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Grew Quotes

It’s the height of the Cold War, but I grew up in apolitical family and politics wasn’t on the agenda Picture Quote #1

I take the kids skiing every year, and my husband doesn’t always go. The way I grew up, that’s very normal. My mom would take us skiing, but my dad hates cold weather Picture Quote #1

I grew up with singers. My father’s mother sang opera. My dad was a big band singer. I can’t remember a time there wasn’t music in the house, so I grew up listening to great songwriters - George Gershwin, Cole Porter - and my grandma was playing opera for me before I was 3 Picture Quote #1

I grew up definitely a feminist, but I didn’t call myself a feminist until I took my first women’s studies class in college Picture Quote #1

I grew up in such a small area that there really weren’t any acting classes. So I had to wait till I got to college Picture Quote #1

Both my mother and my father grew up in Asia, in a time of political instability. They’d earned college degrees before setting foot in the States but had to work menial jobs early on in order to make ends meet Picture Quote #1

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I’d been at Valve since I got out of college. I felt like I kind of grew up there, and I wanted to see what else was out in the world. One of the owners of Airtight Games is a friend of mine, and he asked if I would run a team there. It just sounded like a great opportunity Picture Quote #1

I grew up near the University of Michigan, so we’d sneak into college parties. That’s where my acting started - lying about the professors I supposedly had and what I was studying Picture Quote #1

I ended up reading comics and just started drawing at a very young age. By high school, I was putting together longer stories. In college, I started doing strips for the newspaper and doing mini-comics. It sort of grew in scope and scale over time Picture Quote #1

The generation I grew up in was the beginning of stand up for yourself, whether being a singer-songwriter or a feminist. In my college years, the feminist movement was really coming to fore, so we wouldn’t have put up with guys treating us less than equal Picture Quote #1

I grew up in Oregon, where as a teenager I worked with my grandfather Axel on his I shing boat at the mouth of the Columbia River Picture Quote #1

The history taught in our schools is scandalous. We grew up believing that Columbus actually discovered America. We still celebrate Columbus Day. Columbus was after one thing only - gold Picture Quote #1

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I grew up watching Letterman, ‘Seinfeld,’ ‘SNL,’ and Monty Python movies. But nothing made me want to get into comedy more than when ‘Mr. Show’ started airing Picture Quote #1

The first comic book I ever bought, I was in third grade. It was ‘Avengers,’ I think, #240. I grew up in Kansas City. And I walked into a 7-11. I had seen, like, ‘The Hulk’ TV series. I knew about comic book heroes. I knew about it, but I hadn’t actually had a physical comic in my hands until that time. And it was a big deal for me Picture Quote #1

I grew up with six brothers, and I’m from Chicago, so princesses and Barbie dolls were not around the house. It was more like sports and comic books, so getting to work for Marvel is like my version of being able to be a princess Picture Quote #1

I grew up on the old EC comic books before the Comics Code in North American and with all sort of good-natured fun. I never had nightmares I think because all of the old horror stuff that I was exposed to was well meaning in a certain sense Picture Quote #1

I’ve never really been a genre fan. I never grew up reading comic books, or was a horror buff Picture Quote #1

I grew up reading not-serious literature, like comic books and pulp novels, so my instinct is to amuse the reader and entertain Picture Quote #1

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I grew up reading comic books, pulp books, mystery and science fiction and fantasy. I’m a geek; I make no pretensions otherwise. It’s the stuff that I love writing about. I like creating worlds Picture Quote #1

I grew up very differently than a lot of other people in my hometown in Mississippi. But I can’t imagine my life any other way. I flew home and surprised my best friend at his graduation, and I remember turning to my mom and saying, ‘My graduation was so much cooler than this.’ I had Melissa Joan Hart give my commencement speech Picture Quote #1

I grew up in a family that despised not only communism but collectivism, socialism, and any ‘ism’ that deprived the individual of his or her natural rights Picture Quote #1

I grew up as a Muslim. I went to an Islamic elementary school. Most of my community was Muslim, so I grew up praying five times a day Picture Quote #1

I grew very skeptical of certain kind of Jewish separatism in my youth. I mean, I saw the Jewish community was always with each other; they didn’t trust anybody outside. You’d bring someone home, and the first question was, ‘Are they Jewish, are they not Jewish?’ Picture Quote #1

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I grew up in a tradition where having ideas and contributing to the community and creating art that had an impact on the world mattered. That’s part of the Jewish tradition Picture Quote #1

While I was at community college, I studied industrial design because I thought maybe I’d be an automotive designer - I grew up in Detroit - and I also studied, geology because I was interested in science, a little bit Picture Quote #1

I think ‘Lost’ was really a pioneer in the use of the kind of connection between a television show and the Internet, and the Internet really gave fans an opportunity to create a community around the show. That was something that wasn’t really planned; it just sort of grew up in the wake of the show Picture Quote #1

I’m never going to forget Wellston. It’s where I grew up. It’s my heart and my pride. The people are great here. I’m going to give back. I was born and raised here. I’m a humble person. The community knows that. I want to build it back to how it was and be a happier place than it was Picture Quote #1

I was born during the Depression in a little community just outside Waco, and I grew up listening to Franklin Roosevelt on the radio Picture Quote #1

But if you look at WorldCom, which is the biggest failure to date, they grew dramatically, they were buying companies that were bigger than they were and they were doing it off inflated stock Picture Quote #1

