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- Nov 07, 2020
Growing Up Quotes
Childhood memories, changed towns, and questions of identity.
These quotes span the specific texture of growing up - undecided ambitions, hometowns that later feel transformed, and early sporting or family memories that stick for life. Related reflections continue in Experience.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have got the best of both worlds; growing up in Edinburgh and now living outside Glasgow.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up doing musical theater. I went to a school for musical theater, so that was always what I wanted to do growing up.
- Huge
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a huge punker growing up.
- Princess
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wanted to be Beetlejuice. I watched nonstop 'Beetlejuice' and 'The Princess Bride' growing up.
- Growing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I definitely idolised Beyonce growing up.
- Disappointment
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- Nov 07, 2020
We're so preoccupied with protecting children from disappointment and discomfort that we're inadvertently excusing them from growing up.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Growing up in New York City, I'd flirted with the idea of driving, but between the subway and the sidewalks, I'd never needed to learn.
- Rules
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- Nov 07, 2020
Maybe there's less oppression growing up in a small village, and fewer rules, and less danger.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
To me, growing up in South Wales, a pair of Diesel jeans were the thing to have - if you could afford them.
- Listening
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- Nov 07, 2020
Growing up, I was listening to a lot of Metallica, a lot of instrumental guitar music because I started out as a guitar player.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother loved Gene Wilder when I was growing up, so I used to watch all his movies with her. I just adore him.
- Heroes
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- Nov 07, 2020
Growing up, I'd watch 'Rambo' or 'Commando,' and so many action heroes were these huge guys with six-pack abs. It almost became a novelty.
- Girl
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- Nov 07, 2020