Quotes about growing
growing-up struggle thinking
It was natural to see the struggle for dignity for black people in America as a sister struggle of the Jewish struggle. So growing up, it was always a part of my breakfast cereal to think of myself as someone who was part of a larger struggle. Eugene Jarecki
growing-up maturity church
Church is the textured context in which we grow up in Christ to maturity. But church is difficult. Sooner or later, though, if we are serious about growing up in Christ, we have to deal with church. I say sooner. Eugene H. Peterson
growing-up looks tvs
I did grow up in a rough neighborhood in Portland, which is an abstract concept for anybody who's rolled through Portland because now it looks like a TV set, literally. Esperanza Spalding
growing-up suffering grows
You can grow up with literally nothing and you don’t suffer if you know you’re loved and valued,
growing-up school reform
Until you're grown-up they send you to reform school. After you're grown-up they send you to the penitentiary. Ernest Hemingway
growing-up rap successful
Growing up listening to rap music, you almost feel like you should have haters. That's an important part of being a successful musician. It's a good thing, I guess. Ezra Koenig
growing-up growing firsts
Well, growing up in the '90s, my first true love was ska music.
growing-up growth wells
I had to grow up and learn to listen for the unspoken as well as the spoken-and to know a truth. Eudora Welty
growing-up men mars
The modern version of Buridan's ass [a figurative description of a man of indecision] has a Ph.D., but no time to grow up as he is undecided between making a Leonardo da Vinci in the test tube or planting a Coca Cola sign on Mars. Erwin Chargaff
growing-up thinking past
Goth culture, as mired in the past as it is, even it goes through changes, so Goth when I was growing up is not what it is now. When I think of Goth culture as it is at the moment I think of mall culture. Jhonen Vasquez
growing-up brain experience
I'm definitely incredibly attracted to the aesthetic of what is typically deemed goth stuff, but. A lot of my experience growing up was in being around that kind of thing, and it's just what sinks into a person's brain.
growing-up moving loss
Ive inherited a sense of that loss from my parents because it was so palpable all the time while I was growing up, the sense of what my parents had sacrificed in moving to the United States, and yet at the same time, building a life here and all that that entailed. Jhumpa Lahiri
growing-up wife waiting
I'm only waiting for my wife to grow up. Grover Cleveland
growing lucky ifs
Growing old is something you do if you're lucky. Groucho Marx
growing-up parent splits
Although we didn't have much when I was growing up in Split, Croatia, my parents always tried to ensure that my sister and I had the things we needed, and it was enough for us. Goran Ivanisevic
growing-up should grows
It is not the question, what am I going to be when I grow up; you should ask the question, who am I going to be when I grow up. Goldie Hawn
growing-up important want
It isn't really important to decide when you are very young just exactly what you want to become when you grow up. It is much more important to decide on the way you want to live. If you are going to be honest with yourself and honest with your friends, if you are going to get involved in causes which are good for others, not only for yourselves, then it seems to me that that is sufficient, and maybe what you will be is only a matter of chance. Golda Meir
growing-up thinking giving
It was extremely useful to grow up in front of the camera. It gives the camera no significance. I think it helped me have perspective on things. The attraction that Hollywood can have, I feel like I'm over that. Instead I just concentrate on acting. Giovanni Ribisi
growing-up support-you giving
When you come from a big family, you see that, growing up, you're learning how to share. Your sisters have got your back; you're not alone in this - 'We all support you!' Your family provides that; it gives you a sense of safety, and it's a very grounding feeling. Gisele Bundchen
growing-up thinking years
I feel like life is so special and so great, every year I feel like I learn more, and I grow, and I think it's exciting to grow up.
growing-up want trouble
I don't want to hear any words like that while I'm here. Scout, you'll get in trouble if you go around saying things like that. You want to grow up to be a lady, don't you?' I said not particularly. Harper Lee
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 studs eternal
It's cool not growing old. I like being the eternal stud.
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