Quotes About Upbringing

I've always been music-oriented. My dad was a musician, and I listened to the radio all of the time.

Most Muslims do not 'choose' Islam in the way that they choose to become doctors or lawyers, nor even in the way that they choose to become fans of Coldplay or Radiohead. Most Muslims, like people of any faith, are born into their religion.

My life has often been described as 'from rags to riches,' but in fact, the Rosses were never raggedy.

Well I grew up in the Midwest, and I think the first film that blew my mind was 'Raiders of the Lost Ark.'

Living in Ohio, I grew up an Oakland Raiders fan.

I came from a poor family. My father was from Glasgow, Scotland; my mother's brothers were brakemen on the railroad. We didn't have anything but mush for breakfast.

My mother told me to raise my kids with calculated neglect. They get their self-worth from doing what they can do and not having everything done for them.

I had to architect my life where I could raise my children.

Where you raise your children isn't as important as how you raise your children.

I didn't want to raise my child in Hollywood.

When I'm a mum, I'm not going to be one of those mums who has nannies. Actually, I might have nannies - never say never - but I'm not having someone else raise my kids.

I'm determined to raise a strong girl.

I cannot raise a child to lie or to hide things. I wasn't raised that way, and I'm not going to raise a child to do that.

I had a very close relationship with my grandmother. She actually helped raise me.

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.

I have said many times: We have self-esteem or don't, based on how we were raised! Self-esteem is normally produced in your first 7-8 years of life.

I'm very proud of the way that I was raised, I'm very proud of the way that my parents raised me.

I was raised with a huge Armenian influence, always hearing stories of Armenia, celebrating Armenian holidays.

My father is an engineer, and my mother raised the three children.

I was raised Presbyterian, but I'm not really going to church. I think the experience in meditation is pretty much where it's at for me.

I come from a part of the world - raised in a part of the world where you're born a Democrat, baptized a Democrat.

Any dog can be aggressive; it's basically the way they're raised.

I was raised Catholic, and I have an aversion to anyone who takes religion to the extreme.

For me, my father was a pastor, and my parents are still together. They raised me, you know, to be respectful.