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"Growing up in eastern Kentucky like I did, I'm used to having a few guns around to protect me."
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"There are things about growing up in a small town that you can't necessarily quantify."

"Growing up in Denver, I'm sure it started with loving the Colorado mountains."

"Remember, it's still a mystery to be an adult. If you knew it all before eighteen, you'd have nothing to look forward to."

"I was on the set when I was five years old with Spencer Tracy. A lot of what I learned growing up in terms of artistry is very clean, very tidy, very organized."

"We're all just trying to fit in and find ourselves, particularly when we're growing up."

"You try various things when you're growing up. I was an attache in the Foreign Service for a while and then I drove a bulldozer, but neither of those panned out for me so it had to be stand-up."

"I never felt like I belonged in Minnesota when I was growing up there. That's why I was out the door as soon as I turned 18."

"Growing up, I wanted desperately to please, to be a good girl."

"I was black growing up in an all-white neighborhood so I felt like I just didn't fit in. Like I wasn't as good as everybody else or as smart, or whatever."
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"I've been married to the same man for all this time. The way we fight sometimes, you can tell."

"When I first came to Nashville, people hardly gave country music any respect. We lived in old cars and dirty hotels, and we ate when we could."

"Some of my friends who know me best say they wouldn't trade places with me for $1 million because of the pace I lead."
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