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“I think one thing that kids who grow up on farms really have going for them is they have exposure to death and birth in a totally different way. I think it takes away a little bit of the mystery and a little bit of the fear, and I do wish I had that. And I wish I was able to grow my own food.”

Thinking Way Littles Different Kids Able Wish Grows Bits My Own Growing Up One Thing Mystery Birth Little Bit Different Ways Farms Exposure

Author:Rachel McAdams

“I mean, I grew up riding. I can't ever remember not being able to ride or rope and all that stuff. It was part of my life growing up, so it was fun for me.”

Mean I Can Able Remember Fun Stuff Growing Up Growing Grew Grew Up Riding Rope

Author:Tim McGraw

“I think to be - for me to be an American is - you know, it's one of the greatest things in the world for - you know, for me just because I've been able to grow up with everything. The freedom. You know, in my eyes this is the greatest country in the world.”

Thinking Knows World Country Eye Able Grows Growing Up

Author:Michael Phelps

“To be able to make up stories has been a great gift to me from my ancestors and from the storytellers who were so numerous at Laguna Pueblo when I was growing up. I learned to read as soon as I could because I wanted stories without having to depend on adults to tell or read stories to me.”

Has Beens Stories Able Wanted Growing Up Growing Depends Adults Ancestor Storyteller Great Gifts

Author:Leslie Marmon Silko

“I would just like my children to be able to eat fish when they grow up. Now, I don't think there's anything controversial about that.”

Thinking Children Able Grows Growing Up Fishes My Children Controversial

Author:James Murdoch

“I want my children to be able to meet and play and communicate with many other children on their own, not only when they are driven somewhere. I want them to grow up in an environment that is not just a place where people sleep but where people work.. and where people enjoy themselves.”

People Want Children Play Able Grows Enjoy Sleep Growing Up Environment Communicate Driven My Children

Book:Beyond Habitat by 20 years

Source: Beyond Habitat by 20 years

“I'm kind of glad that I was able to properly grow up before becoming a massive movie star.”

Kind Able Stars Grows Growing Up Becoming Glad Massive Movie Star

Author:Adam Rayner

“Certainly I'll never be able to put myself in the situation that people growing up in the less developed countries are in. I've gotten a bit of a sense of it by being out there and meeting people and talking with them.”

People Country Able Bits Talking Situation Growing Up Growing Meetings Developed Country

Author:Bill Gates

“How strange it is, our little procession of life! The child says, "When I am a big boy." But what is that? The big boy says, "When I grow up." And then, grown up, he says, "When I get married." But to be married, what is that after all? The thought changes to "When I'm able to retire." And then, when retirement comes, he looks back over the landscape traversed; a cold wind seems to sweep over it; somehow he has missed it all, and it is gone.”

Life Looks Children Littles Bigs Seems Able Grows Boys Gone Growing Up Strange Wind Cold Married Landscape Over It Retirement Retiring Being Married Procession Cold Wind

Book:Feast of Stephen

Source: Feast of Stephen

“I'm first generation American, and my parents were both from Nigeria. And so I always say that I'm literally an African American. So my last name is Famuyiwa, it's different. And so that was a part of my experience from people not being able to pronounce it to not sort of having sort of a shared, common history with a lot of the kids that I was growing up with because my parents were from Africa.”

People Firsts Different Kids Able Lasts Names Parent Common Growing Up Growing Generations African American Nigeria

Author:Terry Gross