“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.” MeanI CanAbleRememberFunStuffGrowing UpGrowingGrewGrew UpRidingRope Author:Tim McGraw
“I grew up in Cyprus and Egypt, these fantastic places I remember fondly.” RememberGrewGrew UpFantasticEgyptCyprus Author:Tea Obreht
“You must remember I grew up around music. Three of my family were musicians.” RememberThreeGrewGrew UpMusicianMy Family Author:Lori Singer
“I just don't know when we all decided that if it doesn't fit in a Happy Meal box, it's not for kids. I remember flying monkeys in the Wizard of Oz, and I grew up watching Monty Python. I think that kids can handle a lot more than we give them credit for, especially when it comes to the absurd.” IfsThinkingKnowsGivingKidsRememberGrewFitGrew UpDecidedBoxesCreditFlyingHandleAbsurdMealsMonkeysWizardsPythonMonty Author:Gore Verbinski
“I grew up in New York till I was 5, and I remember going to see 'Annie' and some musicals as a kid, and I remember my parents being somewhat okay with us watching 'Rocky Horror Picture Show,' which, it boggles my mind that they allowed me to watch it.” MindShowsKidsRememberParentWatchesNew YorkGrewHorrorGrew UpOkayAnnieRocky Horror Author:Gabriel Macht
“Teenagers talk about the idea of having each other's 'full attention.' They grew up in a culture of distraction. They remember their parents were on cell phones when they were pushed on swings as toddlers. Now, their parents text at the dinner table and don't look up from their BlackBerry when they come for end-of-school day pickup.” LooksIdeasEndsSchoolRememberCultureParentAttentionGrewGrew UpTablesPhonesDinnerCellsTeenagerLook UpDistractionSwingsCell PhoneToddlerDinner TableBlackberriesPickupsSchool Days Author:Sherry Turkle
“The era of television in which I grew up was much simpler than now. Its conventions were quite transparent and fun to think about. Who could ever remember the plot of those shows?” ThinkingShowsRememberFunTelevisionGrewGrew UpErasPlotConventionsTransparent Author:Joe Bradley
“I grew up with nothing - I remember sometimes not having shoes.” SometimesRememberGrewGrew UpShoes Author:Kesha
“The New World's sons from England's breast we drew Such milk as bids remember whence we came, Proud of her past wherefrom our future grew, This window we inscribe with Raleigh's fame.” WorldPastRememberSonGrewProudFameWindowEnglandBreastsOur FutureMilkNew WorldRemember WhenRaleigh Author:James Russell Lowell
“I am much less autistic now, compared to when I was young. I remember some behaviors like picking carpet fuzz and watching spinning plates for hours. I didn't want to be touched. I couldn't shut out background noise. I didn't talk until I was about 4 years old. I screamed. I hummed. But as I grew up, I improved.” WantYearsRememberYoungHoursGrewBehaviorGrew UpBackgroundsNoiseTouchedPlatesCarpetSpinningAutisticYaksBackground NoiseSpinning Plates Author:Temple Grandin
“I grew up in a very small house with five brothers and sisters and my parents, all with one little bathroom. And from as early as I can remember, seven, eight years old, I was listening to music to get a way from it all. Then the discovery of all this amazing stuff that became more than just getting away from it, it became a part of my DNA.” WayYearsLittlesI CanRememberHouseStuffParentFiveBrotherListeningGrewGrew UpDiscoverySevenEightGet AwayBrothers And SistersDnaBathroomListening To Music Author:John Varvatos
“The first place that I can well remember was a large pleasant meadow with a pond clear water in it. Some shady trees leaned over it, and rushes and water-lilies grew at the deep end.” FirstsWellsI CanBookEndsRememberWaterClearTreeGrewPleasantOver ItLiliesMeadowsPondsShadyClear WaterWater Lily Book:Black Beauty Source: Black Beauty
“I remember singing around the house to records that were playing. All kinds of music. And the great James Cleveland was often in our house, and I grew up with his sound as well.” WellsKindRememberHouseSoundRecordsGrewGrew UpSingingAll KindsCleveland Author:Aretha Franklin
“You know, when I was a kid waiting on the bus, I remember that was when I imagined my life. I imagined everything that I was gonna be when I grew up and I imagined all of these amazing journeys and amazing people Id meet. Of course, all of it has kind of come to fruition.” PeopleKnowsKindKidsRememberCoursesWaitingJourneyGrewGrew UpBusFruitionAmazing People Author:Glen Hansard
“I do have a really good memory. I mean, like, I can remember all the phone numbers of everybody on the street I grew up on.” MeanI CanRememberMemoriesNumbersStreetsGrewGrew UpPhonesGood MemoriesPhone Numbers Author:Mary Karr
“I wanted to be an author as far back as I can remember, mixed with occasional bouts of wanting to be a werewolf when I grew up. But mostly, when I daydreamed, it was about being an author.” I CanWantedRememberGrewGrew UpOccasionalWerewolf Author:Neil Gaiman
“I grew up in a completely bookless household. It was my father's boast that he had never read a book from end to end. I don't remember any of his ladies being bookish. So I was entirely dependent on my schoolteachers for my early reading with the exception of The Wind in the Willows, which a stepmother read to me when I was in hospital.” BookEndsRememberReadingFatherWindGrewGrew UpDependentExceptionHospitalsHouseholdBoastStepmothersWind In The Willows Author:John le Carre
