Growing Quotes - Page 12

• Venezuelans are tired of 14 years of promises and no results. The only things growing are inflation, murder and crime. The good indicators - production, education and jobs - are all falling.

  Henrique Capriles Radonski

  Jobs, Fall, Tired

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• I was an athlete when I was growing up.

  Jeremy Renner

  Growing Up, Athlete

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• Growing up, I never imagined I would be an actor.

  Lance Reddick

  Growing Up, Would Be, Actors

  "'Wire' and 'Fringe' star makes music, too". Interview with John Carucci, www.sandiegouniontribune.com. January 10, 2011.

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• It's quite interesting that in my growing up I had several influences. We had gospel music on campus. R&B music was, of course, the community, and radio was country music. So I can kind of see where all the influences came from.

  Lionel Richie

  Country, Growing Up, Interesting

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• Growing up with country, R&B, gospel, and classical music from my grandmother and pop, Tuskegee was the perfect melting pot for my influences as a writer.

  Lionel Richie

  Country, Growing Up, Grandmother

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• TV was my life, growing up. I ran home from school to watch television, and even did my homework with the TV on - my mom had a rule that as long as my grades didn't fall, I was allowed to. So it was my dream to work in television.

  Melissa Rauch

  Mom, Dream, Growing Up

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• I didn't spend much time with my parents when I was growing up.

  Michael Reagan

  Growing Up, Parent

  "Paula Zahn Now", www.cnn.com. July 5, 2004.

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• Eye-popping tales of growing income inequality are hardly new. By now, nearly every American must be painfully aware of the widening pay gap between top executives and shop floor laborers; between 'Master of the Universe' financiers and pretty much everyone else.

  Steven Rattner

  Eye, Pay Gap, Gaps

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• I was at the tail end of the family. The next brother along was already seven years older than me. I remember growing up by myself, playing games by myself.

  Ali Smith

  Brother, Growing Up, Years

  "Life stories". Interview with Louise France, www.theguardian.com. May 22, 2005.

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• Nothing is harmful to literature except censorship, and that almost never stops literature going where it wants to go either, because literature has a way of surpassing everything that blocks it and growing stronger for the exercise.

  Ali Smith

  Block, Exercise, Growing Stronger

  "Ali Smith: Style vs content? Novelists should approach their art with an eye to what the story asks". www.theguardian.com. August 18, 2012.

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• One of the things I teach my children is that I have always invested in myself, and I have never stopped learning, never stopped growing.

  Chesley Sullenberger

  Children, My Children, Teach

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• I used to watch 'Coming to America' every day after school. I have full-on long-running inside jokes with friends and family about different scenes in that movie alone. Also, my brother and I loved 'The Golden Child,' so, yeah: I was a huge fan of Eddie Murphy growing up.

  Gabourey Sidibe

  Running, Brother, Growing Up

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• When I was growing up, the top movies dealt with grown-up, complex emotions.

  John Slattery

  Movie, Growing Up, Emotion

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I remember specifically my mother telling me growing up don't put my business in the street. I was like seven, and I am like, 'What does that mean.

  Karrine Steffans

  Mother, Growing Up, Mean

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• To be able to make up stories has been a great gift to me from my ancestors and from the storytellers who were so numerous at Laguna Pueblo when I was growing up. I learned to read as soon as I could because I wanted stories without having to depend on adults to tell or read stories to me.

  Leslie Marmon Silko

  Growing Up, Adults, Stories

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• That's such a great thing about New York, after growing up in a place and being there for twenty plus years, there's still a whole island to discover.

  Steven Strait

  New York, Growing Up, Islands

  "Son of the City: Steven Strait". Interview Magazine Interview, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 19, 2010.

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• Australia is an island surrounded by water. My fondest memories growing up were trips to the beach, walking around the harbour and playing in the beautiful parks.

  Tammin Sursok

  Beautiful, Beach, Growing Up

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Growing up I definitely looked up to Dominique Moceanu. She was my favorite gymnast and she was on that '96 Olympic team. She was always so fun to watch. I kind of wanted to model my career after hers.

  Alicia Sacramone

  Growing Up, Fun, Team

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• The dance world was a big part of my growing up.

  Amy Sherman-Palladino

  Growing Up, World, Bigs

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• I was a ballerina for 10 years growing up, but I stopped.

  Amy Smart

  Growing Up, Years, Ballerina

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• I permed my hair 12 years ago, because I always wanted a perm, but my mother would never let me have one! I got a lot of stick, but I didn't care - I loved the curls. The growing out was the difficult part!

  Chloe Sevigny

  Mother, Hair, Years

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• Ninety-nine percent of the music that was of any interest to me when I was growing up came out of the black community.

  David Sanborn

  Growing Up, Ninety Nine, Community

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• I guess I'm growing up in the film world.

  Devon Sawa

  Growing Up, World, Film

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• We have to mainstream everybody. No matter what their circumstances when they were growing up. Part of that is knowing that after they're finished with school, everybody in this country gets up and goes to work.

  Donna Shalala

  Country, Growing Up, School

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• I want to share some insight into why someone would want to be a SEAL. A lot of us faced obstacles growing up. I didn't have any type of real nurturing as a kid. I hope people will relate to my story and go, 'Hey, if this guy can do it, so can I.

  Howard E. Wasdin

  Growing Up, Real, Kids

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