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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.
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My dad believed in scaring us as we were growing up. Scaring the boys who wanted to date us more.
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Historically, hip-hop is about a generation of artists rapping about the realities they see in their neighborhoods or the 'truths' they hear growing up in their homes.
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I got bullied so much growing up for being a different color in a majority white school.
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I never dreamt of the Olympics growing up. It's not something that I watched on TV; it's not something my parents ever talked about.
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I started taekwondo at 5 or 6 years old and did a bunch of kick-boxing later, too. Eventually I became a black belt and coached as well. I did some basketball and softball growing up, but most of my activity was martial arts.
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Growing up, all I did was write about the fact that I'm from where I'm from. I was a big champion of where I was from and Wisconsin in general, and the Midwest.
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I sang in church growing up. Memphis is the blues capital of the world, we like to say.
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I just wanted to compile these stories about growing up with my father and I wanted people to be able to enjoy them individually, but also the entire book as a whole.
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When I was growing up, you couldn't watch soccer on TV. But now, you can get it on every channel, every hour of the day, every day, literally.
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If I wasn't acting, I would probably be working with children. I was a camp counselor growing up and I loved it.
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