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- Nov 07, 2020
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 Aug 01, 2026
- Honor
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- Nov 07, 2020
Without Ring of Honor, I wouldn't be the wrestler I am or have the confidence needed to continue to grow in this ever-challenging sport.
- Remember
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was actually pretty shy in school. My defense mechanism was to be the class clown. I remember getting into a lot of trouble for being disruptive, and I was brought in front of the headteacher, who said: 'What's going to happen to you; what are you going to do when you grow up?' and I said: 'Well, I'm obviously going to be a comedian.'
- Place
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in such a melting pot. There's more ethnicities in Queens than there is in any place on the planet. So you grow up knowing things about other cultures.
- Boy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Twenty years ago I wanted to move to a nice place so our Charley would grow up a nice boy and learn a profession. But instead we live in a jungle, so he can only be a wild animal. D'you think I picked the East Side like Columbus picked America?
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or exercise their revolutionary right to overthrow it.
- Nov 07, 2020
I think, as you grow older, you have figure out the best way to utilize not only your body but your skill.
- Legal
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't grow up believing that abortion was a good choice for women, but since it was legal, I thought it must be okay.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't grow up a theatre kid, going to theatre camps. I played sports, and that was my main direction. But luckily, I never had to choose between sports and theatre.
- Quite
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had to grow up quite quickly.
- Failure
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- Nov 07, 2020
To a certain extent, I enjoy failure. It's part of the game. There's always room to grow; there's room to improve.
- Mystery
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- Nov 07, 2020
As I make my slow pilgrimage through the world, a certain sense of beautiful mystery seems to gather and grow.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel growing up in Mumbai is an advantage, as we grow up speaking so many languages that when we go abroad, it becomes easier to learn new languages.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've opened up more by traveling outside Jamaica. It helps me to grow as a person to be outside of my element; to be on my own in a strange place meeting people.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020