“I grew up watching American movies. My favorite movies have always been American, since as long as I can remember. I always had this huge respect for American filmmakers and American actors.” LongI CanRememberActorsHugeGrewGrew UpMy FavoriteFilmmakerAmerican Movie Author:Noomi Rapace
“I grew up on Lake Michigan during the PCB explosion, and I remember seeing the sick, dead fish with tumors, the weird deformed seagulls, the scum and the filth floating. We couldn't go swimming.” RememberSeeingGrewGrew UpSickFishesLakesSwimmingFloatingExplosionsMichiganFilthScumTumorsSeagull Author:Mark Ruffalo
“I grew up in Cuba under a strong, military, oppressive dictatorship. So as a teenager, I found myself involved in a revolution. I remember during that time, a young, charismatic leader rose up, talking about 'hope' and 'change'. His name was Fidel Castro.” RememberYoungFoundNamesStrongTalkingLeaderMilitaryRevolutionGrewInvolvedGrew UpRoseTeenagerDictatorshipCubaCharismaticCastroHope And Change Author:Rafael Cruz
“I grew up playing games, and I remember Christmas 1981 when my dad got us an Intellivision, and we all sat around and played 'Astrosmash' for hours on end. It was a big part of my youth.” EndsBigsRememberGamesHoursYouthGrewDadGrew UpMy DadSatPlaying Games Author:Roger Craig Smith
“When I was a young boy, I can remember in the community that I grew up in, seeing people in the community who had numbers that were on their arms.” PeopleI CanRememberYoungCommunityNumbersBoysSeeingArmsGrewGrew Up Author:Bernie Sanders
“I grew up as a fan of the original Star Trek series. When I was in middle school, I think in the 6th grade, I remember going to a book fair and finding a book called The Making of Star Trek, by Stephen Whitfield, and I grabbed it and took and home and just devoured it, over and over again. It was a really influential book. It was very nuts and bolts.” ThinkingBookHomeSchoolRememberStarsFansMiddleGrewFindingsGrew UpFairsOriginalsSeriesGradesNutsInfluentialBoltsMiddle SchoolNuts And BoltsOriginal Star Trek Author:Ronald D. Moore
“I had a gypsy upbringing, so I moved around all over the place and can't remember a street I grew up on.” RememberStreetsGrewGrew UpMovedUpbringingGypsy Author:Vanessa Hudgens
“I grew up looking at the Sunset Strip, literally. The things that I remember are the Rainbow Room, the Roxy, the Bizarries, Tower, I grew up my whole life going there, Filthy McNasty's and I said, I need these things and now fill it in with other iconic buildings.” NeedsSaidWholeRememberRoomsBuildingGrewGrew UpWhole LifeSunsetRainbowTowersIconicFilthy Author:Adam Shankman
“The question is, 'how bad at sports were you as a kid?' I grew up near where they film Jersey Shore. If you weren't tan, muscular, and book-averse, you were a dork and a nerd and a geek and stuff. I remember being into Gary Larsen, Stephen Wright, Peter Sellers.” IfsBookKidsRememberFilmStuffSportsGrewGrew UpShorePeterNerdGeekJerseySellersGaryDorkJersey Shore Author:Demetri Martin
“I grew up in Texas, and people love their American-made muscle cars there. I grew up around people who loved cars and took care of cars and my dad's a big car nut, so I learned a little bit about cars - how to love them, most importantly. I think that from the time I could remember, I've always envisioned myself in a vintage muscle car.” PeopleThinkingLittlesMadeBigsCareRememberBitsCarGrewDadLittle BitGrew UpMy DadMusclesTexasNutsVintageHow To LoveBig CarsMuscle Car Author:Amber Heard
“I remember I grew up in a poor family and we had almost nothing and we were not treated very well by our family. There was no safe haven for us. But somehow we always managed to be happy.” WellsRememberPoorHavensGrewSafeGrew UpTreatedOur FamilySafe HavenPoor Family Author:Luis Negron
“I watched this documentary on Madonna. I remember I grew up hearing she wanted to rule the world. Actually, she worked really hard - really, really hard.” WorldHardWantedRememberGrewGrew UpHearingDocumentaries Author:Winona Ryder
“I grew up in Southern California so I was always at the beach and outdoors. I remember my dad laying around the pool baking; he was practically George Hamilton.” RememberGrewDadGrew UpMy DadBeachCaliforniaSouthernPoolBakingHamiltonSouthern California Author:C. J. Wilson
“I remember my mum explaining to me what adoption meant when I was still at primary school. 'Son,' she said to me, 'you didn't grow under my heart, you grew in it'.” HeartSaidStillsSchoolRememberGrowsSonGrewMy HeartPrimariesMumAdoptionExplainingPrimary School Author:Michael Gove
“I grew up in the Baptist Church, and going to church with my father; I remember being 8 years old, trying to determine whether I was really ready to give up sin, and for days I agonized.” GivingTryingYearsRememberFatherChurchSinReadyGrewGiving UpGrew UpDetermineBaptistsGoing To ChurchReady To Give Up Author:Oprah Winfrey
“I can't remember the past, or I can't see very clearly, or I've gotten older and the person I was isn't there anymore, and the place I grew up isn't where I live now.” PersonsI CanPastRememberGrewGrew UpRemembering The Past Author:Martha Ronk