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“When I was a kid, I always wanted to live in California because I liked skateboarding.”

“When I was a kid, I attended a small Catholic school in a south suburb of Chicago.”

Kids School Catholic South Chicago Suburbs Catholic School

“When I was a kid, I did martial arts because boxing wasn't really available on Long Island. I think now kids are able to begin boxing earlier. So it's great and whatever can promote the sport on a whole is a good thing. And if we can do it on Long Island, where I am from, it's a beautiful thing.”

Ifs Thinking Long Art Whole Kids Able Beautiful Sports Can Do Art Is Good Things Available Islands Boxing Martial Arts Beautiful Things Long Island

Author:Chris Algieri

“When I was a kid, I did want to be a boy. I didn't like to play with dolls, and most of my friends were kind of sensitive, sissy boys. But as I got older, the mystique of being a girl began to interest me. It was confusing what sexuality was, and the responses of other people, but it didn't make me feel terrified or vulnerable.”

People Want Feels Kind Play Kids Girl Interest Boys My Friends Response Sexuality Vulnerable Sensitive Terrified Confusing Dolls Mystique Sissy Being A Girl

Author:Mary Gaitskill

“When I was a kid, I didn't collect stamps, or weird toys, or anything. I don't even have music - I don't even have a CD collection. So that's not really my thing.”

Kids Collections Toys Stamps Cds

Author:Victor Garber

“When I was a kid, I dreamed of using a bat with my own name on it.”

Kids Names My Own Bats

Author:Jennie Finch

“When I was a kid, I felt like I could do anything and play anything. I just felt super-confident. And then, once I started to play music professionally, maybe it's from being from a small town, but you grow up and then you're suddenly a big fish in a small pond, and I realized that there were a billion other drummers out there that could play as good as you or better, and everybody wants that job.”

Want Play Bigs Kids Jobs Grows Felt Growing Up Towns Fishes Billions I Realized Small Town Drummer Ponds Big Fish

Author:Patty Schemel

“When I was a kid, I got in trouble for lying a lot, and I had a teacher say, instead of lying, write it down, because if you write it down, it's not a lie anymore; it's fiction.”

Ifs Writing Kids Lying Fiction Teacher Trouble

Author:Jacqueline Woodson

“When I was a kid, I had a couple of really good friends, like some really good best friends, but I was really shy other than that.”

Kids Couple Shy Good Friend Really Good Friends

Author:Meg Cabot

“When I was a kid, I had ambitions for being a television announcer, which was before television took off, you know, in the late 40s. And just through necessity, going out looking for work, I was starting to sing, and dance, and act, and I never expected to do that, nor to have any success at it at least.”

Knows Kids Television Ambition Late Starting Expected Going Out Announcers Looking For Work

Author:Dick Van Dyke

“When I was a kid, I had an Atari 2600, and I would play Pac Man, Frogger, all that kind of stuff. And I did enjoy going to the arcade.”

Men Kind Play Kids Stuff Enjoy Pacs Arcades Atari

Author:Jack McBrayer

“When I was a kid, I had some Charles Lloyd records.”

Kids Records

Author:David Johansen

“When I was a kid, I had THE biggest crush on Helen Reddy. I mean like for REAL crush - like 'spend some time in the bathroom thinking about her' crush. I blme Pete's Dragon. There she was - flushed, singing, clas in a tight wet plaid shirt. Judas Priest she was fabulous.”

Thinking Mean Real Kids Singing Shirts Memorable Crush Dragons Priests Wet Fabulous Bathroom Helen Judas Plaid Judas Priest Thinking About Her

Author:Corey Taylor

“When I was a kid, I had this idea that I would have a beard when I got older. I thought it'd be nice to rub my chin.”

Ideas Kids Nice Being Nice Beard Chins

Author:Rosario Dawson

“When I was a kid, I had trouble at school because of my learning disabilities. Carving is my body compensating for the lack of other skills.”

Body Kids School Trouble Skills Disability Carving Learning Disability

Author:Willard Wigan

“When I was a kid, I had two friends, and they were imaginary and they would only play with each other.”

Two Play Humor Kids Funny Imaginary Two Friends

Author:Rita Rudner

“When I was a kid, I had two great guilty pleasures. One was horror movies and the other was martial arts movies.”

