s in New England. Thurston Moore
Elizabeth Moon quote: "When I was quite young, she was working in a hardware store,..."
When I was quite young, she was working in a hardware store, so I grew up knowing about hardware. Elizabeth Moon
Elizabeth Moon quote: "I like the Beatles, of course, but that's when I grew up."
I like the Beatles, of course, but that's when I grew up. Elizabeth Moon
I always knew the importance of it, since I was three or four years old my mother used to feed me wine and water. I grew up with wine as liquid food. Robert Mondavi

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