“I knew there was a certain level that I could get to within the sporting world. But as I continued with my career, not only did I grow, but the sport grew. All of a sudden, all of these doors opened to me. It's been amazing. I guess I was born at the right time.” WorldCertainGrowsSportsBornLevelsCareersDoorsGrewOlympicsRight Time Author:Shaun White
“A friend told me the longer you keep Romano cheese, the better it gets. So, I kept it three years. And this thing turned mean. Now and then I'd open the refrigerator door and throw it some food. I'd have to walk it now and then. And then it grew this one leg. And it's got this ugly fuzz all over it. And the dogs won't run with it.” YearsMeanRunningThreeWalksDoorsDogGrewUglyLegsOver ItThree YearsNow And ThenCheeseRefrigerators Author:Phyllis Diller
“I think so much of my early life, even though I grew up White and middle class, I was completely shattered by the horrifically violent atmosphere I grew up in. I am a consequence of violence. That opened a door to many realities that I would not have experienced had I not survived what I did.” ThinkingRealityWhiteClassViolenceDoorsMiddleGrewGrew UpConsequenceViolentAtmosphereMiddle ClassSurvivedShatteredEarly LifeConsequences Of Violence Author:Eve Ensler
“I had no idea of being a star, all I knew was that I wanted to be a great actress, I wanted to work as an actress. So I thought the way I would be a great actress was to sing and dance first. Lay a foundation - get my foot in the door, and then undoubtedly, of course, I would be offered great roles as soon as I grew up enough to handle them.” WayFirstsIdeasEnoughWould BeWantedCoursesStarsRolesDoorsFeetGrewGrew UpFoundationLaysActressesHandleNo Idea Author:Bette Midler
“It is true that I grew up in an affluent neighborhood and went to a prestigious school. But there were horrors that went on behind closed doors.” SchoolBehindsDoorsGrewHorrorGrew UpNeighborhoodClosed DoorsAffluentBehind Closed DoorsPrestigious Author:Kirby Wright
“I was a very lucky kid, because I grew up affluent Santa Barbara, California. My experience as a child was probably so different from people I met later who grew up in the rural South, where many doors were closed to them.” PeopleChildrenDifferentKidsDoorsGrewMetsLuckyGrew UpSouthCaliforniaSantaAffluentBarbaraSanta Barbara Author:Floyd Norman
“I know more polkas than Frankie Yankovic. I grew up next door to the Polka Tavern in Milwaukee. I can sing some polkas. And proud of that.” KnowsI CanNextDoorsGrewProudGrew UpTavernsMilwaukeePolka Author:Al Jarreau
“I'm grew up a huge fan of The Three Stooges and Monty Python, so somebody getting slapped in the face with a fish, or falling out of a chair, or running into a door, or tripping over their own feet and eating it, is all stuff I find really, really funny.” RunningFacesFallThreeStuffDoorsFeetFansHugeGrewEatingGrew UpFishesChairsPythonTrippingMontyStoogesThree StoogesTripping Over Author:Thomas Sadoski
“I was taking my advance freefall course, doing my level 1 jump. My heart was racing. Like I said, I have a lot of fear with falling, so I panicked. Then I let go of the door of the airplane and kind of panicked the entire way. But after a few jumps I grew more calm, realized what was going on, and I think that was the key. The more calm I got, the more relaxed I was.” ThinkingWayHeartKindSaidFallCoursesLevelsDoorsKeysGrewMy HeartLetting GoCalmRacingAirplaneRelaxed Author:Dean Potter
“A lot of black people worked with the police as snitches. We used to call them bimpees where I grew up. And, you know, they were afforded special privileges. They may have been paid by the police. But you never knew who was informing on you. We lived either next door to or - two doors away from us was a known informant in Soweto.” PeopleKnowsMayHas BeensTwoUsedNextBlackKnownDoorsSpecialGrewGrew UpPaidPolicePrivilegeBlack PeopleInformingInformantsSnitch Author:Trevor Noah
“We grew up in a praying home [with Alex Kendrick], we saw incredible answers to prayer in our parents' lives, they grew up in praying homes, our father launched a Christian school with nothing, basically he had some people that believed in the project but they had very little resources, and we watched our parents deal with those issues first in prayer, and then when they went out knocking on doors they saw amazing doors answered and resources come in.” PeopleFirstsLittlesHomeSchoolChristianFatherParentPrayerAnswersDealsIssuesSawsDoorsGrewPrayingProjectsGrew UpResourcesIncrediblesOur FatherAlexKnockingAnswers To PrayerChristian SchoolsKnocking On Doors Author:Stephen Kendrick