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“One of my biggest inspirations growing up was Whitney Houston, so I was devastated to hear about her passing. I'm from East Orange, New Jersey, and started singing at New Hope Baptist Church, so she was like my fellow Jersey girl.”

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Author:Naturi Naughton

“I think my mom is the inspiration of me wanting to do film and TV and be an actor because she loved film so much. She loved, like, horror films and action films, so growing up, she loved watching all the Charles Bronson films and all the westerns.”

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Author:Rick Gonzalez

“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.”

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Author:Rebecca Ferguson

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

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Author:Scarlett Johansson

“Beauty is everywhere. And my photography came naturally without any particular inspirations growing up.”

Inspiration Growing Up Growing Particular Photography

Author:Keira Knightley

“I am Peter Pan. He represents youth, childhood, never growing up, magic, flying.”

Inspiration Education Growing Up Growing Magic Childhood Youth Laughter Flying Peter

Author:Michael Jackson

“My fellow Wilmington, North Carolina native Meadowlark Lemon is a true national treasure. I watched him play for the Harlem Globetrotters when I was growing up and his skill with the basketball and dedication to the game were an inspiration not only to me, but to kids all around the world.”

“I had a cookie business there, with my brother, when we were growing up, called the Chip Yard, and that became the inspiration for the banana stand. My father said that he wanted us to develop a work ethic, so we'd sit there selling cookies, all day.”

Said Inspiration Wanted Father Growing Up Growing Brother Ethics Selling My Brother Yards Work Ethic Chips Cookies Bananas

Author:Mitchell Hurwitz

“I mean, when you grow up in the inner city and you grow up in a single-parent household, that's - those are humbling times, you know?”

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Author:LeBron James

“Well, growing up in LA, things are kind of thrust in front of you. You're almost forced to grow up pretty fast, with experiences and stuff. Going to that school there were a lot of rich girls, a lot of partying, a lot of wild things. You're put in this environment where you're forced to wear a uniform. It was all girls, so you rebel naturally, I think. I don't know, I just kind of got inspiration from every day living and going to school.”

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Author:Sarah Hudson

“In my entire life growing up I've never heard my dad say an unkind word about anyone. My father has always taken the high road in life and to me he's a complete inspiration without being a pushover.”

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Author:Hugh Panaro

“Lil Wayne would probably be a big musical inspiration for me, because growing up I was just the biggest Wayne fan and being able to be signed to him and watch his whole journey to the peak of his career is great.”

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Author:Tyga

“My love of R&B and hip-hop has influenced my life not even as a musician, but generally in terms of growing up and looking to America as an inspiration.”

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Author:James Vincent McMorrow

“I believe there is a moment growing up when you build your own mood board. You do a collage - you collect a few things, a few images that will be so important for your future choices. Not only aesthetic, or what you like for dressing, but your artistic choices. The room where I put papers and pictures and posters on the walls when I was a kid, it's still very strong in my head today. This movie poster or that portrait of a girl I took from a magazine, deep inside, is inspiration that comes back all the time.”

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Author:Nicolas Ghesquiere

“My inspiration was my mom. She's a great cook, and she still cooks, and we still banter back and forth about cooking. Growing up in a mostly Portuguese community, food was important and the family table was extremely important. At a very young age I understood that.”

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Author:Emeril Lagasse

“The greatest day in your life and mine is when we take total responsibility for our attitudes. That's the day we truly grow up.”

Inspirational Inspiration Spiritual Grows Attitude Responsibility Growing Up Mines Teenager Maturity Positive Attitude Day Taking Responsibility Great Day Life Attitude Attitude And Life Self Responsibility Responsibility For Your Life

Book:Maxwell 2in1 (Developing the Leader w/in You/Developing Leaders Around You)

Source: Maxwell 2in1 (Developing the Leader w/in You/Developing Leaders Around You)

“The trick is growing up without growing old.”

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Author:Casey Stengel

“Manners is the key thing. Say, for instance, when you're growing up, you're walking down the street, you've got to tell everybody good morning. Everybody. You can't pass one person.”

Persons Inspiration Morning Growing Up Growing Streets Keys Walking Instance Manners Key Things

Author:Usain Bolt

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