#i was raised

People always accuse me of being motivational in a way, like it was a bad thing, but that's just how I was raised. My mom raised me in a positive environment, with lots of love in my heart, and that reflects in my music. ↗

— Lenny Kravitz

#always #bad #bad thing #being #environment

Divorce is so common and accepted in America that beating myself up over it may sound ridiculous. But I was raised to believe that divorce wasn't an option; to me, divorce equaled failure. I wasn't able to change that equation until I found myself in the right relationship. ↗

— Trisha Yearwood

#accepted #america #beating #believe #change

I was raised in a Baptist household, went to a Catholic church, lived in a Jewish neighborhood, and had the biggest crush on the Muslim girls from one neighborhood over. ↗

— Will Smith

#biggest #catholic #catholic church #church #crush

I was raised to be charming, not sincere. ↗

— Stephen Sondheim

#i #i was raised #raised #sincere

I was born in New York City, but I was raised in New Jersey, part of the great Jewish emigration of 1963. ↗

— Jon Stewart

#city #emigration #great #i #i was born

I was raised to understand and know the difference between right and wrong. ↗

— Curt Schilling

#difference #i #i was raised #know #raised

I was raised in a tribal situation, among cannibal people. ↗

— William P. Young

#cannibal #i #i was raised #people #raised

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 in the environment where it really wasn't about sittin' around dreaming all the time, it was about practicing and workin' really hard and if a dream ever came to you, you'd be prepared for that opportunity. ↗

— Harry Connick, Jr.

#around #be prepared #came #dream #dreaming

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