Growing Quotes - Page 13

• I used to get made fun of a lot for being a male dancer, especially growing up in Boston. Kids are terrible, they don't realize how heavy words can be.

  Kenny Wormald

  Growing Up, Fun, Kids

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• Growing up, Michael Jordan was my Olympic hero.

  Kerri Walsh

  Growing Up, Hero, Jordan

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• I'm a single child. I wanted a little brother or a little sister growing up, but when I think about it, I'm happy I'm an only child.

  Mae Whitman

  Brother, Children, Growing Up

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

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• That's really what was wonderful for me growing up, since I got to know so many of the songwriters who liked me and thought I had talent. They would then tell me how to read a lyric and sing a song, and challenge me to try and find a different end to a song.

  Margaret Whiting

  Song, Growing Up, Challenges

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• I can't say Boston is 'home-home.' It's definitely a place I'm growing accustomed to. It's such a great sports town.

  Wes Welker

  Sports, Home, Boston

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• I love 'The Stand;' I read it when I was a kid - it was one of my favorite books when I was growing up. I love Stephen King; I think he's a remarkable writer.

  David Yates

  Kings, Growing Up, Book

  "David Yates Talks HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS, Why He Isn’t Directing THE STAND, and His Al Capone Movie". Wizarding World of Harry Potter Interview, collider.com. November 11, 2011.

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• Learn to meditate, practice and don't get frustrated. It will take you years to learn to meditate perfectly. Every time you try, you are growing. It's not as if you have to meditate perfectly to make progress.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Years, Practice

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• I just do not hang around anybody that I don't want to be with. Period. For me, that's been a blessing, and I can stay positive. I hang around people who are happy, who are growing, who want to learn, who don't mind saying sorry or thank you... and [are] having a fun time.

  John Assaraf

  Inspirational, Friendship, Sorry

  FaceBook post by John Assaraf from Mar 05, 2014

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• People get so used to the dark that they think it's growing brighter. It's possible to fraternize with unbelievers until false doctrine becomes less and less objectionable.

  Vance Havner

  Christian, Dark, Thinking

  Vance Havner (1986). “The best of Vance Havner”

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• As long as I remain imperfect and refractory, neither obeying God by practising the commandments nor becoming perfect in spiritual knowledge, Christ from my point of view also appears imperfect and refractory because of me. For I diminish and cripple Him by not growing in spirit with Him, since I am 'the body of Christ and one of its members' (I Cor. 12:27).

  Maximus the Confessor

  Christian, Spiritual, Views

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• So the America I came to know growing up was filled with all the excitement and possibilities found in living the American dream.

  Mia Love

  Dream, Growing Up, America

  "The America I know" by Mia Love, dailycaller.com. August 28, 2012.

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• Growing up, I had a front row seat to seeing two people work really hard. My dad scrubbed toilets at a private Catholic school for a while and that was to help me get through school.

  Mia Love

  Growing Up, Dad, School

  "In Utah, GOP House Candidate Out To Make History". "All Things Considered" with Audie Cornish, www.npr.org. May 3, 2012.

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• I'd studied theater growing up and loved that, but didn't have many examples of artists around me.

  Brit Marling

  Growing Up, Artist, Example

  "Brit Marling: The breakout indie star who’s taking us to “Another Earth” and back again". IFC Interview, www.ifc.com. July 20, 2011.

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• One of my favorite stories growing up was 'A Wrinkle in Time'. I loved that book.

  Brit Marling

  Growing Up, Book, Wrinkles

  "Brit Marling Exclusive Interview Another Earth". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. July 18, 2011.

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• I was always interested in myths growing up. So, first I got into some Roman myths, then I was interested in Norse, then Celtic, then I started spreading to all the other mythologies.

  Grant Morrison

  Growing Up, Firsts, Celtic

  "Grant Morrison Talks Comics, Magic, Life and Death". Interview with A. David Lewis, www.publishersweekly.com. August 11, 2008.

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• Yes, I was slightly outside everything when I was growing up. My mother jokes that I was exchanged at birth. She brought us up to have traditional values. She was absolutely not part of the '60s generation.

  Janet McTeer

  Mother, Growing Up, Generations

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

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• I was a big fan of 'The Smurfs' growing up, even though by default - my mom used to force me to watch because she was a 'Smurfs' fan.

  Jayma Mays

  Mom, Growing Up, Fans

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• The rise of broadband and growing ubiquity of Internet access excites me the most. The world changes a lot when, no matter where you are - in the middle of a deserted highway or in a bustling city - you can get high speed broadband access.

  Matt Mullenweg

  Internet Access, Cities, Ubiquity

  "WordPress, Matt Mullenweg". Interview with Patrick Barkham, www.theguardian.com. November 3, 2006.

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• The problem with growing up in a cafe was the cafe never closed, my parents worked every day of the year from morning to night. So it was a big menagerie of kids, business and cooking!

  Anthony Minghella

  Morning, Growing Up, Kids

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• As I got older, I got into all kinds of things in the streets - but for some reason, I never got caught up with the gangs growing up. Everybody dug me, man. I never had problems.

  Bernie Mac

  Growing Up, Men, Kind

  Bernie Mac (2001). “I Ain't Scared of You: Bernie Mac on How Life Is”, MTV Books

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• You don't grow the economy by growing government.

  Robert Metcalfe

  Government, Economy, Grows

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• My mother was a huge Steelers fan, so they were my team growing up.

  Deron Williams

  Mother, Growing Up, Team

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• Living in Sydney, I've taken the chance to start surfing again. One of my best memories of growing up is catching my first proper wave and surfing across it and my brother cheering at me from the shore.

  Markus Zusak

  Brother, Cheer, Growing Up

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• When I was growing up, I wanted to be a house painter like my father, but I was always screwing up when I went to work with him. I had a talent for knocking over paint and painting myself into corners. I also realized fairly quickly that painting bored me.

  Markus Zusak

  Growing Up, Father, Bored

  FaceBook post by Markus Zusak from Jan 27, 2012

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• My parents met in music school and my father was a music professor and conductor. Growing up, we always had classical and contemporary music playing. There was a lot of Mozart and the Beatles.

  Sara Zarr

  Growing Up, Father, School

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