“I used to watch 'Coming to America' every day after school. I have full-on long-running inside jokes with friends and family about different scenes in that movie alone. Also, my brother and I loved 'The Golden Child,' so, yeah: I was a huge fan of Eddie Murphy growing up.” ChildrenLongDifferentRunningSchoolAmericaUsedWatchesGrowing UpGrowingFansBrotherHugeSceneJokesYeahGoldenMy BrotherFamily And FriendsMurphyAfter SchoolComing To AmericaInside JokesGolden Child Author:Gabourey Sidibe
“When I was growing up in Terrell, Texas, I felt that it was not where I was supposed to be. I knew that I was meant for a different destination. I think that the minute I was born, there was something inside telling me where I would go, it's like energy - an intangible destiny.” ThinkingDifferentEnergyFeltBornDestinyGrowing UpGrowingMinutesSupposed To BeDestinationTexasIntangibleIntangible Quality Author:Jamie Foxx
“Growing up in the business you have to grow up very fast - you do have a different type of childhood, that has its benefits and it has its drawbacks.” DifferentGrowsGrowing UpGrowingChildhoodTypeBenefitsDrawbacks Author:Jodi Sweetin
“The way everyone in London is right up against each other makes it very real to you growing up, the fact that people have different lives to you. And that causes problems; of course it does.” PeopleWayDoeDifferentRealFactsProblemCoursesCausesGrowing UpGrowingLondonDifferent Life Author:Tinie Tempah
“That's really what was wonderful for me growing up, since I got to know so many of the songwriters who liked me and thought I had talent. They would then tell me how to read a lyric and sing a song, and challenge me to try and find a different end to a song.” KnowsTryingDifferentEndsSongChallengesGrowing UpGrowingWonderfulTalentSongwriters Author:Margaret Whiting
“Hopefully with each thing that you do you're learning something, you're growing, and you're pushing yourself a little harder in some way or another. So I think you'd be in real trouble if each new thing that you create didn't feel like 'Oh, wow. I feel like I'm doing something a little different this time.” IfsThinkingWayFeelsLittlesDifferentRealGrowingTroubleHarderHopefullyPushingWowNew ThingsPush Yourself Author:Rian Johnson
“I was always very physical, growing up, and did sports. I like to get out and do different things, and walk in different shoes. I like change. I like challenge.” DifferentSportsChallengesWalksGrowing UpGrowingShoesDifferent Things Author:Emily Bett Rickards
“I live a very different life now, with incredible privileges, but looking back I realise that growing up in Russia gave me tools that other people don't necessarily have - such as the will to push that bit further, to make things happen, to succeed.” PeopleDifferentHappensBitsGrowing UpGrowingSucceedToolsIncrediblesPrivilegeRussiaThings HappenRealisingLooking BackMake Things HappenDifferent Life Author:Natalia Vodianova
“The City's going to be very very beautiful! Its going to be like a beautiful beautiful park in some places, and there in the lower level where the river flows right through the City there's going to be these beautiful trees growing on both sides, fruit trees with 12 different kinds of fruit, a different kind every month, think of that!-And leaves that'll be able to heal the people outside the City that are still sin-sick, and sick of their disobediences and their rebellion against God. We're going to be able to take those leaves outside and heal them!” PeopleThinkingKindStillsDifferentAbleBeautifulSidesSinLevelsCitiesGrowingTreeMonthsFlowRiversSickFruitHealParksHeavenlyRebellionDifferent KindsBoth SidesDisobedienceVery BeautifulFruit TreesBeautiful TreesRebellion Against God Author:David Berg
“Growing up, Guess always had these amazing billboards and cool affordable clothing. I wore it then, and I still wear it now! It's come full-circle. When I design the clothes, I have a very good team around me, showing me different pieces and cuts.” StillsDifferentGrowing UpPiecesCuttingGrowingTeamDesignClothesVery GoodCirclesClothingsAffordableBillboardsGood TeamFull Circle Author:Tiesto
“We were growing up in West Virginia. Everybody was poor there in the southern part of the state. It was like growing up in the Great Depression from the stories I hear people tell. Everybody was poor and so we didnt know that we were any different from anybody else.” PeopleKnowsDifferentStatesStoriesPoorGrowing UpGrowingWestSouthernVirginiaGreat DepressionWest Virginia Author:James Green
“I'm glad I was faced with different cultures when I was growing up because I wasn't fazed by it. It has been a huge benefit to me; I feel comfortable wherever I go.” FeelsHas BeensDifferentCultureGrowing UpGrowingHugeBenefitsComfortableGladDifferent Cultures Author:Jessie J
“I think, one thing that I've really come to appreciate about my parents as I've got older is you know, how wise they really were. As a kid when I was growing up, as any kid, you think you know every thing and I was no different to that. I had different opinions on a lot of different things then them but the way they raised me, in hindsight, they were right.” ThinkingKnowsWayDifferentKidsParentOpinionKnow HowGrowing UpWiseGrowingOne ThingAppreciateRaisedDifferent ThingsHindsightYou Think You KnowDifferent Opinions Author:Tiger Woods
“I like to keep people around me like the guys I have on the road with me, three of them were childhood friends of mine when I was growing up in Scotland. They don't look at me any different than when we were in primary school. So it's good to keep people like that around you. I think if you surround yourself with good honest people, they will tell you what to hear when you need to hear it.” PeopleIfsThinkingNeedsLooksDifferentSchoolGuyThreeGrowing UpGrowingChildhoodHonestMinesPrimariesSurroundScotlandLook At MeSurround YourselfHonest PeoplePrimary SchoolChildhood Friend Author:Johnny Reid
“It wasn't a case of me sitting down and thinking, right then, what shall I do with my life? Airline pilot? Plumber? Guitar manufacturer? Writer .... yeah, writer. I've always loved writing, from a very early age--I guess I was writing my first stories when I was still in single digits. It progressed, and the love of writing grew in my mind and is still growing. Doing it full-time, there are different stresses and tensions, and the business side of it comes to the fore sometimes. But I still love it, and I'm always thankful that I can do what I do and make a living from it.” ThinkingWritingMindFirstsStillsI CanDifferentSometimesStoriesAgeSidesCan DoCasesGrowingGrewSittingStressDown AndYeahGuitarTensionPilotsAirlineSitting DownPlumberThinking RightAirline Pilots Author:Tim Lebbon