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Coming to Hollywood at 19 and living in a single apartment with one other guy on Venice Beach was a massive contrast to my upbringing. — David A.R. White

Because of my Calvinistic upbringing, I was trained to think that what you do has to have a purpose. — Anselm Kiefer

I never felt like I had to rebel against my convent upbringing, because it was comparatively regular. — Sharon Horgan

My upbringing is why I am the person I am today. I have very wise parents. — Keira Knightley

I was so determined not to pass on to my children what I perceived to be the faults of my upbringing. — Roger Lloyd-Pack

The Christian ethic played an essential part in my upbringing. — David Rockefeller

My parents couldn't be looser. It was the ultimate laissez faire upbringing. — Charlie Trotter

My upbringing did not create a healthy affection for confrontation. I'd love it if everyone always got along, and nothing ever got tense. — Trisha Yearwood

You can't separate me from my upbringing as a child overcoming learning disabilities and having to make my way through that. — Dannel Malloy

Unfortunately, when someone asks me for a favor, I can't say no. Because of my upbringing - my Catholic guilt - if I don't do it, it plagues me. — Bradley Cooper

I have been distracted from my duty as a father to some extent, but there is no greater exercise to a man's talents than the upbringing of his son. — Conn Iggulden

I learned from my Adventist upbringing that the biggest sins were sexual. — Luke Ford

My upbringing in Canada made me the person I am. I will always be proud to be a Canadian. — Jim Carrey

When you have a solid upbringing and a strong sense of place, that sustains you. My sense of home never leaves me. — Lyle Lovett

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

Self-esteem wasn't the issue for my parents or their parents. Survival was their primary goal. — Julia A. Boyd

My upbringing was completely liberal from the start. In fact, I didn't even have a Muslim identity. — Maajid Nawaz

Now I can look back and say I actually like the upbringing I had and my father was very attentive and a great educator. — Anthony Kiedis

My parents gave me a strict upbringing, which at times has caused me to suffer distress but today I am grateful to them for it. — Brigitte Bardot

Yes, though I have nothing but gratitude for my upbringing in the church. — John McGahern

My shows will always be inspired by hip hop culture and my upbringing within it. — Doc Brown

He nurtured my heart back to beauty so I nurtured his upbringing to be great. — Nikki Rowe

I had quite a religious upbringing. I gave my life over to Christ at 11. I took it back when I was about 14. — Brian Molko

What good is my parents' wealth and education and upbringing if I'm not contributing to the world? — Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

Hitch was interested in what I had to offer, like one of my background ideas for Norman's upbringing. — Joseph Stefano

I would still describe China as a vast, invigorating puzzle that will never make sense to my western upbringing. — Abigail Washburn

My upbringing gave me a strong will, a mental aggressiveness in what I wanted to achieve. — Paul Tergat

I had a very strict upbringing with my dad and was very close to my mum, who was extremely loving. — Tori Amos

I learned a lot from both, initially Jewish and Muslim theologians that had been missing, perhaps from my rather parochial Catholic upbringing. — Karen Armstrong

I grew up with music very much in my life. I achieved success by combining my training as an accountant with my family upbringing and love of music. — Zarin Mehta

I didn't have musical upbringing. I never listened to music growing up, thinking "I want to make my own music". I just listened to music for pleasure. — Mike Stud

I'd the upbringing a nun would envy. Until I was fifteen I was more familiar with Africa than my own body. — Joe Orton

I am, to my core, Canadian, so, by osmosis, everything I write reflects that upbringing. — Elinor Florence

I had a good upbringing, we didn't have any money, but there was a lot of love in my family. — Danny Dyer

I was taught in my religious upbringing to spell God with a dash, G-d. But now my dash is pink. — Helene Aylon

I would never wish my upbringing on anyone ... but I wouldn't take it back for the world. — Mary-Kate Olsen

I'm a free spirit and that definitely comes from my upbringing, so it's definitely shaped me as an artist. — Neon Hitch

