Quotes About Upbringing

I went to Catholic school for the cheapest private education.

For me, at least with my parents, I feel that they wanted me to have all the opportunities that they did not have, and for them, that meant going to private school.

I grew up in the Episcopal Church, went to private school in that church, went to chapel every day.

I went to private school, but I've got family from North Carolina.

I think if I had gone to a private school and been coddled a little bit, I wouldn't be as tough as I am now.

I'm fortunate enough that my dad was well-off, my family was well-off, so we're able to go to private schools and stuff like that.

I was brought up in a world of privilege.

My background's working class. My parents had to work to make ends meet. We don't come from any sense of privilege.

And part of that is, what is the point of having children if you don't have the privilege of bringing them up?

Sadness is a privilege. To be mopey about something, that's a privilege. I did not grow up with that.

Our kids are growing up with more privilege than we had; that's true for most of my friends in L.A. I don't know any actor who grew up with any particular privilege, so everyone wrestles with this. And I think, a lot of times, it's about being patient with your kids.

My father grew up in a life of extreme privilege.

I never really realized how privileged I was in the way I grew up.

I didn't grow up overly privileged.

I don't come from a privileged background.

Compared to people in Africa, I think we've all had privileged upbringings.

I grew up with a very privileged background. My father served as one of the cabinet ministers in Arroyo's government, and he's been a congressman for many years, and he's running again.

I'm ashamed to say that I'm from a very privileged background.

Everybody growing up where I came from that was the designer shoe. Nobody had Balenciaga's and all the stuff that we walk around in now. If you had Jordans, that was like a prize basically.

I wasn't a huge pro fan growing up; I wasn't loyal to any one team. Don't really know the divisions, even really the conferences. I know most of the conferences, but some of those, I really have no clue.

My father was a general manager with Hyatt, so we lived in the hotel so he would be close by if there were any problems. My mum was always adamant about us not abusing it. So I still had to clean my room. Housekeeping would never come and do it.

Growing up, my parents were health nuts who tried to deprive me of sugary and processed foods so that I would grow up with an appreciation for healthy, delicious homemade food.

We didn't grow up with processed foods at all. I mean, I am not a nutritionist. I make enchiladas for a living, so that disclaimer needs to be there.

My grandfather was a movie producer, and so I grew up on movie sets.