Growing Up Quotes

Especially for me, growing up in such a small town in the middle of nowhere, the desire to be away was incredible. I wanted to see new lands, meet new people from the city, and meet people that were in much less fortunate situations than I was, so that I could be more appreciative of my present. At least I had food on the table.

Garrett Hedlund
- People
- Up
- Small
Growing up in Paterson wasn't the easiest thing.

Victor Cruz
- Up
- Growing
- Growing Up

I have had strange animals as pets all my life. I was shy growing up, and shy people tend to interact better with animals than people. Animals are direct, not duplicitous.

Yvonne Craig
- People
- Life
- Up
When we were growing up, women in their late 40s generally didn't dye their hair.

Tamsin Greig
- Up
- Women
- Growing
Growing up, I was a nerd. With actual taped eyeglasses.

Taye Diggs
- Up
- Growing
- Nerd
I think, growing up, I was seen as the perfect power forward. For a long time, I thought maybe I was supposed to be a basketball player.

D'Brickashaw Ferguson
- Up
- Time
- Long
Radio was my lifeline as a kid growing up in Winnipeg in the 1950s. It connected me with the wider world outside our little prairie city.

Randy Bachman The Guess Who
- Up
- World
- Growing
As a young boy growing up in rural India, most of what I knew of the world was what I could see around me. But each night, I would look at the Moon - it was impossibly far away, yet it held a special attraction because it allowed me to dream beyond my village and country, and think about the rest of the world and space.

Naveen Jain
- Up
- World
- Country