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“When I was growing up, I wanted to be a house painter like my father, but I was always screwing up when I went to work with him. I had a talent for knocking over paint and painting myself into corners. I also realized fairly quickly that painting bored me.”

Wanted Father House Growing Up Growing Talent Painting Paint Corners Painter Bored Knocking

Author:Markus Zusak

“When I was growing up, I was always on stage but I loved other things.”

Growing Up Growing Stage

Author:Jeremy Piven

“When I was growing up, I was as socially outcast as any nerd could possibly be. I was in the chess club, I brought D&D stuff to school, I had every game system you could imagine, I spent countless hours at arcades, computer camp, loud presence in the Latin Club. All that stuff.”

School Games Stuff Hours Growing Up Growing Imagine Computer Clubs Chess Loud Latin Camps Nerd Outcast Arcades

Author:Chris Hardwick

“When I was growing up, I was eating fast food every day. I'd drink soda non-stop, candy, just everything. It was horrible. My go-to was McDonald's, for sure.”

Growing Up Growing Drink Eating Horrible Candy Mcdonalds Fast Food Soda Non Stop Eating Fast Food

Author:Ryan Lochte

“When I was growing up, I was obviously gay, and I got heckled every day of my life. The only way I knew how to survive was to make people laugh. If I could make them laugh, I wouldn't get hung in a locker for two hours. That's a blessing.”

People Ifs Way Two Hours Laughing Growing Up Growing Gay Blessing If I Could Hung Making People Laugh Lockers

Author:Carson Kressley

“When I was growing up, I was really into 'Rent' and I actually slept on the street in New York all night to get to sit in the first few rows for it.”

Firsts Night Growing Up Growing Streets New York All Night

Author:Julia Jones

“When I was growing up, I was teased for being too skinny. I went to summer camp when I was 11. I wore shorts, and the nurse said to me, in front of all my friends, that I was anorexic and that she had to monitor me to make sure I was eating. Because of that trauma, I never wore short pants or short skirts until I was 20.”

Said Growing Up Growing Fronts Eating Summer My Friends Trauma Camps Nurse Pants Skinny Skirts Shorts Anorexics Summer Camp Short Skirts Short Pants

Author:Hani Furstenberg

“When I was growing up, I was the most pretentious person I have ever met. I only read obscure books and watched obscure movies and only listened to obscure music.”

Persons Book Growing Up Growing Mets Obscure Pretentious

Author:Moby

“When I was growing up, I wasn't taught how to feel or communicate feelings.”

Feels Feelings Growing Up Growing Taught Communicate

Author:Jeremy Renner

“When I was growing up, I went to an Irish-Christian missionary school.”

School Christian Growing Up Growing Missionary Christian Missionary

Author:Deepak Chopra

“When I was growing up, I would go hang out with older guys at night in blues clubs.”

Night Guy Growing Up Growing Clubs Hanging Out Older Guys

Author:Gary Clark, Jr.

“When I was growing up, I would listen to a different album almost every night. I would do the full album experience before I went to bed and that's how I would discover a lot of music. I would kind of go into another world with my headphones on.”

World Kind Different Night Growing Up Growing Bed Albums Every Night Another World Headphones

Author:Mark Stoermer

“When I was growing up, I would try to sing out of key very consciously. I was probably afraid of trying too hard to do something beautiful, and then I just wasn't good enough. But I've learned that I was also on the outside - wanting more challenge by living in that more conventional world.”

World Trying Hard Enough Beautiful Challenges Growing Up Growing Keys I've Learned Good Enough Conventional Something Beautiful Wanting More Trying Too Hard

Author:Jenny Hval

“When I was growing up, I'd be in the choir. My mum was the organist in the church, so I'd sing in the church.”

Church Growing Up Growing Mum Choir Church Choir

Author:Enya

“When I was growing up, I, like many Jews, cheered what appeared to be the receding of faith from everyday life. The further religion got from our lives the better our lives would get, I thought, because persecution had been such a burden to Jewish families for generations.”

Growing Up Our Lives Growing Generations Everyday Jew Burden Everyday Life Persecution Jewish Family

Author:Bruce Feiler

“When I was growing up, it was 'Communists'. Now it's 'Terrorists'. So you always have to have somebody to fight and be afraid of, so the war machine can build more bombs, guns, and bullets and everything.”

War Fighting Growing Up Growing Gun Machines Terrorist Bombs Communist Bullets Disarmament

Author:Cindy Sheehan

Source: Not One More Mother's Child

“When I was growing up, it was still during Apartheid, so the country was very shielded from the outside artistic world. Anything that was too subversive was basically banned. All the music that we got from outside of South Africa was the poppiest, least subversive music that you could get.”

