Growing Quotes (773 quotes)

Picture of quotation author Russell Brand
„When I was growing up, I thought I'd be a lot happier if I was famous and successful and if I had money.“
― Russell Brand ―
Picture of quotation author Dirk Nowitzki
„Growing up, my idols were Lucky Luke and Jolly Jumper. And Scottie Pippen.“
― Dirk Nowitzki ―
Picture of quotation author Bobby Orr
„Growing up in Canada, most kids from Canada dream of playing in the NHL, and they also hope one day to be on a Stanley Cup team. That was a big goal.“
― Bobby Orr ―
Picture of quotation author Hope Solo
„Growing up, I felt insecure about my build. I didn't feel very feminine. But as time went on, I learned to completely embrace my body.“
― Hope Solo ―
Picture of quotation author Zubin Mehta
„The private sector is growing so incredibly in India, in every city you have industries for whom building a concert hall would be nothing financially. But they just don't do it.“
― Zubin Mehta ―
Picture of quotation author Barbara Kingsolver
„At home, growing up, we weren't really poor. We had everything we needed, we just didn't have what we wanted.“
Picture of quotation author Tyler Perry
„The most important thing that I learned in growing up is that forgiveness is something that, when you do it, you free yourself to move on.“
― Tyler Perry ―
Picture of quotation author Keri Russell
„People still take it really personally. They come up to me at breakfast places like, 'When are you growing your hair back?'“
― Keri Russell ―
Picture of quotation author Gerald Chertavian
„The millennial generation and a growing number of employees are looking for more than just a paycheck. If a nonprofit could make that easy for me, they are doing me a favor. It's not just a one-way value exchange; it is an internal morale building opportunity.“
Picture of quotation author Ryan Gosling
„I never was that boy who loved gangster films, but when I was growing up, I was obsessed with the detective Dick Tracy. It was one of my favourite movies as a kid, and he really inspired me. I would have loved to be part of that golden age of Hollywood in the 1940s. It made me want to become an actor.“
― Ryan Gosling ―
Picture of quotation author Rafe Spall
„It's properly scary playing a leading man. Growing up, I always wanted to be a character actor.“
― Rafe Spall ―
Picture of quotation author Sara Zarr
„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.“
― Sara Zarr ―
Picture of quotation author Ginnifer Goodwin
„It took me realizing that a broken heart has never actually killed anyone to find the courage to ask for what I want, in just about every situation. That was part of my own growing up.“
Picture of quotation author Christine McVie
„There were a lot of bad feelings when Lindsey first left the band. But there's been a lot of healing going on, growing up, maturing. The bond is a great deal stronger than what we first thought.“
― Christine McVie ―
Picture of quotation author Ruth Bader Ginsburg
„My mother told me two things constantly. One was to be a lady and the other was to be independent, and the law was something most unusual for those times because for most girls growing up in the '40s, the most important degree was not your B.A. but your M.R.S.“
Picture of quotation author Lily Donaldson
„Growing up I always used to shop in Oxfam. I'd find things for 50p and then take them home, cut them up and make them into something new.“
― Lily Donaldson ―
Picture of quotation author Hillary Clinton
„When I was growing up, my parents always told me that I had to do what I thought was right and not listen to other people. That was hard for me.“
― Hillary Clinton ―
Picture of quotation author Dylan Moran
„A lot of the fiction I read growing up was post-war American, and not all of it centers on Manhattan, but around people of the Mad Men generation, people like John Cheever and, in more modern times, Don DeLillo, who I always mention.“
― Dylan Moran ―
Picture of quotation author Alanis Morissette
„What's that line from TS Eliot? To arrive at the place where you started, but to know it for the first time. I'm able to write about a breakup from a different place. Same brokenness. Same rock-bottom. But a little more informed, now I'm older. Thank God for growing up.“
Picture of quotation author Natalie Maines
„Growing up, I thought I was going to be Madonna. I wanted to be a pop star. I wanted to dance and sing.“
― Natalie Maines ―

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