394 Quotes About Grew

  • Author Sherman Alexie
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    You'd never know it from reading the rest of the Native writers, but Indians actually grew up with American pop culture.

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  • Author A. S. Byatt
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    I sort of mind living in a time when most of the literature is terribly personal. I suppose it's because I grew up on a love of history, philosophy, science and religion, but not to think too much about yourself.

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  • Author Adam Beach
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    I never understood the realism of an imaginary circumstance. While I was doing 'Smoke Signals,' I relied on my instinct and what I grew up with. I had this energy, but it was a one-dimensional thing.

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  • Author Action Bronson
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    I grew up in such a melting pot. There's more ethnicities in Queens than there is in any place on the planet. So you grow up knowing things about other cultures.

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  • Author Andrea Barrett
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    I grew up on Cape Cod. We didn't live right on the water, but I could walk to it and did every day.

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  • Author Andrew Bogut
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    I grew up watching him play on the Bulls. Between him and Michael Jordan I would've rather seen Toni score 30 points in a game.

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  • Author Anthony Browne
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    I grew up in Yorkshire, and once or twice a year, we'd travel over the Pennines to see my cousins in Cheshire.

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  • Author Astrid Bergès-Frisbey
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    I grew up in the countryside riding horses, and I also ride every holiday in Spain, which is where I was born. It's a big part of my life.

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