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“I've sung my whole life. I did a lot of musical theater growing up, I sing in the shower, sing in the car, sing everywhere really, on set at Chuck, all the time. I like it, and I've always felt like I've had a knack for it, or a talent for it, on some level, I don't know.”

Knows Whole Felt Levels Growing Up Growing Talent Car Theater Musical Whole Life Showers Chuck Knack Musical Theater

Author:Zachary Levi

“When Asian people grow up fast they go to college at 13. White people grow up fast it's about fudge packing and triple D's at 13.”

People Humor Funny Grows White Growing Up College Asian Packing Fudge

Author:Adam Carolla

“It was a hard name having growing up as a child. Some kids would call me names like "Birbiglebug" and "Birbibliography" and "Faggot". Some were more clever than others.”

Children Hard Humor Kids Funny Names Growing Up Growing Clever Call Me

Author:Mike Birbiglia

“I think of my father growing up in South Jersey, the son of second-generation German immigrant glassblowers. The opportunities for him of feeling that aspiration, that yearning, get out of the small town, connect to a larger world, get yourself to New York, wanting to play the piano at every opportunity, bonding with people who were on a similar path, ending up in Provincetown, which was kind of nexus for nonconformity, and artistic dropout reality.”

“Growing up in the fifties, having to wear a dog tag, having to take shelter in a bomb shelter. That turned me toward the road, I did not want to live in fear of that, I was gong to work somehow against what that vision was, and what that horror was. It was poetry, art, music.”

Want Art Vision Growing Up Growing Dog Horror Bombs Shelter Tag Art Music Gongs Bomb Shelters

Author:Anne Waldman

“Home is home wherever you grow up generally speaking. Unless you're one of those people who always wants to get out of a small town and do something bigger with your life, which I always did but I always wanted to come back, so home is home and its a great place for me to come back and escape the hustle and bustle of the life that I live.”

People Want Home Wanted Grows Growing Up Bigger Towns Small Town Hustle Bustle Hustle And Bustle

Author:Seth Rollins

“When I was growing up and wanted to be a musician, the fantasy that I had of what the music industry was is so wrong.”

Wanted Fantasy Growing Up Growing Industry Musician Music Industry

Author:Matty Mullins

“I want to be simple. I think that we try - and we think when we grow up - that we have the truth, because we experience and stuff. But that bullsh*t actually.”

Thinking Want Trying Grows Stuff Simple Growing Up Truth Is

Author:Stromae

“I prefer being able to see my opponent. It is just different for me; I didn't grow up with the internet age really.”

Different Age Able Grows Growing Up Internet Opponents

Author:Daniel Negreanu

“I don't think I really knew how fit I was when I was a kid. I rode with my dad quite long distances and I've been racing since the age of nine, so we did a lot of sport growing up. My earliest memories of my dad are watching him race, so it was inevitable when we were old enough that my brother and I would get on bikes.”

Thinking Long Enough Kids Age Sports Memories Race Growing Up Growing Brother Dad Fit Distance My Dad Nine Inevitable My Brother Racing Bike Long Distance

Author:Victoria Pendleton

“Fashion has always been in my life, thanks to my mother and my aunt growing up. I think as I became an adult, my style evolved, and my love of fashion evolved even more.”

Thinking Mother Growing Up Growing Fashion Style Adults Thanks Aunt

Author:Olivia Palermo

“I did not grow up watching much TV and film. I had a very, very, very, very, very, very church family, and a lot of, like, secular stuff was not around my house.”

Film House Grows Stuff Church Growing Up Tvs Secular

Author:Pauley Perrette

“Sports teaches you very important lessons that are many and varied. It's probably the closest thing to the lessons we learned in fighting and warfare, about loyalty and growing up.”

Important Fighting Sports Teach Growing Up Growing Lessons Loyalty Closest Warfare Important Lessons

Author:Tinker Hatfield

“My dream in growing up in the city of Detroit was to be Mayor. At the family picnics from the time I was 9-years-old that's what I told people I was going to be. The mayor of the city of Detroit.”

People Years Dream Cities Growing Up Growing Old People Mayors Detroit Picnics

Author:Kwame Kilpatrick

“You can't grow up without taking a few knocks on the way. All parents know that, but children when they're growing up, they take some knocks, and nasty knocks sometimes if they've been too protected.”

Ifs Knows Way Children Sometimes Grows Parent Growing Up Growing Protected Nasty

Author:Ibn Warraq

“The street is where we all learn. I played organized football growing up as well, but when that was over, I went right to the street. I remember twisting my ankles, breaking my thumb, I hurt everything when I was little playing street ball.”

