Quotes about growing-up
growing-up smart white
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. Halle Berry
growing-up father thinking
Although some people will say it's a cliché, I think not having had a father when I was growing up affect me negatively because I didn't have a good role model to follow.
growing-up children race
When you grow up in that (multi-ethnic) environment, you see the world differently. Being a mixed-race child, I didn't always see colour in people, I really didn't. It was other people that made me see the colour all the time.
growing-up children men
In the lives of children, pumpkins turn into coaches, mice and rats turn into men. When we grow up, we realize it is far more common for men to turn into rats. Gregory Maguire
growing-up years gone
With each year that's gone by, and as I grow up and get older, I've become more mature, of course, but you have a sense of who you are, and you find confidence in that. Hope Solo
growing-up insecure body
Growing up, I felt insecure about my build. I didn't feel very feminine. But as time went on, I learned to completely embrace my body.
growing-up night enough
To grow up requires a whole life but to become old one night is enough. Ignazio Silone
growing-up kids thinking
I still think most writers are just kids who refuse to grow up. We're still playing imaginary games, with our imaginary friends. Ian Rankin
growing-up life-lesson home
Growing up in rural Louisiana, the ecosystem around our home wove harmoniously into our family and into our daily life. Every life lesson that trickled its way into my being came from a mutually respectful relationship between the environment and my family. Ian Somerhalder
growing-up children moving
With the right support, a child growing up in a dysfunctional household, who was destined for a lifetime on benefits could be put on an entirely different track - one which sees them move into fulfilling and sustainable work. In doing so, they will pull themselves out of poverty. Iain Duncan Smith
growing-up drama school
I knew I wanted to be an actor when I was growing up, really. So when I decided to go to university instead of drama school, it was with the intention of becoming an actor afterwards. Hugh Dancy
growing-up fans albums
I was a huge fan of comedy and movies and TV growing up, and I was able to memorize and mimic a lot of things, not realizing that that meant I probably wanted to be an actor. I just really, really amused myself and my friends with memorizing entire George Carlin or Steve Martin albums. Hank Azaria
growing-up real eye
We are all shaped by where we grow up, though that shaping takes different forms. I dont think theres any doubt that coming of age in Winnipeg both opened my eyes and made me hungry - if I can subvert all claims to be a real writer by mixing metaphors like that. Guy Gavriel Kay
growing-up growing swimmer
I wanted to be an Olympic swimmer when I was growing up. Grace Gummer
growing-up school watches
I didn't really watch action films growing up! I grew up on stuff like 'Anne of Green Gables' - that was more when I was in elementary school. It was all I ever watched. Gina Carano
growing-up stupid kids
You score goals as a kid. Then you grow up stupid and become a goalkeeper. Gianluigi Buffon
growing-up stupidity apes
The great thing about this jungle of ours is that anyone of you could grow up to be Lord of the apes. Gary Larson
growing-up mountain colorado
Growing up in Denver, I'm sure it started with loving the Colorado mountains. Gale Norton
growing-up wings littles
The Very Hungry Caterpillar” story is about hope. You, like the little caterpillar, will grow up, unfold your wings and fly off into the future Eric Carle
growing-up looks littles
The music scene as I look at it today is a little different from when I was growing up. The percentages are roughly the same - 95 percent rubbish, 5 percent pure. Eric Clapton
growing-up church-choir mum
When I was growing up, I'd be in the choir. My mum was the organist in the church, so I'd sing in the church. Enya
growing-up kids snitch
When I was growing up, kids used to talk about snitching. It never extended as a cultural norm outside of the gangsters, Geoffrey Canada
growing-up father mean
Boys want to grow up to be like their male role models. And boys who grow up in homes with absent fathers search the hardest to figure out what it means to be male.
growing-up thinking mortality
I always think that good writers should be growing up on the brink of death - it really lets them see mortality very clearly. Gary Shteyngart
growing-up america russia
I was very, very sick when I was growing up in Russia. The ambulance constantly came to our house. I had horrible asthma that is easily treated in America, but they didn't even have inhalers back in Russia.
growing-up anger class
Growing up in a particular neighborhood, growing up in a working-class family, not having much money, all of those things fire you and can give you an edge, can give you an anger. Gary Oldman
growing-up kids skills
Some parents were awful back then and are awful still. The process of raising you didn't turn them into grown-ups. Parents who were clearly imperfect can be helpful to you. As you were trying to grow up despite their fumbling efforts, you had to develop skills and tolerances other kids missed out on. Some of the strongest people I know grew up taking care of inept, invalid, or psychotic parents--but they know the parents weren't normal, healthy, or whole. Frank Pittman
growing-up parent want
My parents were very poor, but we never felt any sense of need or want. It was a very close, loving, tightly-knit family growing up, and I never felt any sense of deprivation or anything like that. George J. Mitchell
growing-up latin school
When I was growing up, I was as socially outcast as any nerd could possibly be. I was in the chess club, I brought D&D stuff to school, I had every game system you could imagine, I spent countless hours at arcades, computer camp, loud presence in the Latin Club. All that stuff. Chris Hardwick
growing-up effort nerd
Growing up in the 70s and 80s, it took effort to be a nerd. You had to seek out the nerd stuff.
growing-up memories school
I was very competitive growing up. I can't even play chess anymore because I used to play tournament chess in school. There's too much sense memory of sitting in front of a chess board and getting super intense about it. It's ruined the game for me.
growing-up faults looks
Now I'm growing and I can see my faults. I can look at myself objectively and say I can't blame anyone else; it was my own damn fault. Christopher Atkins
growing-up dad house
My dad is a carpenter, a joiner, and I used to watch him make things. So I always imagined that I'd do something where I made things, too. I was really more interested in architecture growing up because I would work with my dad on houses. Christopher Bailey