4,004 Quotes About Growing-up


  • Author DeForest Soaries
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    When I was growing up, we used to play basketball in a park that was never shoveled when it snowed. The basketball rims were never fixed. And we understood then that there was a relationship between public policy and our quality of life.

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  • Author Donna Shalala
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    We have to mainstream everybody. No matter what their circumstances when they were growing up. Part of that is knowing that after they're finished with school, everybody in this country gets up and goes to work.

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  • Author Dougray Scott
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    You grow up a lot in terms of your understanding of the industry and how to deal with the corporate things.

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  • Author Ed Sheeran
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    Growing up, I was inspired by The Beatles and Bob Dylan. Damian Rice was a huge influence for me musically.

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  • Author Ed Speleers
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    It's funny because growing up, when Ali G first burst off the screen, it was something that I was probably too young to be watching, but I absolutely loved it...

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  • Author Ed Speleers
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    Music was a big thing for me growing up and Scorsese and Tarantino both use music brilliantly in movies. They're probably two of the best at using music.

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  • Author Edmund Spenser
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    Sweet is the rose, but grows upon a brere; Sweet is the juniper, but sharp his bough; Sweet is the eglantine, but stiketh nere; Sweet is the firbloome, but its braunches rough; Sweet is the cypress, but its rynd is tough; Sweet is the nut, but bitter is his pill; Sweet is the broome-flowre, but yet sowre enough; And sweet is moly, but his root is ill.

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