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Melinda Gates

"I think it's very important that we instill in our kids that it has nothing to do with their name or their situation that they're growing up in; it has to do with who they are as an individual."

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"I think it's very important that we instill in our kids that it has nothing to do with their name or their situation that they're growing up in; it has to do with who they are as an individual."

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"Well, when I was growing up it was Ozzie and Harriet on TV - nobody's parents were like that."

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"Conway Twitty was always our local hero while I was growing up. He had a series of good bands. I wanted to sit in, if Conway would let me. And he did a couple of times."

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"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."

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"I was growing up listening to Queen. Freddie Mercury threw those incredible melodies into his songs."

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"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."

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"There are things about growing up in a small town that you can't necessarily quantify."

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"I think from here on it's up to me to prove that I'm growing up and that I have other things to say, but in terms of the show it definitely gave me all of the opportunities I've had so far."

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"I was a handful growing up."

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"I've always dreamed of growing up to be Amy Poehler."

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