Growing Up Quotes - Page 30

• My dream in growing up in the city of Detroit was to be Mayor. At the family picnics from the time I was 9-years-old that's what I told people I was going to be. The mayor of the city of Detroit.

  Kwame Kilpatrick

  Dream, Years, Cities

  Source: www.finalcall.com

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• You can't grow up without taking a few knocks on the way. All parents know that, but children when they're growing up, they take some knocks, and nasty knocks sometimes if they've been too protected.

  Ibn Warraq

  Children, Parent, Way

  Source: ibnwarraq.com

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• The street is where we all learn. I played organized football growing up as well, but when that was over, I went right to the street. I remember twisting my ankles, breaking my thumb, I hurt everything when I was little playing street ball.

  Champ Bailey

  Football, Hurt, Balls

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• When asked what I'd be if I weren't a writer, I'm tempted to respond with one of father's favorite phrases, one I despised while growing up: "I hate 'what-ifs.'"

  Cate Marvin

  Father, Hate, Phrases

  Source: www.redividerjournal.org

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• I always loved science and math growing up. I was born in Iran; I grew up there and then came to the United States when I was about 16 years old. And I thought that this was my opportunity to get involved with something really cool and great.

  Anousheh Ansari

  Math, Opportunity, Iran

  Source: www.ncwit.org

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• When you grow up in a place (whether as a child or an adult) you squeeze everything out of it. You need so much when you're young.

  Vestal McIntyre

  Children, Adults, Needs

  Source: roosterweathervane.tumblr.com

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• The point here is what makes human beings different from other creatures is our ability to use language. We can use words to express ourselves in very eloquent and complex ways. We grow up telling and listening to stories. That's what turns us into the people we are.

  Flemming Rose

  People, Being Different, Listening

  Source: theundercurrent.org

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• 'Sacrifice' seems like such a strong word to me because I wouldn't say I've sacrificed anything. If I didn't enjoy what I do, I wouldn't do it. I might have missed out on a few things when I was younger and growing up.

  Liam Tancock

  Strong, Sacrifice, Might

  Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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• As a Canadian it's something you grow up with. Where I'm from in Canada the ground usually freezes in late October and the lake is frozen until late March. We learn to skate at a young age and I learned to skate when I was three. I was on an outdoor rink when I was three-years-old.

  Gerad Adams

  Lakes, Years, Age

  Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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• 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

  Dad, House, Watches

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I had a lot of negativity growing up, so I understand how to block the negativity out.

  Dwight Howard

  Block, Negativity, Growing

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• Nobody thought that I was going to make it to the NBA. I only had a couple of believers growing up.

  Dwight Howard

  Couple, Nba, Believer

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• You literally can shoot someone in the face on television and a 7-year-old can watch it. But you can't show the slight of a man's hip, because dear God, someone might think of sex. And while we all hope our kids grow up to have sex, we do not hope they grow up to shoot someone in the face.

  Shonda Rhimes

  Sex, Kids, Men

  "Shonda Rhimes knows when and how ‘Scandal’ ends. She’s just not telling". Interview with Alan Sepinwall, uproxx.com. September 24, 2015.

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• I think that what I was talking about was that as a woman growing up in a Mormon tradition in Salt Lake City, Utah, we were taught - and we are still led to believe - that the most important value is obedience. But that obedience in the name of religion or patriotism ultimately takes our souls. So I think it's this larger issue of what is acceptable and what is not; where do we maintain obedience and law and where do we engage in civil disobedience - where we can cross the line physically and metaphorically and say, "No, this is no longer appropriate behavior."

  Terry Tempest Williams

  Believe, Thinking, Utah

  Source: www.scottlondon.com

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• Neverland is a place where you don't grow up, then you have to confront your past.

  Edward Kitsis

  Past, Neverland, Grows

  Source: collider.com

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• When I was growing up, you sort of did the unthinkable. You did something that has never really been replicated.

  Jason Wu

  Growing, Unthinkable

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• When I was growing up in Baltimore, the Colts were not just a team that played in the city. It was part of the city. Football players didn't make close to the money they make today and most took jobs in the off-season. Some were mechanics, others worked at furniture stores, and you could find them drinking at a neighborhood watering hole.

  Barry Levinson

  Football, Jobs, Team

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• When we were growing up, we were so poor that our heritage was the only thing we had. Mama would say, 'Kids, pour more water in the soup. Better days are coming.'

  Ashley Judd

  Kids, Water, Soup

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• I'm a boy who doesn't want to grow up.

  Ray Park

  Boys, Want, Grows

  Source: collider.com

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• Very good training to just be a person is growing up in Canada. People say a lot of things about Canada, like that it's boring, but if you look around the world, you can praise boring. It's a very civilized place to grow up. I'm very proud of it.

  Mike Myers

  People, Training, Looks

  Source: collider.com

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• I think you grow up wanting to be a racing driver. Then it dawns on you that it's not going to happen.

  Dominic Cooper

  Thinking, Racing, Dawn

  "Aaron Paul and Dominic Cooper interview: Need For Speed". Interview with Ryan Lambie, www.denofgeek.com. Mar 11, 2014.

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• As a kid I was into horror. I loved horror. Horror was huge. I was always into horror. Goosebumps for me was massive growing up. Horror for me was always a big thing.

  Jamie Campbell Bower

  Kids, Horror, Goosebumps

  Source: www.moviesonline.ca

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• I don't have formal training at all, but I did grow up around design. My parents both flipped homes. A typical weekend for us was walking through model home units. I loved walking through interesting floor plans and seeing different design aesthetics.

  Jeremiah Brent

  Home, Weekend, Interesting

  Source: www.goodhousekeeping.com

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• Growing up, I played about every sport imaginable except soccer and hockey. I've always had a passion for basketball. I remember actually playing basketball when I was two or three years old. The time I knew that I could really take my game to the next level.

  Dwight Howard

  Basketball, Soccer, Sports

  "NBA All-Star Dwight Howard talks about family, faith and destiny". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com.

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• A lot of pubs in London are now faceless, expensive yuppy bars. Not like when I was growing up. The pub used to be, and should be, the pillar of community.

  Jason Flemyng

  Community, Pillars, Bars

  Source: www.mirror.co.uk

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