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“I don't come from a wealthy or privileged background, and growing up I was always looking for the best quality at a price I could afford. My love of vintage is rooted in that. Drugstores were the mecca for the latest makeup trends and products.”

Quality Growing Up Growing Products Backgrounds Makeup Wealthy Trends Rooted Privileged Vintage Mecca

Author:Eva Mendes

“Basically, growing up, and being a teenage kid, I've always been interested in charity. And one of the benefits of being on a TV show and having a fan base, you kind of have the power to spread news around.”

Kind Shows Kids Growing Up Growing Fans Tvs Benefits News Charity Spread Tv Shows Teenage

Author:Gregg Sulkin

“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

“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

“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 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

“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

“'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

“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

“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."”

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“In the scattered settlements of this Diocese, schools and Churches are of necessity for many years few in number, and multitudes of both sexes are growing up in great ignorance.”

Years School Sex Church Numbers Growing Up Growing Ignorance Multitudes Settlement

Author:John Strachan

“In a house without a genuine kitchen, one of the delights of growing up is lost.”

House Lost Growing Up Growing Delight Genuine Kitchen

Book:The Armchair James Beard

Source: The Armchair James Beard

“I'm pretty happy with who I am. I like myself and what I'm doing. I don't need to be the world's greatest director or the most famous -- or the richest. I don't need to make a whole lot of great films. I can do my job and I can do it pretty well. This is the realization I've come to, later in life. It's called growing up.”

World Needs Wells I Can Whole Jobs Film Can Do Growing Up Growing Directors Who I Am Realization I Can Do It Great Film Later In Life

Author:John Carpenter

“When I was 24 I went to Nigeria and it was such a culture shock, growing up in Australia and suddenly being the only white man in this unit full of black men.”

Men Culture Black White Growing Up Growing Shock Australia Units White Man Nigeria Culture Shock

Author:Bruce Beresford

“I never played a musical instrument growing up but I knew kids who did and took it very seriously.”

Kids Growing Up Growing Instruments Musical Musical Instruments

Author:Kevin James

“Look at pictures of me growing up. It wasn't always the way it is now. It was a bumpy road for me.”

Way Looks Growing Up Growing Bumpy Roads

Author:Chris Evans

“I lost my passion for work. No, that's a negative statement. I just had a bigger passion for something else, for my son, and growing up with him.”

Passion Lost Growing Up Growing Son Negative Bigger Statements My Son My Passion Passion For Work

Author:James Caan

“I didn't have any pets growing up.”

Growing Up Growing Pet

Author:Ben Barnes

“We did not have a television while I was growing up, and so I read voraciously. My earliest memory of being utterly transfixed by a book was Madeleine L'Engle's 'A Wrinkle in Time.”

Book Memories Growing Up Growing Television Wrinkles Madeleines Wrinkle In Time

Author:Dan Brown

“My father is a well known artist, Ted Dyer, who has been painting for many years. Our work is very different, but growing up surrounded by paintings, paints, easels and art books does have an effect.”

Years Wells Doe Has Beens Art Book Different Artist Father Known Growing Up Growing Effects Painting Paint Well Known

Author:John Dyer

“Everyone, when you're a teenager and you're growing up, you do feel like your life is dramatic enough to be on a TV screen, but we know that it's not.”

Knows Feels Enough Life Is Growing Up Growing Tvs Like You Screens Teenager Dramatic

Author:Ben Folds

“Growing up, we didn't have anything. My mum wasn't well, so I was in three care homes then foster homes before me and my little brother went back to her. I was passed from pillar to post.”

Wells Littles Home Care Three Growing Up Growing Brother Posts Mum Pillars Little Brother My Little Brother

Author:Rebecca Ferguson

“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.”

Firsts Soul Bigs Inspiration Growing Up Growing Listening Houston Music Soul Old Soul Whitney Sam Cooke

Author:Rebecca Ferguson

“Well, I'm from Indiana. So to me when I was a little kid growing up, Cincinnati was the glamorous New York of it all.”

Wells Littles Kids Growing Up Growing New York Little Kid Glamorous Indiana Kids Growing Up

Author:Ryan Murphy

“When I was growing up my favorite show was 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show', and I loved all the stuff that Norman Lear did.”

Shows Stuff Growing Up Growing My Favorite Mary Lear

Author:Ryan Murphy

“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.'”

Play Bigs Fiction Growing Up Growing Fans Science Fiction Files Holmes X Files

Author:Chris Carter

“I never read comics growing up. I didn't have money and I don't like to touch paper.”

Growing Up Growing Paper

Author:John McLaughlin

“As a fairly innocent teenager, growing up in a village in Wales, I just thought, "God, I would like to go and hang about Soho and write great poetry and try to avoid drinking myself to death."”

Writing Trying Growing Up Growing Drinking Innocent Teenager Village Wales Great Poet Great Poetry Soho

Author:Andrew Davies

“I was obsessed with Jim Carrey growing up. It's why I wanted to become an actor.”

Wanted Actors Growing Up Growing Obsessed

Author:Sebastian Stan

“I was never a kind of superhero fan much growing up, I'm not a kind of comic book kid.”

Kind Book Kids Growing Up Growing Fans Comic Comic Book Superhero

Author:Joe Wright

“Growing up I never got into comic books at all. I didn't have any inspiration for it.”

Book Inspiration Growing Up Growing Comic Comic Book

Author:Scarlett Johansson

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