World Stills Country Growing Up Growing South Artistic South Africa Apartheid Subversive Banned

Author:St. Lucia

“When I was growing up, kids used to talk about snitching... It never extended as a cultural norm outside of the gangsters.”

Kids Used Growing Up Growing Norm Gangsters Snitch

Author:Geoffrey Canada

“When I was growing up, my dad would encourage my brother and I to fail. We would be sitting at the dinner table and he would ask, 'So what did you guys fail at this week?' If we didn't have something to contribute, he would be disappointed. When I did fail at something, he'd high-five me. What I didn't realize at the time was that he was completely reframing my definition of failure at a young age. To me, failure means not trying; failure isn't the outcome. If I have to look at myself in the mirror and say, 'I didn't try that because I was scared,' that is failure.”

“When I was growing up, my family was so poor we couldn't afford to pay attention.”

Poor Pay Attention Growing Up Growing My Family Pay Attention

Author:Mr. T

“When I was growing up, my favorite player was Reggie Jackson - and I never got the opportunity to get an autograph from Reggie. I was so frustrated. I mean, he was my idol. And I couldn't get no autograph. I would go through punishment waiting on him (after games) because he was always the last guy to come out. And I would go back home with no autograph.”

Mean Home Lasts Guy Opportunity Games Waiting Growing Up Growing Player My Favorite Punishment Idols Frustrated Back Home Autographs

Author:Rickey Henderson

“When I was growing up, my idea of Led Zeppelin was all epic lasers, castles, and ten-minute drum solos - that sort of thing.”

Ideas Growing Up Growing Minutes Ten Epic Solo Castles Zeppelins Lasers

Author:Justin Adams

“When I was growing up, my mom told me every story that was happening to her. Most of the stories that come to me are through a female voice in my head. My stories seem to naturally be about females.”

Stories Seems Voice Growing Up Growing Mom Happenings Female My Mom Voices In My Head Female Voice

Author:Natalie Portman

“When I was growing up, my mother only put her foot down once: She said, "You are going to college." And that was a lifesaving moment. But she never talked to me about my clothes or hair. So I learned how to parent my kids through her.”

Said Moments Kids Mother Parent Growing Up Growing Feet College Hair Clothes Going To College

Author:Jada Pinkett Smith

“When I was growing up, my mother was always a friend to my siblings and me (in addition to being all the other things a mom is), and I was always grateful for that because I knew she was someone I could talk to and joke with, and argue with and that nothing would ever harm that friendship.”

Mother Growing Up Growing Brother Mom Jokes Grateful Harm Arguing Sibling My Siblings

Author:Marlo Thomas

“When I was growing up, my mother would always say, 'It will go on your permanent record.' There was no 'permanent record.' If there were a 'permanent record,' I'd never be able to be a lawyer. I was such a bum, in elementary school and high school... There is a permanent record today and it's called the Internet.”

Ifs Today Able School Mother Growing Up Records Growing Goes On Internet High School Lawyer Permanent Elementary School

Author:Alan Dershowitz

“When I was growing up, my mother would take me to plays and museums, and we'd talk about life. Those times helped shape who I became.”

Play Mother Growing Up Growing Shapes Museums Take Me

Author:Jill Scott

“When I was growing up, my mother, who had been through a lot of terrible things in life, taught me that when life is tough your instinct is to close your heart. But if you can accept what happened and reach out to someone, there will always be someone less fortunate, or someone that can bring a solution and help your life.”

“When I was growing up, my parents always told me that I had to do what I thought was right and not listen to other people. That was hard for me.”

People Hard Parent Growing Up Growing

Author:Hillary Clinton

“When I was growing up, my parents asked me what I wanted to do, and I said that I wanted to live in Springfield. They were like, "Well, that's not how it works. There is an actor who play Homer, and someone who writes what Homer says." So, I was like, "Well, I want to write what Homer says."”

Want Writing Wells Said Play Wanted Actors Parent Growing Up Growing

Author:Jonah Hill

“When I was growing up, my parents told me, 'Finish your dinner. People in China and India are starving.' I tell my daughters, 'Finish your homework. People in India and China are starving for your job.'”

People Jobs Mother Parent Education Growing Up Growing Daughter India China Dinner My Daughter Starving Homework China And India World Is Flat

Author:Thomas Friedman

“When I was growing up, my parents took in foster children. From a young age, I learned that there are a lot of children in need.”

