Quotes about growing
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
growing-up woods midnight
One of the places where we lived when I was growing up had this big wood out the back. And starting when I was about 8, I used to enjoy just walking alone through the wood late. Eleven p.m. Midnight. Later. Christian Bale
growing-up dad character
I don't think I was particularly in need of superheroes. I never had any fascination with Superman or Spider-Man or a Batman kind of character. If it happened at all, it was imagined characters that I had invented. My dad was a role model for me. He was a fascinating man. There was intrigue and entertainment growing up with him. He gave me an edict that I still pursue: “Life should never be boring.
growing-up rejection supportive
Growing up in a family of actors, what's great about it is that they're very supportive and they understand what it's like to be an actor - the rejections, the highs and lows... and having a common language with them is great because you have shorthand speech. Chris Pine
growing-up home safe
I didn't grow up in the typical happy American home, but music was always a safe and wonderful place for me to go. Chris Isaak
growing-up ocean fishing
I didn't grow up in the ocean -- as a matter of fact -- near the ocean -- I grew up in the desert. Therefore, it was a pleasant contrast to see the ocean. And I particularly like it when I'm fishing. George W. Bush
growing-up two doubt
We must be willing to change chairs if we want to grow. There is no permanent compatibility between a chair and a person. And there is no one right chair. What is right at one stage may be restricting at another or too soft. During the passage from one stage to another, we will be between two chairs. Wobbling no doubt, but developing. Gail Sheehy
growing awakening aging
If every day is an awakening, you will never grow old. You will just keep growing.
growing-up down-and shut-up
I won't sit down And I won't shut up And most of all I will not grow up Frank Turner
growing-up want educated
As you grow up and get educated in the business, you go from, 'I want to do movies' to 'I want to work. In whatever. Felicity Huffman
growing-up children character
As a child, I always liked dressing up and getting into character, and actors are lucky in being able to retain that playfulness, though we do seem to find it hard to grow up. Felicity Jones
growing-up divorce thinking
I think that when something happens when you're growing up, like a death or divorce, it does open the world slightly because things aren't as straightforward.