#upbringing

The more I separate myself from my upbringing, the more I appreciate what it's done for me. ↗

— Lucinda Williams

#done #i #me #more #myself

In some ways, I had a traditional 'old South' upbringing, meaning that I spent some time in a military school, and acquired an inoculum of the military ethic that is still with me today: honor, duty, loyalty. ↗

— E. O. Wilson

#duty #ethic #had #honor #i

The country experience was more of a departure. When you consider my education and my upbringing, you can see that was more of country rock outgrowth of my popular music aspirations. ↗

— Tom Wopat

#consider #country #departure #education #experience

Although I was raised Jewish, my upbringing didn't include any formal religious education or training. ↗

— Melissa Gilbert

#any #education #formal #i #i was raised

I'm the result of upbringing, class, race, gender, social prejudices, and economics. So I'm a victim again. A result. ↗

— James Hillman

#class #economics #gender #i #prejudices

My therapist says I still haven't got in touch with my anger. Maybe one day I'm going to explode. But I'm still really happy. I know it looks like a strange and painful upbringing - all those experiences led me to the paths that I'm on now. ↗

— Drew Barrymore

#day #experiences #explode #going #got

There's a great power of imagination about these little creatures, and a creative fancy and belief that is very curious to watch . . . I am sure that horrid matter-of-fact child-rearers . . . do away with the child's most beautiful privilege. I am determined that Anny shall have a very extensive and instructive store of learning in Tom Thumbs, Jack-the-Giant-Killers, etc. ↗

— William Makepeace Thackeray

#children #fairy-tales #upbringing #beauty

I was a complete tomboy. I loved wandering out in storms or walking on the beaches in the dark. It was a very free upbringing, and I'm grateful to my parents for that. ↗

— Amanda Burton

#complete #dark #free #grateful #i

Knowledge has outstripped character development, and the young today are given an education rather than an upbringing. ↗

— Ilya Ehrenburg

#character development #development #education #given #knowledge

I learned from my Adventist upbringing that the biggest sins were sexual. ↗

— Luke Ford

#biggest #i #learned #sexual #sins