“I remember, growing up, if something big - God forbid - happened, the first jokes you heard on the subject came out of Jersey.” IfsFirstsBigsRememberGrowing UpGrowingHappenedHeardSubjectsJokesJersey Author:Oscar Nunez
“When I was a kid growing up in the '60s, music was an outlet for enlightenment, frustration, rebellion. It was more about individualism. Today it's just like a big business.” BigsKidsTodayGrowing UpGrowingEnlightenmentFrustrationRebellionIndividualismOutletsBig BusinessKids Growing Up Author:Joey Ramone
“The dance world was a big part of my growing up.” WorldBigsGrowing UpGrowing Author:Amy Sherman-Palladino
“Growing up I felt like my nose was big. I was always like, 'I'm going to get a nose job one day'. I'm glad I didn't.” BigsJobsFeltGrowing UpGrowingOne DayGladNoses Author:Ashlee Simpson
“The big thing in my family growing up is that everybody had to play a musical instrument. We were like the von Trapps.” PlayBigsGrowing UpGrowingMy FamilyInstrumentsMusicalBig ThingsMusical InstrumentsFamily Growing Up Author:Maggie Stiefvater
“I was a big fan of 'The Smurfs' growing up, even though by default - my mom used to force me to watch because she was a 'Smurfs' fan.” BigsUsedForceWatchesGrowing UpGrowingFansMomMy MomDefaultSmurf Author:Jayma Mays
“The problem with growing up in a cafe was the cafe never closed, my parents worked every day of the year from morning to night. So it was a big menagerie of kids, business and cooking!” YearsProblemBigsKidsNightParentMorningGrowing UpGrowingCookingCafesDays Of The YearMenagerie Author:Anthony Minghella
“I was just a big fan of tattoos always growing up, and I wanted something cool that symbolizes what I've been through in my life, and everything on my chest and my back is like a collage.” BigsWantedGrowing UpGrowingFansChestsTattooCollages Author:Kevin Durant
“When I was growing up you would see big American films that really mythologised their landscape, that really showed the vastness and the drama of their country.” CountryBigsFilmGrowing UpGrowingDramaLandscapeVastnessAmerican Film Author:Baz Luhrmann
“When I was growing up, Nashville was the place to go if you had songs to sell and thought you had talent and wanted to tour and be on Grand Ole Opry [radio show]. It was the big deal back in those days to play the Grand Ole Opry. And you could travel around the world saying, "Hi, I'm Willie from the Grand Ole Opry".” IfsWorldPlayShowsBigsWantedSongDealsGrowing UpGrowingTalentSellsRadioAround The WorldBig DealNashvillePlaces To GoSaying Hi Author:Willie Nelson
“Death was a big part of my life growing up. I went to lots of funerals.” BigsGrowing UpGrowingFuneral Author:Madonna Ciccone
“I grew up in a small town where you know everyone, .. I've been told all my life that I come from too small a town to compete with some of the guys that competed in a higher level growing up. And that kind of drove me through college and drove me in the minor leagues, because I got to face all those big 5- A [school district] guys in the minors.” KnowsKindBigsSchoolFacesGuyLevelsGrowing UpGrowingCollegeGrewHigherGrew UpTownsLeagueMinorsSmall TownHigher LevelSchool Districts Author:Roy Oswalt
“All man has to do is cooperate with the big forces, the sun, the rain, the growing urge. Seeds sprout, stems grow, leaves spread in the sunlight. Man plants, weeds, cultivates and harvests. It sounds simple, and it is simple, with the simplicity of great truths.” MenBigsForceGrowsSoundSimpleSunGrowingRainPlantSimplicitySpreadSeedsUrgesWeedSunlightStemHarvestSprouts Author:Hal Borland
“I am, of comics I was never as big of a fan as I probably could have been I suppose but I'm definitely a fan of science fiction fantasy. My interests were in fantasy more than comics growing up.” Has BeensBigsInterestFictionFantasyGrowing UpGrowingFansScience FictionCould Have Been Author:Brandon Routh
“I was a big fan of Kurt Russell growing up and I always wanted to be the modern day Kurt Russell.” BigsWantedGrowing UpGrowingFansModernModern Day Author:Adam Sandler
