Teenager Quotes - Page 7

• Ever since I was a kid, I always wanted to play music that I liked, and even when I was in cover bands when I was a teenager we only played cover tunes that we liked. That was the simple morality that I grew up with.

  Neil Peart

  Kids, Simple, Play

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• The thing I longed for as a teenager is now an object of neglect and scorn. I've grown to hate my telephone.

  Wendy Wasserstein

  Hate, Technology, Telephones

  Wendy Wasserstein (1990). “Bachelor Girls”, Alfred A. Knopf

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• He was as needy as she was. Alvin Finch only wanted to be needed. Loved. And absent of either, he resorted to deflecting his pain by killing. Just like a teenager might resort to deflecting the pain of rejection by cutting. People did a lot of crazy things to be wanted.

  Ted Dekker

  Pain, Crazy, Cutting

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• I can't tell you how many people would say to me as a teenager, 'Why don't you grow up and start thinking about getting a real job?

  Rick Baker

  Jobs, Growing Up, Real

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• I'm not a big gore hound but monster gore is different to me than killing a teenager in any way that you can when another human-like person does it. I don't know how I rationalize that really but it seems different to me.

  Rick Baker

  Monsters, Doe, Different

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• Teenagers are free verse walking around on two legs.

  Dorothy Allison

  Two, Legs, Walking

  Dorothy Allison, Mae Miller Claxton (2012). “Conversations with Dorothy Allison”, p.119, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• No matter where you are or where you grow up, you always go through the same awkward moments of being a teenager and growing up and trying to figure out who you are.

  Aimee Teegarden

  Growing Up, Awkward, Trying

  "Jackson Rathbone and Aimee Teegarden Interview AIM HIGH". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 17, 2011.

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• My focus has kind of been on teenagers, you know, and I think we've got a huge crisis right now in America, among our teens.

  Sean Covey

  Thinking, America, Focus

  "Glenn Back Show", www.cnn.com. August 10, 2007.

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• I was born looking older... and I've been aging since I was a teenager.

  Charles Durning

  Aging, Born

  "'Tootsie' Actor Charles Durning Dead at 89" by Brandi Fowler, www.eonline.com. December 25, 2012.

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• I had teen angst for a while, but I think every teenager has the angst.

  Jamie Bell

  Thinking, Angst, Teenage Angst

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

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• Dads should lead their family in the right ways of thinking. In this case, it would’ve been nice if the President would’ve been an actual leader and helped shape their thoughts instead of merely reflecting what many teenagers think after one too many episodes of Glee.

  Bristol Palin

  Dad, Nice, Thinking

  "Bristol Palin Slams Obama's Gay Marriage Stance: It's Based on 'Too Many Episodes of Glee'" by Todd Gilchrist, www.hollywoodreporter.com. May 10, 2012.

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• I went freelance in 1996 and my children are now teenagers and it seemed right.

  Rachel Johnson

  Children, My Children

  "Rachel Johnson: 'I have a duty not to be boring'". Interview With Emine Saner, www.theguardian.com. April 26, 2010.

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• It's every teenager's dream to be in a band, tour the world and be famous.

  Joey McIntyre

  Dream, Band, World

  "NKOTBSB interview: 'One Direction need good songs for success'". Interview with Lewis Corner, www.digitalspy.com. March 16, 2012.

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• If I was a fan of someone as a teenager, then it's OK for me to feel completely in awe when I meet them.

  Alex Kapranos

  Fans, Awe, Feels

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

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• When I was a teenager, my dad used to put a lot of pressure on me to be successful, and I'd really beat myself up about things like losing martial arts competitions.

  Dolph Lundgren

  Art, Dad, Successful

  "MH Grill: Dolph Lundgren". Interview with Brittany Kennedy, www.menshealth.co.uk. February 19, 2013.

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• When I was a teenager, I went on an organised three-day tour of Rome. It was the worst experience ever. I promised myself that I would never travel like that again, with someone telling you what to see and what not to see.

  Diego Luna

  Rome, Three, Worst

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• My first hero, as a teenager, was James Connolly. I remember discovering that he was a feminist, and that was an eye-opener, coming from a man of such poverty.

  Frances O'Grady

  Hero, Eye, Men

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• We live in a dark time. Books are as dark as what is available to teenagers through the media every day.

  Tamora Pierce

  Book, Dark, Media

  "YA authors Ally Condie and Tamora Pierce". Interview with Amy L. Hayden, www.timeout.com. November 7, 2011.

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• When I was a teenager, if you'd asked me, I would have said I was in a relationship with New York City. It was my first real love.

  Aleksa Palladino

  New York, Real, Cities

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• 'Slumdog' was my first movie, and I had never been to India before - I was just a teenager in the U.K. with my headphones and my Nike shoes. What did I know about growing up in a slum?

  Dev Patel

  Nike, Growing Up, Shoes

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

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• It's rough being a teenager in this day and age.

  Kay Panabaker

  Rough, This Day, Age

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

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• There's no such thing as a teenager that listens to a single word their father says.

  Justin Townes Earle

  Father, Single Word

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• I have a nice smile, pretty lips, and big round cheeks. They help me look like a teenager.

  Gabourey Sidibe

  Nice, Looks, Lips

  "Need to Meet: Gabourey Sidibe". Interview with Thelma Adams, www.marieclaire.com. July 22, 2010.

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• In general, you don't want to move your kids when they're teenagers. They're not going to be happy with you.

  Jeremy Sisto

  Moving, Kids, Want

  "'Suburgatory' Star Jeremy Sisto: 'I'd Personally Want to Raise My Child in New York'" by Jethro Nededog, www.hollywoodreporter.com. October 05, 2011.

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• Every time an adult is going to write something for a teenager and you don't have, physically, a person who is that, you are always going to be a little off.

  Zoe Saldana

  Writing, Adults, Littles

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