"I grew up in a dictatorship in East Africa."
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"When I did 'Boyz N The Hood', I never thought how we grew up in South Central was interesting enough for a movie."
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"When I choose material for an album all these songs I grew up with pour into my head."
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"So this is where you grew up. Did you like it here? I guess you couldn't have, if you wanted to leave.' CHRISTINA 'I liked some things and hated some things. And there were some things I didn't know I had until I lost them.' TRIS"
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"I belonged to the generation that grew up under National Socialism, and was blinded and led astray - and allowed itself to be led astray."
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"I grew up in the sort of cultural milieu that always regarded conversations about the political discourse as tremendously low-brow."
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"I live on the same block where I grew up. We belong to the same parish where I was baptized. Janesville is that kind of place."
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"Respect those who grew up and learned alongside you. Respect those who taught you."
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"I grew up Greenville. And I moved to Raleigh some years later."
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"I grew up aware of all the people I depended on and who depended on me."
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"Children will listen to anything elders say to survive, and if you grew up without an elder telling you there was a god, what did your parents say to you?"
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"I like the Beatles, of course, but that's when I grew up."
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"I grew up without a television. It meant that I read lots of books and entertained myself."
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"I grew up in New York, I love New York."
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"As someone who grew up in tough circumstances, I know that being on public assistance is not a spot that anyone wants to be in."
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"There's a lot of rednecks in the country where I grew up."
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"I grew up with a lot of Muslim friends, and the whole idea of revelation has been a lifelong interest of mine."
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"I love working with actors. I grew up with a lot of actors. All my friends are actors. I love that process."
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"I grew up with donkeys, as well as horses, but I'm more interested in donkeys."
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"I grew up a diehard Yankees fan."
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