“the large black slugs ... come out at dusk. Enormous slugs. As big as crocodiles. So huge we need a gun to shoot them. And by the end of the summer, if they go on growing, we shall have to go out in pairs together for protection.” IfsNeedsEndsBigsTogetherBlackGrowingHugeGoes OnSummerGunProtectionEnormousPairsGardeningExaggerationDuskCrocodilesSlugsEnd Of Summer Author:Nan Fairbrother
“My dad hasn't said much about his college days. Oh, a few times, he might start telling stories. And I've seen some highlight film of him from college. I remember thinking he looked really small. Which is funny, because growing up, I thought he was a pretty big guy.” ThinkingSaidStoriesBigsMightRememberFilmGuyGrowing UpGrowingCollegeDadMy DadNflHighlightsTelling StoriesBig GuysCollege Days Author:Andrew Luck
“We're facing growing climate change, more floods, more droughts, more crisis on a planetary level, and the systems we put in place in the twentieth century are just not going to work. We've run out of stuff. Our big problems are going to be energy supplies and food supplies. This is not a right-left issue. It's a people issue, and it cuts across all our categories.” PeopleProblemBigsRunningEnergyLeftStuffLevelsIssuesCuttingGrowingCenturyCrisisClimateClimate ChangeCategoriesFloodGoing To WorkTwentieth CenturySuppliesBig ProblemsDroughtFood Supply Author:Margaret Atwood
“Sunday night was such a big night for television when I was growing up - you know, The Wonderful World of Disney.” KnowsWorldBigsNightGrowing UpGrowingWonderfulTelevisionSundayWonderful WorldSunday Night Author:Scott Bakula
“My dad loves to cook. I'm half Thai, and growing up that's all we ate in my house. My dad was very big on the idea that dinnertime and cooking time was also family time.” IdeasBigsHouseHalfGrowing UpGrowingDadCookingMy DadCooksThaiFamily TimeDad Love Author:Brenda Song
“I was never a big fashion person, and so I'm sure I wore whatever. I was growing, and so I just wore whatever clothes that weren't that expensive and made sense at the time. But I'm sure that I look back and say, 'What was I thinking?' My adolescence was more in the '80s, and that's more my cross to bear.” ThinkingLooksPersonsMadeBigsGrowingFashionBearsClothesCrossesExpensiveAdolescence80sCrosses To Bear Author:Vince Vaughn
“I've always been terrified about not having money. I've been a big saver and a big earner. When I've been out of work, I've always found another job. I never wanted to get into debt, because money was very tight when I was growing up. I never felt deprived, but I couldn't have the things I wanted.” BigsWantedJobsFoundFeltGrowing UpGrowingDebtTerrifiedDeprived Author:Cherie Lunghi
“I am actually a big sissy, and growing up, I never used to watch horror movies. Bambi gave me nightmares.” BigsUsedWatchesGrowing UpGrowingHorrorNightmareSissy Author:Danielle Panabaker
“Everything I did growing up was with that as the real goal - doing Broadway; doing theatre. That was always the big thrill for me.” RealBigsGoalGrowing UpGrowingTheatreThrillBroadway Author:Jennifer Westfeldt
“I grew up in a really rural town, Stratford, Ontario, with 30,000 people. There's a big festival thrown in the town. A lot of people travel from all over the world to see it, and growing up, I actually used to busk on the street. I'd play my guitar, sing, and people would throw money in the case.” PeopleWorldPlayBigsUsedCasesGrowing UpGrowingStreetsGrewGrew UpTownsGuitarThrownFestivalsOntario Author:Justin Bieber
“I listened to a lot of Michael Jackson growing up. A lot of Boyz II Men. I loved Mariah Carey. Just big vocalists. I was always that kid who just wore whatever and did whatever.” MenBigsKidsGrowing UpGrowingVocalist Author:Justin Bieber
