#raise

I was born and raised in China, and my parents were missionaries. ↗

— Jayne Meadows

#china #i #i was born #missionaries #parents

I was born and raised in the high desert of Nevada in a tiny town called Searchlight. My dad was a hard rock miner. My mom took in wash. I grew up around people of strong values - even if they rarely talked about them. ↗

— Harry Reid

#around #born #called #dad #desert

I'm not a humanitarian. I'm a hell-raiser. ↗

— Mary Harris Jones

#humanitarian #i

At Home in the World is the story of a young woman, raised in some difficult circumstances, and how she survives. It tells a story of redemption, not victimhood. ↗

— Joyce Maynard

#difficult #difficult circumstances #home #how #raised

We're going to raise a lot of money for cancer awareness, give some to the American Cancer Society and hopefully make a big difference. ↗

— LL Cool J

#awareness #big #big difference #cancer #difference

What every genuine philosopher (every genuine man, in fact) craves most is praise although the philosophers generally call it recognition! ↗

— William James

#call #craves #every #fact #generally

I care so passionately about improving the quality of life for women and girls, not just here in the United States, but internationally as well. I am a single mom and I raised a daughter who is now a young adult. ↗

— Valerie Jarrett

#adult #am #care #daughter #here

We did not raise armies for glory or for conquest. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#conquest #did #glory #raise

I was raised in a Christian home and, in fact, my mother led me to Christ as a youngster. ↗

— Jerry B. Jenkins

#christian #christian home #fact #home #i

I was raised in South Carolina; I wasn't aware of any art in South Carolina. There was a minor museum in Charleston, which had nothing of interest in it. It showed local artists, paintings of birds. ↗

— Jasper Johns

#art #artists #aware #birds #carolina