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My favorite memories growing up in North Carolina were hunting and fishing with my father and brothers. There, I developed a deep appreciation for protecting land and waterways. There, I learned outdoorsmanship.

— Louis Bacon

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I love North Carolina.

— Tyler Hilton

Once I graduated from university, I wanted to climb and be outdoors as much as possible. I worked as a part-time carpenter and kept up a relationship with The North Face. One thing led to another, and I'm lucky to be where I am now. It was a circuitous path with lots of adventure throughout.

— Conrad Anker

I went to North Carolina to play football.

— Mickey Rivers

Growing up in a rural setting in Minnesota, I was raised with the outdoors and a sense of adventure.

— Ann Bancroft

People have asked me about the 19th century and how I knew so much about it. And the fact is I really grew up in the 19th century, because North Carolina in the 1950s, the early years of my childhood, was exactly synchronous with North Carolina in the 1850s. And I used every scrap of knowledge that I had.

— Allan Gurganus

My father also encouraged my love of nature. He urged me to become a Cub Scout, and later a Boy Scout, and I found I really liked being outdoors.

— Ed Begley, Jr.

One of the central memories of my childhood is of hunting - not well; I am a terrible shot - quail and dove and grouse on a farm on the Tennessee River.

— Jon Meacham

I enjoyed growing up part of my life in Virginia Beach. We had the ocean and the beach and a beautiful landscape. We were outdoors all the time and we played outside.

— Mark Ruffalo

✗Opposing Perspectives

Growing up on a mountain in Tennessee, I spent most of my childhood outside.

— Rachel Boston

I grew up in North Carolina, and I grew up on wrestling.

— Ken Jeong