“The worst of this ever growing cancer of Statism [ie big 'paternal' government - socialism, communism and fascism] is its moral effect. The country is rich enough to stand its frightful economic wastage for a long time yet, and still prosper, but it is already so poverty-stricken in its moral resources that the present drain will quickly run them out.” LongStillsCountryEnoughBigsGovernmentRunningMoralPovertyRichGrowingEconomicWorstEffectsLong TimeResourcesCancerSocialismCommunismFascismDrainsWastageCommunism And Fascism Author:Albert J. Nock
“I think I felt like a regular kid. Growing up in New York, I never felt I was a big deal.” ThinkingBigsKidsFeltDealsGrowing UpGrowingNew YorkBig DealKids Growing Up Author:Katharine Weymouth
“It's a bittersweet feeling because this [filming in Chronicles of Narnia] has been a part of my life for six years - from the age of 15 to 21. For anybody that's a big growing up phase, especially in the unique experience of Narnia. But I feel honoured to have been a part of it but the tools I learned from Narnia I'm now taking forward to my next project.” FeelsYearsHas BeensFeelingsBigsAgeNextGrowing UpGrowingSixProjectsUniqueToolsPhasesBittersweetChroniclesNarniaUnique Experiences Author:Skandar Keynes
“Growing up in northern California has had a big influence on my love and respect for the outdoors. When I lived in Oakland, we would think nothing of driving to Half Moon Bay and Santa Cruz one day and then driving to the foothills of the Sierras the next day.” ThinkingBigsNextHalfGrowing UpGrowingInfluenceOne DayMoonDrivingCaliforniaNext DaySantaLove And RespectCruzSierraOaklandNorthern CaliforniaSanta CruzHalf Moon Author:Tom Hanks
“When I got my start, I kind of got my big break with The Princess Diaries and during the press rounds for that everyone asked me: "Did you always want to be a princess growing up?" And the truth was, no I wanted to be Catwoman. And I think a lot of women feel that way. And the fact that I am actually her is such a dream come true. It's such a pinch me moment. And the fact that I am Catwoman in Chris Nolan's Gotham to Christian Bale's Batman is unbelievably cool.” ThinkingWayWantFeelsKindMomentsFactsDreamBigsWantedChristianBreakGrowing UpGrowingPressesRoundsPrincessDreams Come TrueDiariesNolanCatwomanGothamPrincess Diaries Author:Anne Hathaway
“I kind of got my big break with 'The Princess Diaries' and during the press rounds for that everyone asked me: 'Did you always want to be a princess growing up?' And the truth was, no I wanted to be Catwoman.” WantKindBigsWantedBreakGrowing UpGrowingPressesRoundsPrincessDiariesCatwomanPrincess Diaries Author:Anne Hathaway
“We face challenges every day both big and small. But regardless we are always ready for any obstacle, and we have each other to stay grounded, grow together and for comfort. Our memories growing up are what built our foundation. I think we are proof to never give up. None of us are perfect, and we're okay with making fun of our flaws.” ThinkingGivingBigsTogetherFacesFunGrowsChallengesMemoriesPerfectGrowing UpGrowingReadyComfortGiving UpBuiltOkayFoundationObstaclesProofFlawsGroundedNever Giving UpOur Memories Author:Christina Milian
“When I was growing up, everybody smoked, including me. When I was 14, I started. We all did it. That was just the way it was. And nowadays there's a stigma attached to it. It's a big shift.” WayBigsGrowing UpGrowingIncludingStigma Author:Wayne Dyer
“Of course, growing up, I was a big fan of rap so that was something that I got into. I was a fan of a lot of artists. You can be a fan, but at the same time, you gotta carve your own swagger and carve out your own style.” BigsArtistCoursesGrowing UpGrowingFansStyleRapSwagger Author:Kirko Bangz
“I prefer to invest in a company that's going after a small but rapidly growing market than a big but slow growing one.” BigsCompanyGrowing Author:Sam Altman
“Writing music obviously comes from being inspired by things, and big changes in your life, and relationships and growing older and being more independent.” WritingBigsGrowingIndependentInspiredGrowing OldGrowing OlderWriting MusicBig Changes Author:Tristan Prettyman
