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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
- Girl
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was growing up, my brother liked the Beatles, and I liked the Rolling Stones. I think if I were a girl, Keith would be the one I fancied.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was growing up, kids used to talk about snitching... It never extended as a cultural norm outside of the gangsters.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
My experiences growing up in both a Chinese American household and the Catholic Church define much of who I am.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was growing up, I did go to the arcade. We had a neighborhood arcade, and my friends and I would go fairly regularly.
- American
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- Nov 07, 2020
Dwayne McDuffie was one of my favorite writers. When I was growing up, he was one of the few African Americans working in American comics.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Growing up, I never saw any Asian faces on TV, so it didn't feel like a viable option.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love to see a wood full of bluebells. Growing up in the Kent countryside, I have special memories of this brief annual spectacle.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was growing up listening to Queen. Freddie Mercury threw those incredible melodies into his songs.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was growing up, I would go hang out with older guys at night in blues clubs.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
There wasn't anyone in my family who was involved in the theatre. I saw a few amateur plays when I was growing up, but I can't think of anything that happened or anybody in particular who inspired me; it all came from within.
- Mountains
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- Nov 07, 2020
Growing up in Denver, I'm sure it started with loving the Colorado mountains.
- Group
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- Nov 07, 2020
Growing up in the Sacramento Valley in the '70s, we were all pretty big into cars. Of course, I had to nerd out and be a fan of Bob Tullius' Group 44 Jaguars instead of Corvettes/Camaros.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020