- Fantasy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Childhood Quotes
On memory, nostalgia, and the years that shaped us.
This collection captures childhood in very different forms, a self-sufficient upbringing with a cow and vegetable gardens, and a holiday that has slowly lost its old magic as it grew more secular. See Hope quotes for related themes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
If, during childhood, you were fortunate to have a parent who drilled into you, 'You can be anything you want to be if you try hard enough at it,' and then supported you in actions, that is something you take with you all your life.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Appalling things can happen to children. And even a happy childhood is filled with sadnesses.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
Well, I would have much preferred to have had a normal childhood. I would have loved it if my greatest dilemma, at 14, was whether to go to Benetton for my pullovers. I would have preferred not to have cried all the tears I have cried.
- House
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most of the female 'superhero' role models of my childhood came from novels, and they rarely had powers. Take Dorothy, for example, from 'The Wizard of Oz;' or Laura Ingalls and her sisters in the 'Little House on the Prairie' novels.
- Dream
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- Nov 07, 2020
Winning the cannon was a childhood dream.
- Memories
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's important to dress our children well. I have some wonderful memories from my childhood, and so much is associated with what I was wearing. If you look good, you feel good - simple.
- Colony
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was such an idyllic time when I grew up in Hong Kong. It was a British colony and very much geared towards buying the best of Britain. My childhood does have a huge influence on how we design. There must be a little bit of that nostalgia - childhood is so special.
- Endure
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- Nov 07, 2020
We're naturally programmed to endure a muddle of emotions as we leave childhood behind.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
There must be a law against forcing children to perform at an early age. Children should have a wonderful childhood. They should not be given too much responsibility.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's this assumption that all children have the luxury of a childhood where their innocence is always respected and their main occupation is pleasant play - at the age of 18 or 21, they are then thrust into the real world and shown its uglier side, but not before.
- Learning
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is utterly false and cruelly arbitrary to put all the play and learning into childhood, all the work into middle age, and all the regrets into old age.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have an addictive personality. Boarding school merely sent me more quickly on the downward spiral that dominated my childhood.
- Chef
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- Nov 07, 2020