“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.” BigsKidsGrowing UpGrowingHugeHorrorMassiveBig ThingsGoosebumps Author:Jamie Campbell Bower
“I like listening to old soul music. I like Sam Cooke. When I was growing up, the first things I was listening to was Whitney Houston and Cher. They were really big inspirations for me.” FirstsSoulBigsInspirationGrowing UpGrowingListeningHoustonMusic SoulOld SoulWhitneySam Cooke Author:Rebecca Ferguson
“I wasn't a big science-fiction fan growing up. But I loved Jules Verne and Sherlock Holmes. Both came into play on 'The X-Files.'” PlayBigsFictionGrowing UpGrowingFansScience FictionFilesHolmesX Files Author:Chris Carter
“Historical romance is still very strong in the market. Writers of historical romance are making the bestselling lists on a regular basis and careers are growing. However, since there is much more variety in romance today, the total sales of historicals might be down from their peak. The talk of the market softening is a reflection of this, and of the fact that one does not see big growth in this area of the market.” DoeStillsFactsBigsMightTodayRomanceStrongGrowthCareersGrowingReflectionAreasBasesHistoricalListsVarietyVery Strong Author:Madeline Hunter
“I have always been a HUGE Star Wars fan since I was like 5 years old. Most of us in the writers room at Family Guy were big nerds growing up and could recite almost any scene from Star Wars.” YearsWarBigsGuyStarsRoomsGrowing UpGrowingFansHugeSceneNerdFamily Guy Author:Alex Borstein
“Growing up, the ukulele was always a respected instrument. It's a big part of our culture. It wasn't until I started traveling outside of Hawaii that I realized people didn't really consider the ukulele to be a real instrument.” PeopleRealBigsCultureGrowing UpGrowingInstrumentsI RealizedHawaiiUkulele Author:Jake Shimabukuro
“I think I'm better than Jake (Shields), I think I should be fighting for the title, but I've been given a huge opportunity here to fight B.J. Penn and that's a big fight, belt or no belt. We're in a sport of selling fights right now, and the sport's growing, we're trying to get international, trying to get into every country, every household, and part of that is ticket sales is the idea that Jake Shields is coming over from Strikeforce with two belts. I understand that, it's a business decision.” ThinkingShouldTryingTwoIdeasCountryBigsFightingOpportunityGivenSportsDecisionGrowingHugeRight NowInternationalSellingTitlesHouseholdTicketsBeltsShieldsJakeBusiness Decisions Author:Jon Fitch
“I was always a big kid and I'm okay with that, but I know that it would have been better growing up if I had seen role models who had figures like me, beauty comes in all different packages.” IfsKnowsHas BeensDifferentBigsKidsRolesGrowing UpGrowingFiguresModelsOkayLike MeRole ModelsPackages Author:Mia Tyler
“They say people from small towns have big dreams and that pretty much describes me. I had big dreams growing up and I'm still a dreamer.” PeopleStillsDreamBigsGrowing UpGrowingTownsDreamerSmall TownDescribe Me Author:Clay Guida
“Growing up, I never was a big follower of the Dodgers.” BigsGrowing UpGrowingFollowersDodgers Author:Andre Ethier
“Ralph Fiennes was a big hero of mine acting-wise growing up and while I was training. I just find him so watchable. He was playing this very intimidating character when we worked together and it certainly felt like he was in character off set as well! He was very cool. Before a scene, he'd be like, "Come on. Let's improvise. Let's just do stuff." But Jesus Christ. He's Ralph Fiennes!” WellsCharacterBigsTogetherJesusFeltStuffChristActingGrowing UpWiseGrowingMinesHeroSceneTrainingJesus ChristIntimidatingVery Cool Author:Jeremy Irvine
“I wasn't really a big comic book guy, growing up. I watched cartoons, but the choices were a whole heck of a lot slimmer.” BookWholeBigsGuyChoicesGrowing UpGrowingComicComic BookCartoonComic Book Guy Author:Adrian Pasdar