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Grow Quotes
Growth rarely happens on a straight line.
Several of these reflect on how long it can take to feel ready for the next stage, and how growing up in a certain place shapes the person you become. For related ideas on adapting over time, see our Change quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Disconnected
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- Nov 07, 2020
Unless technology itself is drastically repressed, the idea of the dystopian monoculture like Orwell's 1984 gets harder to believe. But the danger of a solipsistic society will grow, of a disconnected society of mirror-watchers and navel-gazers.
- Because
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- Nov 07, 2020
Digitization is the full-scale adoption of computer- and Internet-enabled technologies by consumers, businesses, and governments; it is important because it can grow economies and create jobs.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe in this industry as a business, and I want to continue to grow my own business.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am not in any hurry to grow up.
- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't grow up thinking of movies as film, or art, but as movies, something to do on a Saturday afternoon.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Zika has arrived on our shores, and the number of local infections is continuing to grow. Thankfully, companies like SpringStar are doing incredible work developing innovative tools to stop the spread of Zika. It's more important than ever that Congress provide the resources to deploy these technologies to the communities who need them.
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
Hollywood and the recording industry argue that current law permits the copying of songs and movies, and sharing them on the Internet. This enables young people to grow up learning how to steal.
- Clothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started to grow microbial cellulose to explore an ecofriendly textile for clothing and accessories but, very quickly, I realized this method had potential for all sorts of other biodegradable consumer products.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Fairy tales were important to me. Aren't they for any kid? My sister says I spent a good five years of my youth convinced I would grow up to be a princess.
- Gun
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never saw a gun until I was 24. I didn't grow up in Mayberry; I grew up in Southern California.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am still in touch with my Secret Service agents, most of whom are retired now. They really get to be your friends. They watched me grow up, and most of them had little kids, so I was kind of giving them a warm-up of what was coming.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020