#grew

During my first visit, I was really struck by how deeply religious many Oklahomans are. It is a very conservative state and as somebody who grew up in a very liberal country, it was jarring to me at first. ↗

— Famke Janssen

#country #deeply #during #first #grew

I grew up in a world that told girls they couldn't play rock 'n' roll. ↗

— Joan Jett

#i #play #rock #roll #told

I grew up at my grandmother's house and she had a beautiful garden. I used to hate mowing the lawn and weeding, which is what you do when you're a kid. ↗

— Elton John

#garden #grandmother #grew #had #hate

I grew up conservative because my mum was a conservative, and when I finally realized what conservatives were, I changed my mind immediately. ↗

— Elton John

#changed #conservative #conservatives #finally #grew

I grew up as this very carefree, happy kid then things turned darker for me. Maybe it was because I saw that the world wasn't as happy a place as I had hoped it would be for me. ↗

— Angelina Jolie

#carefree #darker #grew #had #happy

Maybe I'm genetically more inclined to music - but the music I make is so far removed from Indian classical music. I grew up in Texas! ↗

— Norah Jones

#classical music #far #genetically #grew #i

My relationship with the journalists who covered the campaign was complicated. I often hid from the critical eye of their cameras and their omnipresent digital recorders, wary of the critique implicit in every captured moment. But I also grew to respect and understand their passion for their work, their love for the journey we were sharing. ↗

— Alexandra Kerry

#cameras #campaign #captured #complicated #covered

I grew up with a lot of guys, some of them are dead, some of them are this and some of them that, and some of them very, very powerful, bright young men, who became this instead of that simply because of a lack of guidance - that's all. ↗

— Harvey Keitel

#because #bright #dead #grew #guidance

Humility was an important part of the way I grew up. And I found that to be less common when I moved to California. That's not to say humble people don't exist there, but ambition seems really important. ↗

— Anna Kendrick

#california #common #exist #found #grew

I'm a pretty big dork. It's crazy. I'm one of those people who grew up with all kinds of musicals, but I was right at that age where 'Rent' was a big deal for me and for my friends. ↗

— Anna Kendrick

#big #big deal #crazy #deal #dork