Wells Littles Remember Hurt Growing Up Growing Streets Football Balls Organized Thumbs Ankles

Author:Champ Bailey

“When asked what I'd be if I weren't a writer, I'm tempted to respond with one of father's favorite phrases, one I despised while growing up: "I hate 'what-ifs.'"”

Ifs Hate Father Growing Up Growing I Hate Phrases Tempted Despised

Author:Cate Marvin

“I always loved science and math growing up. I was born in Iran; I grew up there and then came to the United States when I was about 16 years old. And I thought that this was my opportunity to get involved with something really cool and great.”

Years States Opportunity Born United United States Growing Up Growing Grew Involved Grew Up Math Iran Get Involved Really Cool

Author:Anousheh Ansari

“When you grow up in a place (whether as a child or an adult) you squeeze everything out of it. You need so much when you're young.”

Needs Children Young Grows Growing Up Adults

Author:Vestal McIntyre

“The point here is what makes human beings different from other creatures is our ability to use language. We can use words to express ourselves in very eloquent and complex ways. We grow up telling and listening to stories. That's what turns us into the people we are.”

People Way Humans Different Stories Use Turns Language Grows Human Beings Ability Growing Up Listening Creatures Complexes Being Different Eloquent

Author:Flemming Rose

“'Sacrifice' seems like such a strong word to me because I wouldn't say I've sacrificed anything. If I didn't enjoy what I do, I wouldn't do it. I might have missed out on a few things when I was younger and growing up.”

Ifs Seems Might Strong Enjoy Growing Up Growing Sacrifice Strong Words

Author:Liam Tancock

“As a Canadian it's something you grow up with. Where I'm from in Canada the ground usually freezes in late October and the lake is frozen until late March. We learn to skate at a young age and I learned to skate when I was three. I was on an outdoor rink when I was three-years-old.”

Years Age Young Three Grows Growing Up Late Canada Lakes March Three Years Frozen Young Age October Freeze Skates Three Year Olds

Author:Gerad Adams

“My dad is a carpenter, a joiner, and I used to watch him make things. So I always imagined that I'd do something where I made things, too. I was really more interested in architecture growing up because I would work with my dad on houses.”

Made Used House Watches Growing Up Growing Dad My Dad Architecture Carpenter

Author:Christopher Bailey

“I had a lot of negativity growing up, so I understand how to block the negativity out.”

Growing Up Growing Block Negativity

Author:Dwight Howard

“Nobody thought that I was going to make it to the NBA. I only had a couple of believers growing up.”

Growing Up Growing Couple Believer Nba

Author:Dwight Howard

“You literally can shoot someone in the face on television and a 7-year-old can watch it. But you can't show the slight of a man's hip, because dear God, someone might think of sex. And while we all hope our kids grow up to have sex, we do not hope they grow up to shoot someone in the face.”

Thinking Men Years Shows Might Kids Faces Sex Grows Watches Growing Up Television Dear Hips Dear God

Author:Shonda Rhimes

“I think that what I was talking about was that as a woman growing up in a Mormon tradition in Salt Lake City, Utah, we were taught - and we are still led to believe - that the most important value is obedience. But that obedience in the name of religion or patriotism ultimately takes our souls. So I think it's this larger issue of what is acceptable and what is not; where do we maintain obedience and law and where do we engage in civil disobedience - where we can cross the line physically and metaphorically and say, "No, this is no longer appropriate behavior."”

“Neverland is a place where you don't grow up, then you have to confront your past.”

Past Grows Growing Up Our Past Your Past Neverland

Author:Edward Kitsis

“When I was growing up, you sort of did the unthinkable. You did something that has never really been replicated.”

Growing Up Growing Unthinkable

Author:Jason Wu

“When I was growing up in Baltimore, the Colts were not just a team that played in the city. It was part of the city. Football players didn't make close to the money they make today and most took jobs in the off-season. Some were mechanics, others worked at furniture stores, and you could find them drinking at a neighborhood watering hole.”

Today Jobs Cities Growing Up Growing Player Team Football Seasons Drinking Stores Holes Neighborhood Mechanic Furniture Football Player Baltimore Off Season Colts

Author:Barry Levinson

“When we were growing up, we were so poor that our heritage was the only thing we had. Mama would say, 'Kids, pour more water in the soup. Better days are coming.'”

Kids Water Poor Growing Up Growing Heritage Soup Mama Better Days

Author:Ashley Judd

“I'm a boy who doesn't want to grow up.”

Want Grows Boys Growing Up

Author:Ray Park

“Very good training to just be a person is growing up in Canada. People say a lot of things about Canada, like that it's boring, but if you look around the world, you can praise boring. It's a very civilized place to grow up. I'm very proud of it.”