Art Two Kids Pleasure Horror Guilty Martial Arts Guilty Pleasure

Author:M. Night Shyamalan

“When I was a kid, I have two dreams. I want to be a baseball player. Hometown, Hiroshima, has a Japanese baseball franchise team called Hiroshima Carps. You know, and then I want to be a sushi chef. I want to make own restaurant - sushi restaurant.”

Knows Want Two Dream Kids Player Team Baseball Restaurants Now And Then Chef Hometown Baseball Player Hiroshima Sushi Hiroshima And Nagasaki

Author:Masaharu Morimoto

“When I was a kid, I inhaled. Frequently. That was the point.”

Kids Smoke Pot Weed Marijuana Bud Cannabis Hemp Medical Marijuana Smoke Weed Funny Marijuana Funny Weed Stoners Cool Marijuana Marijuana Legalization

Author:Barack Obama

“When I was a kid, I just devoured TV 24 hours a day. Now that it's actually available 24 hours a day, I'm usually busy doing other stuff. But I do watch TV when I can.”

I Can Kids Stuff Hours Watches Tvs Busy Available

Author:Luke Perry

“When I was a kid, I liked Superman. When I got a little older, I liked Wolverine. And then I found girls.”

Littles Kids Girl Found

Author:Jeremy Sisto

“When I was a kid, I liked the newer music that was coming out. I have never really felt confined by any style of music. I would play in bands that were soul bands or that played standards - any kind of music that I enjoyed playing.”

Kind Soul Play Kids Felt Style Band Standards Enjoyed Coming Out Confined

Author:Tommy Shaw

“When I was a kid, I lived in this small town way out in the country. We had three TV channels and one radio station. I couldn't even get my hands on good comic books. My aunt, who is a librarian, gave me Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings," Laura Ingalls Wilder's "Little House on the Prairie," and Lewis's "The Chronicles of Narnia." They were such incredible treasures to have in my somewhat mundane country life.”

“When I was a kid, I looked at art as a way of blending everything. One of my favorite composers is Wagner - who coined the term "gesamtkunstwerk," or "total art work." That's what was going on in the 19th century, and the 20th century just kept it going.”

Way Art Kids Term Century My Favorite Composer 20th Century 19th Century Wagner

Author:DJ Spooky

“When I was a kid, I looked up to an Olympian superstar. I won't mention his name but when I asked for his autograph he said, 'no.'”

Said Kids Names Autographs Superstar Olympian

Author:Ryan Lochte

“When I was a kid, I loved all the silent comedians - Buster Keaton, Laurel and Hardy, Chaplin. And I used to imitate them. I'd go to see a Buster Keaton movie and come home and try things out I'd seen. I learned to do pratfalls when I was very young.”

Trying Home Kids Young Used Silent Comedian Coming Home Hardy Laurels Chaplin Busters Laurel And Hardy

Author:Dick Van Dyke

“When I was a kid, I loved having a book in my hand. I still do. I wasn't a fast reader, but I was a steady reader. I read all of The Bobbsey Twins, Nancy Drew, and Cherry Ames books.”

Stills Book Hands Kids Reader Steady Twins Cherries Nancy Nancy Drew

Author:Rhea Perlman

“When I was a kid, I loved horror films. I used to stay up on Saturday night to watch.”

Kids Film Used Night Watches Horror Saturday Saturday Night Horror Film

Author:Richard Jenkins

“When I was a kid, I loved Popeye, but the old ones, the real old ones.”

Real Kids Popeye

Author:John Goodman

“When I was a kid, I loved reading Sherlock Holmes. Now, you don't think of him as a superhero, but he was so damn much smarter than anybody else.”

Thinking Kids Reading Damn Smarter Superhero Holmes

Author:Stan Lee

“When I was a kid, I loved Sherlock Holmes. I'm not interested in crimes. I'm interested in the mind of the detective and his process, which to me is a lot like the artist.”

Mind Kids Artist Process Crime Not Interested Detectives Holmes

Author:Patti Smith

“When I was a kid, I needed to sing because it makes me feel good about myself. It makes me feel good, period.”

