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“I used to lie down on the grass and draw the blades as they grew - until every square foot of meadow, or mossy bank, became a possession to me.”

Used Lying Feet Grew Draws Possession Grass Squares Blades Meadows

Author:John Ruskin

“I'm from Houston. I think I was thirty-seven before I ever set foot in Dallas, and that was just in the airport. So I've never really been there. Dad grew up in Port Arthur, Texas and all I can ever get out of him is, "I wanted my first son to be named Dallas."”

Thinking Firsts I Can Wanted Feet Son Grew Dad Grew Up Seven Thirty Texas Airports Port Arthur Dallas Houston

Author:Dallas Roberts

“I grew up in Ditchling. It was an idyllic village at the foot of the South Downs. In those days, the village was full of artists and sculptors.”

Artist Feet Grew Grew Up South Village Sculptors Idyllic

Author:Donald Sinden

“I was thinking, I could turn him into a fly and drop him into a spider's web and watch him tangled and helpless and struggling, shut into the body of a dying buzzing fly; I could wish him dead until he died.I could fasten him to a tree and keep him there until he grew into the trunk and bark grew over his mouth. if he was under the ground I could walk over him stamping my feet.”

Source: Novels and Stories: The Lottery, The Haunting of Hill House, We Have Always Lived in the Castle, Other Stories and Sketches

“Have you ever been up in your plane at night, alone, somewhere, 20,000 feet above the ocean?... Did you ever hear music up there?... It's the music a man's spirit sings to his heart, when the earth's far away and there isn't any more fear. It's the high, fine, beautiful sound of an earth-bound creature who grew wings and flew up high and looked straight into the face of the future. And caught, just for an instant, the unbelievable vision of a free man in a free world.”

“When we Chinese girls listened to the adults talk-story, we learned that we failed if we grew up to be but wives or slaves. We could be heroines, swordswomen. Even if she had to rage across all China, a swordswoman got even with anybody who hurt her family. Perhaps women were once so dangerous that they had to have their feet bound.”

Ifs Stories Girl Hurt Wife Feet Dangerous Grew Grew Up Adults Independence Slave Bounds China Rage Chinese Heroines

Book:The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts

Source: The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts

“I was born in Mexico, I grew up in Mexico, and along the way, I learned to love Mexico. I think anyone who has stepped foot on this land - not to mention all Mexican people - will agree that its not difficult to love Mexico.”

People Thinking Way Difficult Born Feet Land Grew Grew Up Agree Mexico Mexican

Author:Emiliano Salinas

“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.”

Way Firsts Ideas Enough Would Be Wanted Courses Stars Roles Doors Feet Grew Grew Up Foundation Lays Actresses Handle No Idea

Author:Bette Midler

“At school I was called Fred, which is my middle name. At that time, Fred was considered to be a bit of a horrible name, so that's why. Otherwise, I was called Titchy because I was little. I was still only about 4ft something when I left school. I grew a foot under glass in my first year as a gardener. It's really quite amazing what sun and manure can do.”

Years Firsts Littles Stills School Names Left Bits Can Do Sun Feet Middle Grew Glasses Horrible Gardener Manure

Author:Alan Titchmarsh

“It seems like the studios are either making giant blockbusters, or really super-small indies. And the mid-level films I grew up on, like 'Back to the Future' and all those John Hughes movies, the studios aren't doing. It's hard to get them on their feet.”

Hard Seems Film Levels Feet Grew Grew Up Studios Giants Blockbuster

Author:Chris Evans

“Liberty is the first condition of growth. Your ancestors gave every liberty to the soul, and religion grew. They put the body under every bondage, and society did not grow. The opposite is the case in the West - every liberty to society, none to religion. Now are falling off the shackles from the feet of Eastern society as from those of Western religion.”

Firsts Soul Body Fall Grows Growth Liberty Cases Feet Conditions Grew Opposites West Western Ancestor Eastern Bondage Shackles Falling Off

Book:The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda

Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda

“I started skiing when I was five years old. I grew up on a little 300-foot mountain called Perfect North Slopes. It wasn't a great destination in the world, but it was a good enough place to learn how to do tricks.”

World Years Littles Enough Perfect Five Feet Grew Mountain Grew Up Tricks Five Years Destination Good Enough Skiing Slopes Five Year Olds

Author:Nick Goepper

“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.”

Running Faces Fall Three Stuff Doors Feet Fans Huge Grew Eating Grew Up Fishes Chairs Python Tripping Monty Stooges Three Stooges Tripping Over

Author:Thomas Sadoski

“I grew up being educated by Sesame Street and gained a sense of humor from The Muppet Show. I'd give my right foot to be able to do a scene or two with the Muppets.”

Giving Two Shows Able Feet Streets Grew Scene Grew Up Educated Sense Of Humor Muppet Sesame Street Muppet Show

Author:Neil Patrick Harris

“I grew up in the South Side, and when we would have snow and blizzards and drifts, we would jump off the garage roof into the snow. Now if I'm up on a step ladder and I think I'm going to fall, it's a foot and a half off the ground, but I'm panicked about it. So I'm afraid of ladders and those beds.”

Ifs Thinking Fall Sides Half Steps Feet Grew Bed Grew Up South Snow Roof Ladders Garage Blizzard

Author:Jimmy Pardo

“What did I do in high school? I grew from 5 feet 4 inches to 6 feet 2 inches.”

School Feet Grew High School Inches Gnarly

Author:Gregory Peck

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