Different Upbringing Quotes

I was always in new schools and had British parents, which was not the norm, and I think there was also... I'm not particularly religious, but I was born Jewish, and I always felt like the outsider because I wasn't Christian or Catholic.

We really care about keeping the peace with people around us. We grew differently, that's all.

If you didn't grow up like I did then you don't know, and if you don't know it's probably better you don't judge.

I had a different upbringing - my dad worked three jobs. You know, it wasn't as easy as they had it.

All decent parents want to do what's best for their children. The Chinese just have a totally different idea of how to do that.

For a moment, I wondered how different my life would have been had they been my parents, but I shook the thought away. I knew my father had done the best he could, and I had no regrets about the way I'd turned out. Regrets about the journey, maybe, but not the destination. Because however it had happened, I'd somehow ended up eating shrimp in a dingy downtown shack with a girl that I already knew I'd never forget.

It wasn't until school that we realised that we were abnormal.

The difficulties and hazards of marriage are greatly increased where backgrounds are different

I want to raise my kid different from me.

My mom did not have money. She was a single mom, on and off in periods between marriages. My husband, however, grew up on a wonderful farm in Tuscany, in Florence, and his family was so entertaining in terms of growing their own food and using the fruit of their land. We have very, very different experiences.

Both my parents are artists, so that just makes me look at everything slightly different. I listened to different music; I dressed differently. So I kind of grew up without following the pack.

I was brought up by a father and mother who were radically different.

I like flipping Coldplay. And I like Jessie Ware. But I'm sure how we grew up was totally different.