Needs Children Age Young Parent Growing Up Growing Young Age Foster Children

Author:Michelle Monaghan

“When I was growing up, my parents were almost involved in various volunteer things. My dad was head of Planned Parenthood. And it was very controversial to be involved with that.”

Parent Growing Up Growing Dad Involved My Dad Various Parenthood Volunteer Controversial Planned Parenthood

Author:Bill Gates

“When I was growing up, Nashville was the place to go if you had songs to sell and thought you had talent and wanted to tour and be on Grand Ole Opry [radio show]. It was the big deal back in those days to play the Grand Ole Opry. And you could travel around the world saying, "Hi, I'm Willie from the Grand Ole Opry".”

Ifs World Play Shows Bigs Wanted Song Deals Growing Up Growing Talent Sells Radio Around The World Big Deal Nashville Places To Go Saying Hi

Author:Willie Nelson

“When I was growing up, no one ever said to me, "You cannot do math because you're a girl." But, there was an understanding growing up that math and science were for boys. Somebody lied to me because Katherine Johnson woman exists, all of these women existed.”

Girl Understanding Boys Growing Up Math Lied Lied To Me

Author:Taraji P. Henson

“When I was growing up, one or two girls were beautiful, but it was not an aspiration, right?”

Two Beautiful Girl Growing Up Growing Aspiration

Author:Susie Orbach

“When I was growing up, particularly during puberty in my teen years, I was so miserable because I elicited so much teasing and meanness from my teenage cohorts.”

Years Growing Up Growing Miserable Teenage Bully Tease Meanness Puberty

Author:Linda Hunt

“When I was growing up, so many of the important changes for African-Americans were being made in the United States Supreme Court and were being made by lawyers. I followed the court very intensely and wanted to do that for my life.”

Made Important States Wanted United United States Growing Up Growing Court Lawyer Supreme African American Supreme Court

Author:Leah Ward Sears

“When I was growing up, softball had stereotypes along with other female sports. But society is definitely changing since the WNBA and WUSA. Muscles on female athletes are OK now. Young girls can look up to beautiful, athletic, fit women.”

Looks Beautiful Young Girl Sports Growing Up Growing Fit Female Athlete Look Up Muscles Stereotype Athletic Softball Female Athlete Wnba

Author:Jennie Finch

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

Seems Simple Growing Up Growing

Author:Steve Vai

“When I was growing up, the exam system didn't allow you to write fiction, so you never did.”

Writing Fiction Growing Up Growing Exam

Author:Roddy Doyle

“When I was growing up, the men in my life were abusive; women were the ones I ran to for comfort.”

Men Growing Up Growing Comfort Ran Abusive

Author:Kevyn Aucoin

“When I was growing up, the really, really cool super heroes were all male - so I wanted to be them.”

Wanted Growing Up Growing Hero Males Really Cool Super Hero

Author:Virginia Madsen

“When I was growing up, the top movies dealt with grown-up, complex emotions.”

Emotion Growing Up Growing Complexes Movie

Author:John Slattery

“When I was growing up, there was a man who gave me lessons and things. I'm very dyslexic so he used to give me extra reading and writing. And he always knew that I was interested in stuff but he never told me that he was in the Second World War himself. One day he gave me his helmet that he had worn through the North Africa Campaign. It was just before he died. So I've got his helmet. That was pretty special to me.”

“When I was growing up, there was always somebody who wanted to pick a fight with me. I'd say, I'm not a famous boxer, my father is. If you want to fight somebody, go fight my Dad.”

Ifs Want Wanted Fighting Father Growing Up Growing Dad Picks My Dad Boxing Boxers Famous Boxer

Author:Richard Gibbons

“When I was growing up, there was no such thing as Off-Broadway. You either got your show on or you didn't.”

Shows Growing Up Growing Broadway

Author:Stephen Sondheim

“When I was growing up, there were a lot more arts in the public schools. Politically, America has screwed up on that.”

Art School America Growing Up Growing Public School Screwed Up

Author:Julie Taymor

“When I was growing up, there were no cell phones and no roads into the bush, and so if something happened to your plane, that was serious. Nobody was coming to rescue you.”

Ifs Growing Up Growing Happened Serious Phones Cells Planes Rescue Cell Phone

Author:Leigh Newman

“When I was growing up, there were so many musicals you could watch. I like the fantasy of musicals and I love music.”

Watches Fantasy Growing Up Growing Music Love I Love Music

Author:Queen Latifah

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