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Up Quotes
Growing up, getting through, adding up.
This set of up quotes centers on growing up in a tough neighborhood and the resilience that experience builds over time. One entry treats that upbringing as proof of a law-abiding life that followed. Related themes continue in our Hope quotes.
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- Getting
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When I was 12, all I wanted for Christmas was a trampoline or a four-wheeler. I ended up getting both presents for Christmas.
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I grew up in San Francisco, and I trained as a ballet dancer until college.
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You go up for hundreds, thousands of roles, and you get told no, no, no, so many times.
- Heart
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In the field of fantastic fiction, the question of world-building is not uncontroversial. But I grew up with 'Dungeons and Dragons,' so that whole world-building thing is very close to my heart.
- Difficult
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It is difficult to have the guts to speak up about any kind of sexual assault.
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I don't give up. I'm definitely meant to be an entrepreneur.
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I grew up in a very political household. My mum used to shout at the television. At Mrs. Thatcher.
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