Feels Kids Needed Periods Feel Good

Author:Mary J. Blige

“When I was a kid, I never did funny things to get attention. I was never a funny person. I was never, like, 'Oh, wow. I could say this some day on stage.'”

Persons Kids Attention Stage Wow Funny Things

Author:Steven Wright

“When I was a kid, I never saw a puppet show. I never played with puppets or had any interest in them.”

Shows Kids Interest Saws Puppets Puppet Shows

Author:Jim Henson

“When I was a kid, I never went to Disneyland. My ol' man told me Mickey Mouse died in a cancer experiment.”

Men Kids Died Cancer Experiments Mice Disneyland Mickey

Author:Rodney Dangerfield

Source: It's Not Easy Bein' Me: A Lifetime of No Respect but Plenty of Sex and Drugs

“When I was a kid, I read comics. But when I saw how funny it was, and how wonderfully absurd, I said, "You know, I gotta do this."”

Knows Said Kids Saws Absurd

Author:Adam West

“When I was a kid, I read many more Marvel comics than I did DC. As I got older, in high school and then in college, I started reading more DC.”

Kids School Reading College High School Marvel Comics Reading More

Author:David S. Goyer

“When I was a kid, I read the science-fiction shelves, and I read the fantasy shelves.”

Kids Fiction Fantasy Science Fiction Shelves

Author:Terry Pratchett

“When I was a kid, I really liked playing chess, which is pretty geeky; I just enjoyed it - thinking, exercising my mind. And I found computers to be like an eight-hour day chess game.”

Thinking Mind Kids Found Games Hours Exercise Computer Eight Chess Enjoyed Chess Game Playing Chess

Author:Michael Birch

“When I was a kid, I really loved Indians. Native Americans. Pardon. Me.”

Kids Indian Native Native American Pardon Pardon Me

Author:Dave Attell

“When I was a kid, I remember playing hockey outside and whenever you did, you thought about playing for Finland vs. Sweden. Thats just the way it was.”

Way Children Kids Remember Hockey Sweden Finland Playing Hockey

Author:Teemu Selanne

“When I was a kid, I remember the first Batman, the first Superman comic books when they came out, thinking how great that was and wouldn't it be great to see a movie like that. They did some cheap serials, but they're not the same as today. But I think younger audiences would like to see a real hero also.”

Thinking Firsts Book Real Kids Today Remember Audience Hero Comic Comic Book Serials Real Heroes

Author:Clint Eastwood

“When I was a kid, I remember trying to emulate Stevie Wonder's sound, and Donny Hathaway's sound. It's just part of who I am - I'm just a soulful kind of dude.”

Trying Kind Kids Remember Sound Wonder Who I Am Emulate Soulful

Author:Elliott Yamin

“When I was a kid, I said to my father one afternoon, 'Daddy, will you take me to the zoo?' He answered, 'If the zoo wants you, let them come and get you.”

“When I was a kid, I slept on rubber sheets, but now, I'm a man. And I can take the wetness!”

Men I Can Kids Sheets Rubber Wetness

Author:Emo Philips

“When I was a kid, I suppose I got more praise for being able to draw things and paint things than I did for my little amateur poems I was writing. But the thing that I'm trying to do with my painting is that I'm trying to keep it in the realm of pleasure. I don't show my work, I don't try to sell it.”

Writing Trying Kids Pleasure Painting Praise Paint

Author:Ted Kooser

“When I was a kid, I thought history was the most boring subject of all. I shouldn't blame my teachers; I should blame me, but I'll blame them.”

Should Kids Teacher Subjects Blame Boring Blame Me

Author:Dave Barry

“When I was a kid, I thought I was going to be an actor.”

Kids Actors Eternal Sunshine Guidance Counselor

Author:Tom Ford

“When I was a kid, I thought I was going to be an actor. I actually studied acting when I was at NYU, and I made a lot of television commercials - that's actually how I put myself through NYU and through college.”

Made Kids Actors Acting Television College Nyu Television Commercials

Author:Tom Ford

“When I was a kid, I thought I was going to be an architect, because when I was 12 years old I had a guidance counselor that convinced me that that was the best career choice for me.”

Years Kids Choices Careers Convinced Guidance Architect Counselor Careers Choices Guidance Counselor

Author:Al Yankovic

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