Quotes about growing-up
growing-up nice grateful
Growing up, there wasn't much emphasis on being nice or naughty. As a family, there wasn't much discipline. It was more relaxed at home, which I'm grateful for. Isla Fisher
growing-up grandchildren people
My grandchildren are growing up and they could not understand why the Marcoses are still being crucified although we keep on telling them that we did not steal from the Filipino people. Imelda Marcos
growing-up grandmother louisiana
Growing up in Louisiana, my grandmother gave me an accordion because of our Cajun heritage. What ended up happening was I started learning about more instruments, so I just kind of went that route. Music's really all I've ever done. Hunter Hayes
growing-up grandmother heritage
My first instrument was an accordion. Growing up in Louisiana, my grandmother gave me an accordion because of our Cajun heritage.
growing-up adventure mean
Maybe that's what growing up means, in the end - you go far enough in the direction of - somewhere - and you realise that you've neutered the capacity of the term home to mean anything. [...] We don't get an endless number of orbits away from the place where meaning first arises, that treasure-house of first experiences. What we learn, instead, is that our adventures secure us in our isolation. Experience revokes our licence to return to simpler times. Sooner or later, there's no place remotely like home. Gregory Maguire
growing-up real people
Journalism is a kind of profession, or craft, or racket, for people who never wanted to grow up and go out into the real world. Harry Reasoner
growing-up responsibility views
For me, growing up in a ridiculously poor family living in dead-end neighborhoods, Superman was a deeply personal icon, one that said you can do anything if you put your mind to it. What he stood for formed the core of who I wanted to be as I grew up, and informed how I view the world and my responsibilities to other people. J. Michael Straczynski
growing-up passion soul
But he cannot see a connection between the end of yearning and the end of poetry. Is that what growing up amounts to: growing out of yearning, of passion, of all intensities of the soul? J. M. Coetzee
growing-up dad jail
My dad went to jail for a long time. We lost everything, and the situation never resolved itself. My parents had this sort of passionate, disastrous desire for each other - not ideal to grow up in. Natalia Kills
growing-up russia people
I live a very different life now, with incredible privileges, but looking back I realise that growing up in Russia gave me tools that other people don't necessarily have - such as the will to push that bit further, to make things happen, to succeed. Natalia Vodianova
growing-up fighting america
Growing up in a very rural and remote area in Colorado's San Luis Valley - one of the poorest counties in the United States - essentially created the framework of values from which I operate. I stand up for the little guy. I fight discrimination at all levels. I fight for an inclusive America. Ken Salazar
growing-up fans my-favorite
I'm a huge candy fan. My favorite growing up was always Sour Belts or Sour Straws. Kendall Schmidt
growing-up dad speech
My dad is my everything. He always had the craziest speeches for Kylie [Kendall]and me growing up, good words to live by. Kendall Jenner
growing-up cheerleader relate
I was a cheerleader growing up, so I can relate to that! Kelly Stables
growing-up struggle responsibility
It is not always easy to be who we are, but as we grow up and mature and develop coping mechanisms that enable us to survive and thrive in a complicated world, we have the responsibility to reach back and help others still struggling along the way. In so doing, we can also help ourselves. Above all, we cannot allow each generation to grow up in a world where they feel they are alone while we carry so much knowledge, history, and foundation that we can, and must, pass on to them. Keith Boykin
growing-up silly able
I was able to grow up and do silly things and have a life with only a small amount of public scrutiny. Keisha Castle-Hughes
growing-up important spotlight
I know from growing up in the spotlight, as it were, that the most important thing is your family. Kate Burton
growing-up earthquakes feelings
Feeling earthquakes was part of growing up, and also preparing for them: doing earthquake drills, or having earthquake supplies. The looming feeling was part of my life. My experience of earthquakes has always been more the fear of them, or the possibility. Karen Thompson Walker
growing-up philosophy philosophical
I don't feel proprietorial about the problems of philosophy. History has taught us that many philosophical issues can grow up, leave home and live elsewhere. Julian Baggini
growing-up memories thinking
The first thing I think of when I hear the name of Lucille Ball is a Hollywood legend. I have fond memories of growing up at her house, but she was a different person off the set than she was on the set. Keith Thibodeaux
growing-up thinking age
Everybody thinks you reach a certain age and you're a grownup, but it's not true. Nobody grows up until the day they croak. Keith Richards
growing-up two church
When you are growing up there are two institutional places that affect you most powerfully: the church, which belongs to God, and the public library, which belongs to you.
growing-up kids men
I always challenged men, in foot races or whatever as a kid growing up, because it was a way of pushing myself and challenging myself against the best - but you have to know and accept that men are born with testosterone. You can beat them for so long, but eventually they'll catch up. Katie Uhlaender
growing-up character acceptance
I have always said the success of the show has stemmed from our audience being able to relate to the characters on different levels - being based on the universally loved Arthurian legend is only a tiny part of its success - it's a story about acceptance and growing up. The breathtaking finale of this series leaves you with no doubt that characters have been on their journeys and had their stories told - it's completely the right time to draw our telling of the story to a close. Katie McGrath
growing-up ambition people
When I was growing up, I said I wanted to be a model, but people said I had no chance and when I realized my ambition, people in the business still continued to state negative stuff. Katie Price
growing-up childhood forever
Elves apparently had a short childhood. Not like witches, who seemed to take forever to grow up, according to Jenks. Kim Harrison
growing-up feeling-alone feelings
He didn't want Lucy to grow up feeling alone, surrounded by everything and having nothing.
growing-up growing hard-love
Growing up is hard, love. Otherwise everyone would do it.
growing-up home thinking
Im pretty shy when I go home because I was pretty shy growing up, and I think I go back to that person. Kerry Condon
growing-up hero jordan
Growing up, Michael Jordan was my Olympic hero. Kerri Walsh
growing-up fun husband
I want to be the best role model I can be for my family. I want my husband and I to be the ones our kids look to for guidance, to be the great role models that I had with my parents growing up, so for as hard as we work, I want our kids to see us having fun. I want our kids to know that we have to feel our bodies. And nutrition is a huge part of that.
growing-up support-systems needs
You have to rely on your support system. Growing up, I always thought it was a sign of weakness to ask for help, but now I realize it's really a sign of strength to say, 'I need help, I can't do it all.'
growing-up role-models roles
Growing up, I would say Wonder Woman and Nancy Drew were definite role models for me. Historically, I know Amelia Earhart stands out for me. Keri Russell