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It’s the height of the Cold War, but I grew up in apolitical family and politics wasn’t on the agenda. (Grew Quotes) I take the kids skiing every year, and my husband doesn’t always go. The way I grew up, that’s very normal. My mom would take us skiing, but my dad hates cold weather. (Grew Quotes) I grew up with singers. My father’s mother sang opera. My dad was a big band singer. I can’t remember a time there wasn’t music in the house, so I grew up listening to great songwriters - George Gershwin, Cole Porter - and my grandma was playing opera for me before I was 3. (Grew Quotes) I grew up definitely a feminist, but I didn’t call myself a feminist until I took my first women’s studies class in college. (Grew Quotes) I grew up in such a small area that there really weren’t any acting classes. So I had to wait till I got to college. (Grew Quotes) Both my mother and my father grew up in Asia, in a time of political instability. They’d earned college degrees before setting foot in the States but had to work menial jobs early on in order to make ends meet. (Grew Quotes) I’d been at Valve since I got out of college. I felt like I kind of grew up there, and I wanted to see what else was out in the world. One of the owners of Airtight Games is a friend of mine, and he asked if I would run a team there. It just sounded like a great opportunity. (Grew Quotes) I grew up near the University of Michigan, so we’d sneak into college parties. That’s where my acting started - lying about the professors I supposedly had and what I was studying. (Grew Quotes) I ended up reading comics and just started drawing at a very young age. By high school, I was putting together longer stories. In college, I started doing strips for the newspaper and doing mini-comics. It sort of grew in scope and scale over time. (Grew Quotes) The generation I grew up in was the beginning of stand up for yourself, whether being a singer-songwriter or a feminist. In my college years, the feminist movement was really coming to fore, so we wouldn’t have put up with guys treating us less than equal. (Grew Quotes) I grew up in Oregon, where as a teenager I worked with my grandfather Axel on his I shing boat at the mouth of the Columbia River. (Grew Quotes) The history taught in our schools is scandalous. We grew up believing that Columbus actually discovered America. We still celebrate Columbus Day. Columbus was after one thing only - gold. (Grew Quotes) I grew up watching Letterman, ‘Seinfeld,’ ‘SNL,’ and Monty Python movies. But nothing made me want to get into comedy more than when ‘Mr. Show’ started airing. (Grew Quotes) The first comic book I ever bought, I was in third grade. It was ‘Avengers,’ I think, #240. I grew up in Kansas City. And I walked into a 7-11. I had seen, like, ‘The Hulk’ TV series. I knew about comic book heroes. I knew about it, but I hadn’t actually had a physical comic in my hands until that time. And it was a big deal for me. (Grew Quotes) I grew up with six brothers, and I’m from Chicago, so princesses and Barbie dolls were not around the house. It was more like sports and comic books, so getting to work for Marvel is like my version of being able to be a princess. (Grew Quotes) I grew up on the old EC comic books before the Comics Code in North American and with all sort of good-natured fun. I never had nightmares I think because all of the old horror stuff that I was exposed to was well meaning in a certain sense. (Grew Quotes) I’ve never really been a genre fan. I never grew up reading comic books, or was a horror buff. (Grew Quotes) I grew up reading not-serious literature, like comic books and pulp novels, so my instinct is to amuse the reader and entertain. (Grew Quotes) I grew up reading comic books, pulp books, mystery and science fiction and fantasy. I’m a geek; I make no pretensions otherwise. It’s the stuff that I love writing about. I like creating worlds. (Grew Quotes) If you think about jeans or phones or television, we are used to new brands popping up right and left. But in the car industry, we grew up with Mercedes, BMW, General Motors, and Ford, and nobody can remember during his or her upbringing a new car brand coming to life. (Grew Quotes) I grew up very differently than a lot of other people in my hometown in Mississippi. But I can’t imagine my life any other way. I flew home and surprised my best friend at his graduation, and I remember turning to my mom and saying, ‘My graduation was so much cooler than this.’ I had Melissa Joan Hart give my commencement speech. (Grew Quotes) I grew up in a family that despised not only communism but collectivism, socialism, and any ‘ism’ that deprived the individual of his or her natural rights. (Grew Quotes) I grew up as a Muslim. I went to an Islamic elementary school. Most of my community was Muslim, so I grew up praying five times a day. (Grew Quotes) I grew very skeptical of certain kind of Jewish separatism in my youth. I mean, I saw the Jewish community was always with each other; they didn’t trust anybody outside. You’d bring someone home, and the first question was, ‘Are they Jewish, are they not Jewish?’ (Grew Quotes) I grew up in a tradition where having ideas and contributing to the community and creating art that had an impact on the world mattered. That’s part of the Jewish tradition. (Grew Quotes) While I was at community college, I studied industrial design because I thought maybe I’d be an automotive designer - I grew up in Detroit - and I also studied, geology because I was interested in science, a little bit. (Grew Quotes) I think ‘Lost’ was really a pioneer in the use of the kind of connection between a television show and the Internet, and the Internet really gave fans an opportunity to create a community around the show. That was something that wasn’t really planned; it just sort of grew up in the wake of the show. (Grew Quotes) I’m never going to forget Wellston. It’s where I grew up. It’s my heart and my pride. The people are great here. I’m going to give back. I was born and raised here. I’m a humble person. The community knows that. I want to build it back to how it was and be a happier place than it was. (Grew Quotes) I was born during the Depression in a little community just outside Waco, and I grew up listening to Franklin Roosevelt on the radio. (Grew Quotes) But if you look at WorldCom, which is the biggest failure to date, they grew dramatically, they were buying companies that were bigger than they were and they were doing it off inflated stock. (Grew Quotes)

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