Dolly Parton Quotes
I had nothing growing up, but I always wanted to be 'sexy,' even before I knew what the word was.
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Growing up, my birthday was always Confederate Memorial Day. It helped to create this profound sense of awareness about the Civil War and the 100 years between the Civil War and the civil rights movement and my parents' then-illegal and interracial marriage.
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Growing up, I didn't feel cool; I didn't fit into any crowd.
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People are like, 'Was it hard growing up mixed?' 'Did you not fit in?' and I'm like, 'No? What? That's the dumbest question ever.'
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My dream as an actor growing up was always to challenge myself to different genres, different roles, and it's actually rare that an actor's given that opportunity to do that.
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I have got the best of both worlds; growing up in Edinburgh and now living outside Glasgow.
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Growing up in San Diego, I can remember going with my brother to see bands like Pennywise and NOFX - good punk bands that were fast and tight.
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Out of all the clubs who were interested, I got the feeling that, deep down, Chelsea showed that they really wanted me. There were lots of reasons I came to Chelsea. They showed a real desire to get me to come here. I didn't have to think about it too much.
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Growing up, I never imagined I would be an actor.
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My kids have a competitive drive I never had growing up.
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The '70s were a time of turmoil and turnover. But I grew up here. I always wanted to play here.
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As a child growing up during the Korean War, I knew poverty. I studied by candlelight.
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I wanted to be famous. I wanted people to talk about me.
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I don't really have an issue with showing certain parts of my body. I'd rather not, but it's not a big deal. Growing up in Sweden, it's natural over there.
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Growing up a preacher's kid wasn't the easiest thing. Everybody's always watching you to see how you'll behave - or misbehave.
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One of my favorite memories from growing up in Brazil is being in the kitchen with my family and watching everyone bake and cook.
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I had to learn to sew when I was growing up, because nothing else fitted me.
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I became what I wanted to be.
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The growing influence of women is the one reassuring thing in our political life.
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Growing up, I just wore whatever fit. I was going through crazy growth spurts, so I could never really take my style too seriously.
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I was a huge fan of that Cyborg growing up as a kid because that was when the original cartoon show was on, and Khary Payton is a master at what he does.
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We know there are certain types of viruses that are nasty - influenza, for instance, is an area that is not a blindside. But a lot of viruses have come out of nowhere, like H.I.V., or to a certain extent SARS. Because we know we have the potential to be blindsided, we really have to investigate the unknowns.
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Language is one of the only things that we truly share, and I sometimes used this joint inheritance to obfuscate and deflect and justify myself: to re-brand what was good for me as something appearing good for us both, when I threw around terms like 'the sharing economy' and 'disruption' and 'global resourcing.'
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Nostalgia is the aching realization that you can't go back again. The longing, no matter how intense, can never be met.
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I had nothing growing up, but I always wanted to be 'sexy,' even before I knew what the word was.
