- Father
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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
- Average
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was a perfectly average well- adjusted childhood, not a bit unlike that of millions of other individuals.
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
Experiencing lots of different things is what being a kid is all about, and it helps make the most of their childhood.
- Memories
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- Nov 07, 2020
A sister is someone who owns part of what you own: a house, perhaps, or a less tangible legacy, like memories of your childhood and the experience of your family.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
In some ways, siblings, and especially sisters, are more influential in your childhood than your parents.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, stories were brothers, sisters and friends, filling the long hours between childhood and adolescence, holding up a true mirror in which I might find out who I was rather than a distorted reflection of who I was expected to become.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
We all knew each other in the neighborhood. I loved living in El Paso. I had a wonderful childhood there.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
To me, I don't even think I had a childhood. From when I was a baby to 12 years old, yes. But as soon as I left the Bahamas, that stuff was over. It was just straight business. I'm on a mission. That's how it's always been.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My childhood was spent with dogs, and I work with dogs surrounding me. This relationship is hardly unique - man-and-dog stories date back to ancient history, up to 10,000 years ago - but it feels that way to me. I used to have a love-hate relationship with dog stories because some got the dynamic right but most were dead wrong.
- Good Marriage
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to have a theory actually that, if you've had a good childhood, a good marriage and a little bit of money in the bank, you're going to make a lousy comedian.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a white, middle-class male who had a happy childhood in Ohio. The world does not need me to be a novelist.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had a beautiful childhood and a lovely childhood. I just didn't like being a child. I didn't like the rank injustice of not being listened to. I didn't like the lack of autonomy.
- Disease
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- Nov 07, 2020
The March of Dimes turned a disease not nearly as prevalent as childhood cancer into a national crusade. Polio was not that widespread.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020