#i was raised

I was raised in Boston by three older brothers and a very strong and empowering single mom. ↗

— Eliza Dushku

#brothers #empowering #i #i was raised #mom

I was raised in a Bronx public housing project, but studied at two of the nation's finest universities. I did work as an assistant district attorney, prosecuting violent crimes that devastate our communities. ↗

— Sonia Sotomayor

#attorney #bronx #communities #crimes #devastate

My grandmother had a Miss Margaret's School of Dance to teach tap and ballet to kids, but I never studied it. I was raised a Mormon and they're dancing fools. It's the only vice they have - dancing. ↗

— Michelle Shocked

#dance #dancing #fools #grandmother #had

I was raised in Brooklyn, and I lived there for 59 years. ↗

— Herbie Mann

#i #i was raised #lived #raised #years

Although I'm an atheist who believes only in great nature, I recognize the spiritual richness and grandeur of the Roman Catholicism in which I was raised. ↗

— Camille Paglia

#atheist #believes #catholicism #grandeur #great

The way I was raised, family was always the most important. When I had our first daughter, Natasha, I knew that's what I wanted to do. ↗

— Candace Cameron Bure

#daughter #family #first #had #i

I was raised to speak out about politics and the world around me. I would do it whether I was in the public or not. It is the way I was taught. The American way. ↗

— Judy Collins

#american #american way #around #i #i was raised

I was raised a Christian, but I wouldn't call myself a Christian now. I think when I was younger it was easier to focus on the negative, nihilist vision... this is sort of picking up on the other half of the body, which is God and white light. ↗

— Billy Corgan

#call #christian #easier #focus #god

I was raised in a time where children were still seen and not heard basically, so I think a lot of us in my generation went the other way and just tried to be as much more liberal and open and we're still paying for it. ↗

— Blythe Danner

#children #generation #heard #i #i think

I was raised around heterosexuals, as all heterosexuals are, that's where us gay people come from... you heterosexuals. ↗

— Ellen DeGeneres

#come #gay #heterosexuals #i #i was raised