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I grew up in conservative rural Kansas in the 1950s when it was expected that girls would not have a life outside the home, so educating them was a waste of time.

Quote by Sara Paretsky about opinion, waste, home, time, life

I grew up in eastern Kansas, where I attended a two-room country school and played third base for their baseball team.

Quote by Sara Paretsky about teaching, school, country

I grew up in Texas, but that was 20 years ago. Last year, in Fort Worth, they had hail the size of softballs. We're seeing more and more powerful storms, of all types, almost on a biblical level.

Quote by Bill Paxton

I am a big believer in education, because when I grew up in Austria, I had a great education. I had great teachers.

Quote by Arnold Schwarzenegger about education, teachers

I grew up in this town, my poetry was born between the hill and river, it took its voice from the rain, and like the timber, it steeped itself in the forests.

Quote by Pablo Neruda about poetry, rain, city, voice

You grew old first not in your own eyes, but in other people's eyes; slowly, you agreed with their opinion of you.

Quote by Julian Patrick Barnes about olderness, eyes, opinion, old, contentment, people