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Censorship is the tool of those who have the need to hide actualities from themselves and from others. Their fear is only their inability to face what is real, and I can't vent any anger against them; I only feel this appalling sadness. Somewhere in their upbringing, they were shielded against the total facts of our existence. Charles Bukowski

Fear, Anger, Sadness, Face, Feel, Facts

A good upbringing means not that you won't spill sauce on the tablecloth, but that you won't notice it when someone else does. Anton Chekhov

Good, Someone, You, Sauce, Notice, Spill

For me, being an 'American Latina' means identifying with and being influenced by both my American upbringing and my Latin heritage, and I have so much appreciation for how those two cultures have created who I am. Camila Mendes

Appreciation, I Am, Me, Heritage, Latina

I'm the result of upbringing, class, race, gender, social prejudices, and economics. So I'm a victim again. A result. James Hillman

Gender, Economics, Result, Race, Class

I had a really wonderful upbringing. We were a tight family. It was wonderful to grow up with so many siblings. We were all just a year or two apart, and we were always so supportive of each other. I learned everything from my older brother and sister and taught it to my younger sisters. Joaquin Phoenix

Family, Sister, Brother, Year, Grow

I have learned so many things from my mother about the right upbringing, the right values, value for money, value for elders, for family members. I think these things only a parent can teach you. Karisma Kapoor

Family, Mother, Money, Value, Parent

Meat-fetishiser that I was, I used to find willed vegetarianism inexplicable. It was one thing to be a vegetarian because of religious and caste reasons - something I was familiar with because of my Indian upbringing - but to choose to be a vegetarian when you could eat meat for every meal every day? That seemed madness to me. Neel Mukherjee

Day, Me, Choose, Every Day, Madness, You

I see my upbringing as a great success story. By disciplining me, my parents inculcated self-discipline. And by restricting my choices as a child, they gave me so many choices in my life as an adult. Because of what they did then, I get to do the work I love now. Amy Chua

Life, Work, Love, Success, Great, Child

If I wasn't acting, I would own a farm. Not like growing crops but maybe have a few animals like cows, and maybe an alpaca or a llama. I would chop wood all day. I would make a living doing that; it's, like, an idealistic scenario for me. It's very contrary to my upbringing, but maybe that's the appeal to it. Matthew Daddario

Day, Me, Doing, Animals, Acting, Wood

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

I Am, Me, Proud, Canada, Person, Will

My upbringing was faith-based, but we believed you should love all others as you want to be loved, because everyone should be treated equally. That's helped me have an understanding of people on different journeys and in different walks of life. At the end of the day, we're all the same, because we all want to be loved. Nick Jonas

Life, Love, Day, End, People, Loved

I owe my drive and determination to my upbringing, which instilled in me a set of values that make me who I am. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

Determination, I Am, Me, Drive, Values

I play guitar, the ukulele and the piano. I grew up on a mountain in Tennessee, and we had 'The Mountain Opry,' where anyone could just get up on stage to perform. It was just about the soul and heart of music. My upbringing was less about being great and more about just doing what you love. It was always for joy. Rachel Boston

Love, Music, Heart, Joy, Great, Mountain

It was a very big principle in my upbringing that you should respect everybody's work. The street sweeper. Everybody. You should never look down on anybody for their work. Barbara Ehrenreich

Work, Respect, Look, Down, Street, You

For me, the beauty of a person is a matter of the whole package. You have to look at the whole thing, not just a matter of outward appearance or whatever. It has to do with one's character, personality, upbringing and so on. Gong Li

Beauty, Character, Personality, Me, Look

I went to a very posh school, I had a very privileged upbringing with parents who were incredibly loving and brilliant. I've never tried to hide that; I'm not going to change my accent or talk in a different way. David Cameron

Change, Parents, School, Loving, Hide

Overall, Korean pop serves as the foundation of my musical upbringing. As a result, the melodies that I create just exude that type of vibe. G-Dragon

Foundation, Result, Create, Vibe, Just

For me growing up, I had a Christian upbringing, and I just noticed this Catholic influence in school. Hozier

School, Growing Up, Me, Influence, Up

I had a very normal, very typical American childhood. My father worked for the government at the Pentagon and my mother was an educator, so we had a very average upbringing, but that's helped me in my writing because I'm writing about ordinary things. Jeff Kinney

Father, Mother, Childhood, Writing, Me

I suppose for whatever reason I actively welcome being put down, something which perhaps goes back to my upbringing - that accusation of not being worthy which could be laid at one's door. Paul Muldoon

Welcome, Door, Down, Back, Accusation

In the summer of 2009, in the wake of a crisis in her life, my mother moved from San Diego to San Francisco to live with my 16-year-old daughter and me. My mother was 77. I was 51. Despite a chorus of skepticism from friends - who knew about my upbringing - I was determined to do what I could to help my mother. Katie Hafner

Life, Mother, Daughter, Live, Me, Help

My personal style at this point in my life is more audio; it's more driven on less visual and more musicality. But because of my upbringing, my fabulous mentors and teachers that I've had throughout my dance journey or career, I also possess a style that is of the past. It was just a matter of me reaching back. Savion Glover

Life, Journey, Dance, Style, Past, Me

If you think about jeans or phones or television, we are used to new brands popping up right and left. But in the car industry, we grew up with Mercedes, BMW, General Motors, and Ford, and nobody can remember during his or her upbringing a new car brand coming to life. Henrik Fisker

Life, Car, Remember, New Car, Think, You

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

People, Me, Because, Solid, Around, Had

My activism did not spring from my being gay, or, for that matter, from my being black. Rather, it is rooted fundamentally in my Quaker upbringing and the values that were instilled in me by my grandparents who reared me. Bayard Rustin

Me, Grandparents, Spring, Black, Gay

Historically, I come from Jewish history. I had the classic upbringing in the Yeshiva, learning, learning, and more learning. Elie Wiesel

Learning, History, Classic, More, Jewish

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