- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Growing Up
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wanted to be Beetlejuice. I watched nonstop 'Beetlejuice' and 'The Princess Bride' growing up.
- Nov 07, 2020
I don't really watch TV series because I don't want to get hooked on them and have them suck up all my time.
- Listening
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up listening to loads of afrobeats; my grandad's Sierra Leonean, so that was always around. My mum loves those kind of beats, too.
- Growing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I definitely idolised Beyonce growing up.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never experienced writer's block. When it's going really well, my body temperature goes up, and I'm flushed. I get quite delirious.
- Scary
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up watching Steven Spielberg and scary movies.
- Disappointment
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- Nov 07, 2020
We're so preoccupied with protecting children from disappointment and discomfort that we're inadvertently excusing them from growing up.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
The CIA is made up of boys whose families sent them to Princeton but wouldn't let them into the family brokerage business.
- Early
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- Nov 07, 2020
I get up early and go to bed early.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up on courtroom dramas, and I really love the feel of a dramatic thriller.
- Keep
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- Nov 07, 2020
I did 'Damnation' on USA, and hopefully I keep picking up smaller roles and learn the craft.
- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
I also couldn't pass up the opportunity to be in the same movie as Jack Nicholson and Glenn Close.
- Lifeline
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- Nov 07, 2020