Growing Quotes
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When I was growing up, I used to watch 'Power Rangers' and 'Ninja Turtles.' It seemed like every movie had someone doing martial arts in it, so I would go around punching and kicking trees.
Ashton Eaton
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I've always hated the way Hollywood has portrayed accountants. They're always little nerd balls, wimpy, afraid of everything. Growing up with accountants, I don't see them that way.
Amy Heckerling
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When I was growing up in the early '70s and really getting into music, waiting outside the record store for that 45, waiting for a single from The Dead, The Clash, David Bowie, or T-Rex or something to be there. There was something about that that was so special.
Dave Gahan
Depeche Mode
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The strong evidence is that we're running out of space. We're collectively affecting the world's climate. This is due to the still-growing human population and our increase in consumption.
John Sulston
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When I began teaching, my colleagues and I quickly realized that our students didn't have access to the same resources we had growing up. We knew there were supplies and resources that could help our students, but our school district simply couldn't afford them.
Charles Best
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One of the best parts of growing older? You can flirt all you like since you've become harmless.
Liz Smith
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Slowly but surely I have been soaking Rilke up these last few months: the man, his work and his life. And that is probably the only right way with literature, with study, with people or with anything else: to let it all soak in, to let it all mature slowly inside you until it has become a part of yourself. That, too, is a growing process. Everything is a growing process. And in between, emotions and sensations that strike you like lightning. But still the most important thing is the organic process of growing.
Etty Hillesum
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The time for frivolous entertainment has passed. You can be entertained while at the same time learning from and growing with the people around you.
Brandon Victor Dixon
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Growing up with three boys in a heavily male-dominated world, I especially needed to express myself as a woman.
Elisabeth Shue
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I was just a big fan of tattoos always growing up, and I wanted something cool that symbolizes what I've been through in my life, and everything on my chest and my back is like a collage.
Kevin Durant
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The mass audience doesn't want to see you if you aren't perfect. If you don't look a certain way, if you don't have big pecs and great skin and the perfect eyes. And it's unfortunate, because kids are growing up with body image dysmorphia because not everyone is represented on the screen.
Chris Pine
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I'm a good businessman. I pay my bills. Growing up in a situation where everything counted helps.
Kim Cattrall
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I've always loved being active, and I used to do sports - basketball, soccer, volleyball - growing up.
Lily Collins
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It's hard to enlist the support of people you don't know, but it's critical to growing your career, finding new customers, and building out your team.
Charles Best
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Growing up, I was in love with Jennifer Aniston from 'Friends.'
Dylan O'Brien
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I was an athlete growing up and I miss that. I miss hanging out with dudes and making raunchy jokes and telling stories, trading details, you know? There's something I really miss about that.
Chris Pratt
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As a Member of Congress from one of the fastest growing States in the country, we hire close to 2,500 new teachers a year, close to 5,000 support staff and faculty.
Jon Porter
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Growing up, the image I had of Princess Margaret was completely different. I knew that she was a slightly tragic figure, but I didn't know why. Now, I love her with my all my heart. She was such an amazing person, and getting to 'know' her better was an honor.
Vanessa Kirby
