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My father was strict and always taught me, no matter who it is, everybody is an uncle. To me, everybody was someone I respect like family. I grew up with that.
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No one ever said, 'Be a doctor.' But because so many members of my extended family - aunts, uncles - were doctors, there was this expectation that I'd probably be a physician.
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What's quote-unquote a 'good' lawyer, doctor, or whatever the profession is. And if you're a male who grew up professionally in a male-dominated profession, then your image of what a good lawyer is a male image.
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I grew up in a family of people who were obsessed with fashion.


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I grew up in Texas and we used to go to Padre Island, eight hours in the car down to the beach.


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Fortunately, I grew up in a family that was grounded. My mother and father knew how to guide my career and look out for my best interests.
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I grew up in a family where, through my teenage years, I was expected to go to church on Sunday. It wasn't terribly painful. I thought some of the stories were neat; I liked some of the liturgy and some of the songs.
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I grew up on the South Island of New Zealand, in a city chosen and beloved by my parents for its proximity to the mountains - Christchurch is two hours distant from the worn saddle of Arthur's Pass, the mountain village that was and is my father's spiritual touchstone, his chapel and cathedral in the wild.
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I grew up in a very open-minded family. My father died when I was very little, so my mother was really, really incredibly busy trying to provide for us.
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A lot of people judge me because I like to, you know, look good, but I grew up in fashion.


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My father was adopted. He grew up in the Italian household.


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I grew up in Manchester, and we were very poor. My father was a miner who joined the Navy during the war and developed a lung disease and had to have a lung removed.
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I came from an intellectual family. Most were doctors, preachers, teachers, businessmen. My grandfather was a small businessman. His father was an abolitionist doctor, and his father was an immigrant from Germany.
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I'm aware that most people who meet me for the first time think of me in a certain way because of who my father is. That just comes with the territory. But that's been that way ever since I was a little kid as long as I can remember. I grew up that way.
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The majority of my family is Auburn fans, and I grew up watching Auburn football, and that's always who I've cheered for.
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I still feel like the same girl who grew up in Albion Park. I'm such a family girl. I haven't changed.
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My earliest memories are of my father explaining to me the American Dream and how he expected me to do better than he did.
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I grew up aware of all the people I depended on and who depended on me.


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Even as my father grew up in Boston, Massachusetts, signs told him: 'No Irish Need Apply.'


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I have a bunch of brothers. I grew up with a big family.


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