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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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Lars Ulrich, he was my hero growing up. I wanted to be like him. I played the drums.
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Growing up as a high jumper, I said if I could ever jump 2.40, I'd be pretty satisfied with my career. It's definitely a barrier for high jumpers.
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Growing up I didn't watch movies.
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Growing up, I didn't have a lot and always wanted things. But I was too prideful to ask for anything; I always worked for it.
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Growing up, I was very aware that there weren't many people like me on the screen.
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The thing is, what most people don't understand is that there are so many of us growing up in Europe who are not free to be ourselves. We're not allowed to be who we are. We are not free to marry or to be in relationships with people that we choose. We can't even pick our own career. This is the norm in the Muslim heartlands of Europe.
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I used to watch my grandmother make fancy, Julia Child-style beef bourguignon. And growing up in New York City, I was exposed to many cultures. I experimented with Puerto Rican and Jamaican food.
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I sang in the choir growing up and more recently served on the worship team at my church in California.
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