Quotes of: Grow-up Keyword

My mother loved Gene Wilder when I was growing up, so I used to watch all his movies with her. I just adore him.

Lucy Punch

Growing up, I always loved Disney movies, but the first movie I remember seeing is 'Sleepers,' so I wasn't really taken to children's movies.

Sarah Silverman

When I was growing up, I never heard the word 'racism.' It was only in Paris I encountered that.

Azzedine Alaia

You don't say, I'm going to be a writer when I grow up - at least I didn't.

Anthony Doerr

Almost 24 million children - one in three - are likely growing up without their father involved in their lives.

Arne Duncan

I had a lot of growing up to do. A lot of times, I learned the hard way.

Allen Iverson

I was a very observant child. The boys in my books are based on boys in my neighborhood growing up.

Beverly Cleary

Growing up, I wasn't an athlete or anything like that. The only place I felt like I belonged was in the theater.

Bobby Cannavale

Growing up in politics I know that women decide all elections because we do all the work.

Caroline Kennedy

Every cliche about kids is true; they grow up so quickly, you blink and they're gone, and you have to spend the time with them now. But that's a joy.

Liam Neeson

Growing up in New York City, I was always encouraged to question authority, and I think I confused patriotism with jingoism.

Claire Danes

I didn't grow up with a mother, so I don't have that resource to rely on and ask a million questions.

Vanessa Minnillo

When I was growing up, my white friends would call me: 'Hey, Chief!' Even when I go to work now, people call me 'Chief.'

Adam Beach

When we're growing up there are all sorts of people telling us what to do when really what we need is space to work out who to be.

Ellen Page

I was a bit of a troubled kid growing up, let's put it that way. I didn't take pleasure in hard work.

Matt Taibbi

Growing up, I fantasized about being a rock musician and that somehow it would be really easy. I didn't realize that it's so much work.

Sean Lennon

Don't tell me from genetics. What've they got to do with it?" said Crowley. "Look at Satan. Created as an angel, grows up to be the Great Adversary. Hey, if you're going to go on about genetics, you might as well say the kid will grow up to be an ang...

Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

You won't help shoots grow by pulling them up higher.

Chinese

Why can't the ex-Chemist have a second chance? I get that we're kids and he's an adult, but you don't learn everything before you grow up. You learn until grass grows on your grave.

The Graham Cracker Plot

Think back to yourself at age 18. I know I was mighty different than the Patti I am today. As we grow up, we grow out of our haircuts, our apartments and - often times - our romantic decisions.

Patti Stanger

Oh, but she never wanted James to grow a day older or Cam either. These two she would have liked to keep for ever just as the way they were, demons of wickedness, angels of delight, never to see them grow up into long-legged monsters.

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