4,004 Quotes About Growing-up

  • Author Robert Palmer
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    My access to music when I was growing up was through pirate radio, you know, transistor radio under the pillow, listening to one more and then 'just one more' until your favourite track comes on.

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  • Author Robert B. Parker
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    We split a bottle of Norman cider. Not everybody sells Norman cider by the bottle. "Has a European feel" Susan said. "That sounds terrific" I said. "Can I have one?" Susan grinned at me. "How did you ever get to be so big without growing up?" she said. "Iron self-control" I said.

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  • Author Rosa Parks
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    I believe we are here on the planet Earth to live, grow up and do what we can to make this world a better place for all people to enjoy freedom.

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  • Author Ryan Phillippe
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    I grew up with no money. My kids will grow up with a lot of money and so it's really important to me, and it will always be a part of my parenting, to keep them conscientious and connected socially to other people.

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  • Author Sarah Jessica Parker
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    I think growing up in a big family taught me a lot of problem solving and how to share and compromise, and that's been helpful in my marriage.

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  • Author Sara Paretsky
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    She knew the intensity of adolescence, and knew no cure for it except growing up. And then one has age and experience, and mourns the loss of intensity. Maybe it's why musicians and mathmaticians are said to peak young-poetry needs the fire of an unbounded universe.

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