“Every woman I have ever loved has left her print upon me, where I loved some invaluable piece of myself apart from me-so different that I had to stretch and grow in order to recognize her. And in that growing, we came to separation, that place where work begins.” DifferentOrderLeftGrowsPiecesGrowingSeparationPrintInvaluable Author:Audre Lorde
“There's very little you're not exposed to in New York City, in terms of ideas and physical things - sights, sounds, smells, different kinds of people. But one good thing about growing up fast is you get over it fast, too.” PeopleKindLittlesIdeasDifferentSoundTermCitiesGrowing UpGrowingNew YorkSightGood ThingsSmellOver ItNew York CityExposedDifferent KindsGet OverPhysical Things Author:Olivia Thirlby
“A ruler must learn to persuade and not to compel... he must lay the best coffee hearth to attract the finest men... a good ruler has to learn his world's language... it's different for every world... the language of the rocks and growing things... the language you don't hear just with your ears... the Mystery of Life... not a problem to solve, but a reality to experience... Understanding must move with the flow of the process.” MenWorldDifferentProblemRealityMovingLanguageProcessUnderstandingGrowingMysteryRocksFlowEarsLaysSolveCoffeeRulersFinestMystery Of LifeGrowing Things Author:Frank Herbert
“I was pretty spoiled growing up, creatively and artistically; we were exposed to a lot of different things. I remember watching my brother's friends struggle to get to the level he was at musically and wondering why they were having such a hard time.” DifferentHardRememberLevelsWonderStruggleGrowing UpGrowingBrotherMy BrotherHard TimesDifferent ThingsExposedSpoiled Author:Stephen Bruner
“It really takes growing up to treasure the specialness of being different.” DifferentGrowing UpGrowingTreasureBeing DifferentSpecialness Author:Sonia Sotomayor
“When I was a kid I think the thing I remembered most about The Exorcist was Linda Blair being possessed by the devil, and how scary that was. It had a lot of parallels for me because the movie was challenging different ideas about faith and it was looking at religion in a darker way. Growing up I was afraid of being possessed by the devil, as an adult I'm afraid of being possessed by the world, by ignorance, and not holding on to my beliefs and what I feel strongly about.” ThinkingWorldWayFeelsIdeasDifferentKidsBeliefChallengesGrowing UpGrowingIgnoranceDevilAdultsScaryRememberedPossessedParallelsHolding OnBlairDifferent IdeasExorcist Author:Marilyn Manson
“I don't want to grow up but I'm sick of not growing up - that way. I'll find a different way of not growing up. There's a better way of doing it than torturing your body.” WayWantDifferentBodyGrowsGrowing UpGrowingSickYour BodyDifferent WaysBetter Ways Author:John Lennon
“I love my job. It's such a privilege to be able to play such complicated characters. Growing up, I wanted to be a billion different things. I realized in order for that to happen, I don't have to be them all because the characters I want to play require such research and such a transformation to make that work - that's something that I love doing.” WantDifferentPlayCharacterHappensAbleWantedJobsOrderGrowing UpGrowingResearchTransformationPrivilegeComplicatedBillionsI RealizedDifferent Things Author:Ashley Bell
“Coming from Haiti and growing up in Brooklyn, there's a lot of European influence when I get dressed up. I wear a lot of fitted suits, elegant cuts; I think it's cool to mash up a lot of different looks.” ThinkingLooksDifferentGrowing UpCuttingGrowingInfluenceSuitsElegantBrooklynDressed UpHaitiDifferent LooksMash Up Author:Wyclef Jean
“Growing up in Jersey City was interesting. I got to learn a lot about different cultures: I had Hindu friends, Middle Eastern friends, black friends, Spanish friends.” DifferentCultureBlackInterestingCitiesGrowing UpGrowingMiddleEasternJerseyDifferent CulturesJersey City Author:Michelle Rodriguez
“I always want to keep growing and keep surprising people, and showing them different parts of me.” PeopleWantDifferentGrowingSurprising Author:Aubrey Plaza
“I have fond memories of growing up in beautiful England. It is very much a part of the fabric of me, even though I left when I was quite young. It's just a very different culture over there, filled with a profound depth of history.” DifferentBeautifulYoungCultureLeftMemoriesGrowing UpGrowingEnglandFilledProfoundDepthFabricDifferent CulturesFond Memories Author:Samantha Newark
“I remember growing up and hearing the word "ugly" a lot. "I'm ugly." "She ugly." "He ugly." I hated it then, and I hate it now. I go past physical beauty; I tell people they have a beautiful spirit and that is something different.” PeopleDifferentPastBeautifulRememberSpiritHateGrowing UpGrowingI HateUglyHearingHatedPhysical Beauty Author:Jamel Shabazz
“My parents brought me up on all different styles of music, like my Mum would listen to Motown R&B and my Dad was quite 80's driven, so I was always surrounded by music growing up.” DifferentParentGrowing UpGrowingStyleDadMy DadDrivenMumDifferent StylesMotown Author:Ella Henderson
“I can't speak for the Kathryn Stockett, but I would guess that she feels proud of the progress the South has made because, growing up, she experienced a very different Mississippi than the one that exists today.” FeelsMadeI CanDifferentTodaySpeakGrowing UpGrowingProgressProudSouthMississippi Author:Viola Davis
“I enjoyed meeting Emma [Watson]. I have a soft spot in my heart for child actors growing up. I know how hard that is. Having gone through that experience myself, I have a lot of sensitivity to it. For lack of a better word, I just feel like I love these kids, and I want them all to grow up and love themselves, and not get caught up in the wrong things, and to learn all the different things this profession has to give, and to understand it.” KnowsWantGivingFeelsHeartChildrenDifferentHardKidsActorsGrowsKnow HowGoneGrowing UpGrowingMy HeartAnd LoveMeetingsCaughtProfessionSpotsEnjoyedDifferent ThingsSensitivityCaught UpWrong ThingsWatsonEmmaChild Actors Author:Ethan Hawke
“I reckon that growing up, listening to so much different music, I think over time I just kind of sucked it all in and it probably comes back out through my music.” ThinkingKindDifferentGrowing UpGrowingListeningDifferent Music Author:Courtney Barnett