Growing Quotes

• When I was growing up in Chicago, my family and I used to go to a local chain, Hackney's, for burgers and their French fried onion loaf. I probably haven't been to one in 25 years, and yet, I once saw Donald Trump from behind in an office building and the first thing that flashed in my mind was his hair looked like that onion loaf.

  

  Jami Attenberg
  • Up
  • Mind
  • Family

• Growing up, I was not told that there were women's areas of preoccupation or male ones.

  

  Rachel Kushner
  • Up
  • Women
  • Growing Up

• In this age of growing interconnectedness, we understand that turning our backs on the world is simply not an option.

  

  Douglas Alexander
  • World
  • Age
  • Option

• I suppose the desire to go to town helped make me ambitious, and the allure of the worlds that came in over the radio also helped. But the rewards of growing up on a farm were far greater in many ways than life in town.

  

  Bobbie Ann Mason
  • Life
  • Up
  • Desire

• When I was growing up we didn't have a massive house and there were five women running around, so my dad and I had to stick together!

  

  Louis Tomlinson One Direction
  • Up
  • Women
  • Together

• We have to focus on growing the economy, getting people working again, so they can put a roof over their heads to provide health care and education for their children and plan for their retirement.

  

  Brad Schneider
  • People
  • Children
  • Education

• Growing up, I didn't really know who the Tuskegee Airmen were.

  

  Anthony Hemingway
  • Up
  • Growing

• I love finding out-of-the-box inspirations and blending them with what I've done in the past. And when I started to experiment with genres, it didn't sound forced. Maybe that's because it's all music that I listened to growing up, and it's all music that I love.

  

  Avicii
  • Up
  • Music
  • Done

• I'm definitely incredibly attracted to the aesthetic of what is typically deemed goth stuff, but. A lot of my experience growing up was in being around that kind of thing, and it's just what sinks into a person's brain.

  

  Jhonen Vasquez
  • Up
  • Experience
  • Brain

• I grew up in a small town in Washington State, so I wasn't really aware of costume design as a career growing up, but I loved clothes. I remember I saved all my money, and the first thing that I bought was a white blazer, which was to the horror to my parents. But I have always had a strange connection with clothing.

  

  Colleen Atwood
  • Up
  • Money
  • Remember

• Growing up, I was a huge fan of horror movies. There's nothing more fun than going into a movie with a smile because you know you're going to be scared to death. There's something thrilling about sitting there waiting for a scare to happen.

  

  Ashley Bell
  • Up
  • Movie
  • Fun

• In terms of growing as a songwriter, I'm just a guy who understands the craft better. I understand what I want to do with it. I think that's where I've grown. Have I fully achieved that? No, but I don't think you ever do. There's always room to grow.

  

  Albert Hammond, Jr.
  • Guy
  • Growing

• One of my fondest memories growing up in Rwanda was seeing everyone participating in community-building activities. This happened every Saturday at the end of month. People work together in cleaning streets, planting trees, and take care of each other by facilitating productive conversations and actions that are beneficial for the society.

  

  Clemantine Wamariya
  • People
  • Up
  • Work

• My parents were mourning the death of my sister. She was killed in a car accident before I was born, and I didn't know she existed until I was 13 or 14 years old. I knew I was growing up in a house where people were angry and sad.

  

  Andrew Hudgins
  • People
  • Up
  • She

• When I was growing up, the blues did seem too simple to me. I was just a muso.

  

  Steven Siro Vai Alcatrazz
  • Growing
  • Simple
  • Seems

• Growing up, I really looked up to the classic Hollywood actors like Spencer Tracy, Robert Mitchum, and Peter Falk. I love character actors - I've never wanted to be the leading guy.

  

  David Harewood
  • Up
  • Character
  • Guy

• Growing up, I was encouraged to get a good education, get a real job doing something I enjoyed, and, should the opportunity present itself, consider public service as just that: a chance to serve, not an end in itself.

  

  John Sununu
  • Up
  • Good
  • Real

• I was quite a shy person growing up, and drag was very much a shield for me to perform behind.

  

  Kristian Nairn
  • Up
  • Growing

• Growing up in the days when you still had to punch buttons to make a telephone call, I could recall the numbers of all my close friends and family. Today, I'm not sure if I know more than four phone numbers by heart. And that's probably more than most.

  

  Joshua Foer
  • Heart
  • Today
  • Four

• When the economy is growing, there's a lot that can be done to deal with the deficit.

  

  Henry Paulson
  • Done
  • Economy
  • Deal

• I did play other sports growing up. I played cricket and all those other things, but I was just so much more talented in golf, and that's all I wanted to do.

  

  Jason Day
  • Up
  • Sports
  • Golf

• I was born with football - my brothers, my dad. I played football when I was a kid. I mean, you know, it was part of life. It's a part of growing up. It's - you know, it's a way of life.

  

  Ann McKee
  • Life
  • Up
  • Dad

• When I was growing up, rock & roll helped give me my sense of identity, but I had to search for it.

  

  Trent Reznor Nine Inch Nails
  • Up
  • Rock
  • Identity

• People still take it really personally. They come up to me at breakfast places like, 'When are you growing your hair back?'

  

  Keri Russell
  • People
  • Up
  • Hair

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