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SAM RIVERS I had a good upbringing, we didn't have any money, but there was a lot of love in my family.
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My dad's family were political and he was always a theatrical creature, whereas my mum is really... GRACE JONES
I come from a middle class family, and my parents weren't too supportive of my career choices. KANGANA RANAUT
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NAOMI BENARON Nobody in my family was musical. I had no idea you could be a songwriter and make a living at it. It...
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I was very blessed to have family and friends, but particularly family, who told me I was not only a... MAYA ANGELOU
My mother was a public school teacher in Virginia, and we didn't have any money, we just survive... DAVE GROHL My dementia hasn't just affected me - it's affected my friends and family, too.
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When I was 16, I filmed an episode of 'Full House' where my family goes to Disney World. I r... CANDACE CAMERON BURE
In 1977, at age ten, I was cast on the TV sitcom 'Good Times.' My character was Penny, an ab... JANET JACKSON
My childhood was great, my family was great. I wasn't in a mansion, but we made it work. RITA ORA
As a young girl, I definitely struggled with knowing what to do with my hair. I was just in a neighb... JILLIAN HERVEY That case with my two sisters? That was a disaster. It was. They're really fine people. When my ...
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I came from a poor family. My father was from Glasgow, Scotland; my mother's brothers were brake... MICKEY ROONEY
In my situation, every time I write a sentence, I'm thinking not only of the people I ended up i... ZADIE SMITH
There was a time when my whole life was in chaos, really, and I didn't help myself sort it out. ... BILLY IDOL I grew up in a Southside suburb of Chicago. It was idyllic. But I was plunked into a family that was...
JANE LYNCH But one day, when I was still young, I was parted from my family and left my native country. I hunte...
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JENNIFER HAIGH I come from a blue collar family, but my personal life isn't. I didn't get the gene that my ...
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ALAN JACKSON Til I was 10 years, I didn't know I had only two siblings. I always thought I had 10 and that th...
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My family has very strong women. My mother never laughed at my dream of Africa, even though everyone... JANE GOODALL By 1990 I went back to no gasoline; I was just riding around on my bike, taking the bus. I had a tin...
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My father's a firefighter. He was my whole life. And my brother-in-law and several family member... BRAD PAISLEY My mother moved abroad when I was 11, my dad wasn't around from the time that I was a baby, so I...
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There's a schizoid streak within the family anyway so I dare say that I'm affected by that. ... DAVID BOWIE Everything's a real passion to me - my children, my family, my work, travel. I don't play te...
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'Family Life' is a blueprint of my life. It was horrible and physically gruesome in a way th... AKHIL SHARMA I grew up in South Florida, and my family was pretty poor. We weren't your upper-class whites by...
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My family was musical on both sides. My father's family had a famous flautist and a classical pi... GLORIA ESTEFAN
There was a period of time when I first moved to Nashville, like the first couple of years, that I w... FAITH HILL
I grew up in a family of Republicans. And when I was 18 and registering to vote, my mom's only i... TINA FEY
No one in my family had a retail or marketing background. They were professionals. They didn't u... ANDREA JUNG I have a dream of re-creating the fantastic family I grew up in with my brother and my parents. I am...
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Jack Palance was my distant uncle - that's the family gossip. Growing up, my family knew everyth... CHUCK PALAHNIUK
I was angry and frustrated until I started my own family and my first child was born. Until then I d... JOHNNY DEPP