People Ifs World Looks Persons Grows Growing Up Growing Proud Training Praise Very Good Boring Around The World Canada Civilized

Author:Mike Myers

“I think you grow up wanting to be a racing driver. Then it dawns on you that it's not going to happen.”

Thinking Happens Grows Growing Up Dawn Drivers Racing Racing Driver

Author:Dominic Cooper

“As a kid I was into horror. I loved horror. Horror was huge. I was always into horror. Goosebumps for me was massive growing up. Horror for me was always a big thing.”

Bigs Kids Growing Up Growing Huge Horror Massive Big Things Goosebumps

Author:Jamie Campbell Bower

“I don't have formal training at all, but I did grow up around design. My parents both flipped homes. A typical weekend for us was walking through model home units. I loved walking through interesting floor plans and seeing different design aesthetics.”

Different Home Grows Parent Interesting Growing Up Plans Seeing Design Walking Models Training Weekend Formal Typical Units Aesthetics Flipped

Author:Jeremiah Brent

“Growing up, I played about every sport imaginable except soccer and hockey. I've always had a passion for basketball. I remember actually playing basketball when I was two or three years old. The time I knew that I could really take my game to the next level.”

Years Two Remember Passion Three Next Games Sports Levels Growing Up Growing Basketball Soccer Hockey Three Years Next Level Three Year Olds Playing Basketball

Author:Dwight Howard

“A lot of pubs in London are now faceless, expensive yuppy bars. Not like when I was growing up. The pub used to be, and should be, the pillar of community.”

Should Used Community Growing Up Growing London Bars Used To Be Expensive Pillars Pubs Faceless

Author:Jason Flemyng

“If you grow up poor you're always going to worry about money, no matter how successful or lucky you become. I'm not moaning about what actors get paid - I'm very, very lucky - but the difference between what leading actors get paid and supporting actors get is a lot.”

Ifs Matter Actors Grows Differences Poor Worry Growing Up Successful Lucky Paid Lucky You Moaning Supporting Actors

Author:Jason Flemyng

“I started [performing] so young that it might have just been that I kind of had to grow up and make people understand that I was worth listening to, even though I was a child.”

People Kind Children Might Young Grows Growing Up Listening Performing

Author:Margaret Cho

“When someone grows up in poverty they never know that's going to be a benefit to their child.”

Knows Children Christian Grows Leadership Church Poverty Growing Up Benefits

Author:Santiago "Jimmy" Mellado

“Study hard; and you might grow up to be President. But let's face it: Even then, you'll never make as much money as your dog.”

Hard Might Funny Faces Grows President Growing Up Study Dog Graduation

Author:George H. W. Bush

“As for the excellent little wretches who grow up in what they are taught, with never a scruple or a query, ... they signify nothing in the intellectual life of the race.”

Life Littles Science Grows Race Growing Up Teaching Taught Intellectual Excellent Scruples Intellectual Life Queries

Author:Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

“I used to be in love with Sandra Bullock when I was growing up. Sandy B. was my girl. I remember seeing Speed when I was in seventh grade and just thinking, 'That's her.'”

Thinking Remember Used Girl Growing Up Growing Seeing Speed Used To Be Grades My Girl Sandy Seventh Grade

Author:Chris Evans

“As a youngster, I played in Little League, Pony League, and all sorts of amateur baseball programs growing up.”

Littles Growing Up Growing Program Baseball League Pregnancy Youngsters Ponies Little League

Author:Jim Evans

“Everybody knows it hurts to grow up...and we're still fighting it.”

Knows Stills Reality Fighting Grows Hurt Growing Up It Hurts Folds

Author:Ben Folds

“Ideas are like beards; men do not have them until they grow up.”

Men Ideas Grows Growing Up Beard

Author:Voltaire

“I didn't grow up imagining myself as an opera composer. Only once in my entire adolescence did I attend an opera. I went and saw Aida at the old Met, didn't understand a thing about it, and thought it was pretty awful. But I think I had it in my genes without even realising it.”

Thinking Grows Growing Up Saws Mets Awful Realising Opera Composer Genes Adolescence

Author:John Adams

“Remember that your ultimate goal is for your children to grow up secure in your love, strong in their faith, and with sound character.”

Children Character Remember Strong Grows Sound Goal Growing Up Ultimate Our Children Secure Your Children Ultimate Goal Strong Love

Author:Gary Chapman

“The one thing about players today is that they're very sensitive, and very fragile. They didn't grow up with tough coaches.”

Today Grows Growing Up Player One Thing Tough Coaches Sensitive Fragile

Author:Doug Collins

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