- Hands
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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 May 30, 2021
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
Pianos tend to get better as they age, the more you play them. They grow into their sound.
- Language
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was thirteen years old, and we had just moved to Germany, I definitely felt I was missing out on normal teenage life. I was watching my old school friends from Canada grow up without me while I was in Germany trying to learn the language and trying to pass each year without failing.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
I did grow up in a small town. I grew up in a lot of different places. But I consider my home to be Cleveland.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I constantly peed in my pants up until the 8th grade and wore an extra-large sailor uniform from kindergarten to 8th grade because my mom was scared I'd grow out of it. So I learned to make fun of myself at school and summer camp.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born and grew up in Palm Springs. It's a great place to grow up, a real small town.
- Project
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- Nov 07, 2020
With every project, I have to grow.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nothing seems at first sight less important than the outward form of human actions, yet there is nothing upon which men set more store: they grow used to everything except to living in a society which has not their own manners.
- Place
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm from Santa Monica, which was an awesome place to grow up. You're very spoiled being from California. When it's below 70, you complain. When it rains, you talk about it.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
Once I started to grow up, I realised that my parents are normal people and they can make mistakes.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you meet someone, of course you want it to last forever. It'd be very depressing if you didn't feel that way. But things change, and you maybe grow apart. You have to accept that.
- Counterparts
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- Nov 07, 2020
We teenage girls are faced with a quandary: we know what we want but are forced to wait for our male counterparts to grow up. We are ready for intense and meaningful relationships, but research indicates that males will not reach maturity until their mid-20s.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Towns have to evolve. Towns have to grow up. But not at the expense of the real people.
- Big Difference
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think there's a big difference between loving someone out of duty and dependency and loving someone because you really are able to sort of grow and be whole in the context of that relationship.
- Laziness
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- Nov 07, 2020