- 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
- Grammar School
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of Hollywood kids went to my grammar school growing up. I'm completely unmoved by it.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
Remembering growing up on U.S. Army bases stateside and abroad, the Star-Spangled Banner was played at important occasions... and often. It was the first song I learned the lyrics to.
- Cricket
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- Nov 07, 2020
For a spinner growing up in England, it is challenging to become an off-spinner. The line and length needs to be altered on each of the four days of county cricket or five days of Test matches. The pitches in England don't have a set pattern. It changes with each day, and accordingly, the length varies.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
While I was growing up all over, in all my different schools, I was always doing theater, auditioning for plays.
- Coffee
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- Nov 07, 2020
There was always Helmut Newton coffee table books around when I was growing up.
- Always
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- Nov 07, 2020
Growing up with strong female role models is always inspiring, and growing up, that was something I aspired to play.
- Gay
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- Nov 07, 2020
Growing up in Kentucky, I used to hang out with four running buddies as a kid - 6, 10, and 11 years old. Two of them would later come out, and so 50 percent of my friends as a kid were gay.
- Everything
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was growing up in South Korea in the '70s and early '80s, the country was too poor to buy original records. Everything was bootlegged.
- Intellectual
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was growing up, to be an emcee meant to write the most clever, intellectual, and wittiest rap. And that's what we did.
- Creative
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- Nov 07, 2020
I came up with a lot of characters when I was growing up that were just creative outlets, and then, at one point, I came across Gus Dapperton in the back of my head when I was making music.
- Sad
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- Nov 07, 2020
This is going to sound really sad, but I didn't really have any heartthrobs when I was growing up. I was a bit of a geek.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Since I was growing up, I liked love songs - Smokey Robinson, Sam Cooke. That was the kind of songs getting the girls dancing.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't watch a lot of cop shows growing up, but I am a huge fan of 'Southland' now.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love the ocean; growing up around Laguna Beach, I spent my summers surfing, diving, and snorkeling.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
Growing up in Terre Haute, Indiana, there's not a whole lot to do. What I did was I just went to the basketball court at the Boys & Girls Club and literally stayed there all day until my mom got off of work.
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020