When I watch 'Glee', it reminds me of my upbringing. — Michelle Branch

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

Not disown my past or upbringing, but I'd admired American actors, really American movie star - particularly the rebel heroes of the '50s. — Maxwell Caulfield

During the first 10 years of my life, while my parents were married, I enjoyed a privileged upbringing. After their divorce, my life was difficult. — Bianca Jagger

My father rebelled ferociously against his conservative upbringing where his father physically abused him. — Anthony Kiedis

Given my upbringing and my life in general, it's not so hard to imagine that my mind would capsize eventually. — Phillip DePoy

On the one hand, I've had such a normal upbringing with my mum, who has kept me grounded, but on the other, the wild experiences through my dad. — Julian Lennon

Cornwall has lots of folk and Celtic music and has that kind of surfer vibe as well. That was my kind of upbringing. — Sam Palladio

The only thing I have retained from my upbringing - I did not retain the religious element - is the idea that you do not do things for money. — John Sulston

Maybe it's due to my west coast liberal upbringing, but, the idea of parallel universes doesn't strike me as being too far out there. — Joshua Jackson

Thanks to my upbringing, I always believed in myself and worked as hard as I could to get where I wanted to be. Nothing was ever handed to me. — Gretchen Carlson

My dad was an FBI agent. My mom and dad were straight arrow types, and I had a conservative, suburban Orange County upbringing. — Steve Breen

My upbringing was definitely piano lessons and homework, just as much as the next Asian kid. — Kelvin Yu

Confound my genteel upbringing! I could not think of any name foul enough to call him. — Nancy Springer

I think I've actually had a pretty standard upbringing. My parents are really normal, so I've always had them around to keep me grounded. — Sophie Lowe

My upbringing was absolutely not the archetypal writer's upbringing. Even, arguably, the opposite. — Graham Swift

My mother insisted that I have a normal upbringing. — James MacArthur

My family are amazing. I had like, the perfect upbringing. It sucks for people like Lindsey [Lohan], but it's not her fault she's so off the rails. — Kristen Stewart

I've been accused of my publicist of being too confessional ... it's probably my Celtic upbringing. — Pierce Brosnan

I'm not sure that my upbringing has in itself informed my acting choices. — Morgan Freeman

I would love to write the story of my upbringing in Ireland. — Fiona Shaw

In my own upbringing, my family lacked the ability to provide a stable, nurturing environment. — Ronnie Musgrove

I came from a very normal, un-Hollywood background. My parents provided me with every sort of normal upbringing that they could. — Jodie Sweetin

My upbringing was very straightforward suburban working class upbringing. — Billy Bragg

I think my sense of color I have got from my upbringing in Peru. — Mario Testino

My upbringing made me think that real legitimate music is written, not heard. — Dan Fogelberg

With my Roman Catholic upbringing, I have a set of principles that serve me well in good times and bad. — Steve Garvey

I'm working on my relationship with my mother and father, but my upbringing has been very destructive. — Paz De La Huerta

People often ask me about my upbringing, and if there was anything particular about it that made me become a cartoonist. — Robert Mankoff

Music saved me; I mean, my upbringing was like a hurricane, and music was the tree I held onto. — Eddie Vedder

I can only hope that neither of my daughters was scarred by their upbringing. — Georg Solti

A lot of my upbringing was about denying or fretting or evading. — Jhumpa Lahiri

My upbringing was solid because of the people I had around me. — Kevin Hart

I make no bones about it, I'm a product of my upbringing and of the time I was brought up, so I'm not going to pretend not to be. — David Davis

I grew up just outside of Austin, and my upbringing was fairly rural. — Amber Heard

I have nothing to say about my childhood. It was a perfectly pleasant upbringing - it's not like it was unhappy or anything. — Graham Norton

My upbringing involves individuals who helped me along the way. I don't think I would be here today without that support. — Dwyane Wade