“For me, the moment the mic is on and it's rolling, it's impossible to vocally relax for some reason. But one day, I'm going to be able to sing the way I sang when I was a little kid, completely open and free. That's, I think, the one thing that's changed: Growing older, I'm not ashamed to hear my voice.” ThinkingWayLittlesReasonMomentsKidsAbleVoiceGrowingImpossibleOne ThingChangedOne DayAshamedRelaxRollingLittle KidGrowing OldGrowing OlderMics Author:Cat Power
“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
“If on one day we find the fast-spreading recognition of popular rights accompanied by a silent, growing perception of the rights of women, we also find it accompanied by a tendency towards a system of non-coercive education--that is, towards a practical illustration of the rights of children.” IfsChildrenGrowingRightsOne DayPerceptionSilentPracticalsTendenciesRecognitionIllustration Book:Social Statics; Or, The Conditions Essential to Human Happiness Specified, & the First of Them Developed Source: Social Statics; Or, The Conditions Essential to Human Happiness Specified, & the First of Them Developed
“I'm a strong supporter of comfort breeds complacency. Growing up poor I wasn't comfortable, my mom had to work so hard and I woke up one day and decided I was not going to come home until I could help her pay the bills.” HardHelpingHomeStrongPoorPayGrowing UpGrowingMomComfortOne DayComfortableDecidedBillsMy MomComing HomeSupporterComplacency Author:Farrah Gray
“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
“I played soccer growing up, and then high school came along and the football coach came out one day and was like, 'Hey, do you want to kick for us?' I was like, 'Sure, I'll come out and kick one day.' I got moved up to varsity and that's how the story began.” WantStoriesSchoolGrowing UpGrowingFootballOne DayHigh SchoolMovedCoachesHeySoccerNflKicksFootball Coach Author:Kyle Brindza
“For me, growing up I watched Michael Jordan win all those championships, and I dreamed of being in that same spot one day. So to actually be here, and have one under my belt is an amazing feeling.” FeelingsWinningGrowing UpGrowingOne DaySpotsChampionshipBeltsJordan Author:Mario Chalmers
“When I was growing up, there was a man who gave me lessons and things. I'm very dyslexic so he used to give me extra reading and writing. And he always knew that I was interested in stuff but he never told me that he was in the Second World War himself. One day he gave me his helmet that he had worn through the North Africa Campaign. It was just before he died. So I've got his helmet. That was pretty special to me.” MenWorldGivingWritingWarUsedReadingStuffGrowing UpGrowingSpecialLessonsOne DayGive MeDiedCampaignsWar Of The WorldsExtrasWornSecond World WarHelmetReading And WritingDyslexicSpecial To MeNorth Africa Author:Jeremy Irvine
“My father owned a music store when I was growing up in Rock Falls, Illinois. He could play all the instruments, which you had to do when you owned a music store back then. One day, when I was three years old, he took me to a parade. When the drums passed by, I got so excited I told him wanted to learn to play them.” YearsPlayWantedFallThreeFatherGrowing UpGrowingRocksOne DayInstrumentsExcitedStoresThree YearsParadesIllinoisThree Year Olds Author:Louie Bellson
“We definitely have a lot of talent in India for football. It is great to see football's growing popularity and I really hope a larger number of corporate companies invest in the game so that one day we have a great team to boast about.” GamesNumbersCompanyGrowingTeamTalentFootballOne DayIndiaCorporatePopularityBoastGreat Team Author:Suresh Raina
“Growing up I never had a perfume. I was like oh, one day when I'm grownup and have money I'm going to wear perfume. I had one perfume and I would save it for really, really, really special occasions. Which meant I never actually wore it. So now it's one of those things like, I can wear perfume everyday. I can afford to buy another one, I'm really lucky that I can. Now when I have nice stuff I don't save it anymore, I try to use it.” TryingI CanUseStuffGrowing UpNiceGrowingSpecialOne DayLuckyEverydayOccasionsPerfumeGrownupsSpecial Occasion Author:Margot Robbie
“Growing up, I didn't know anything about comedy and didn't know anything about comedians or what standup was. I grew up in the projects with no dream of anything, it was in my formatting when i got older and started talking to my friends about how I felt, they would be like, "dude, that's funny." Then one day my friend was like, "Dude, you don't understand how funny you are, you need to do standup"!” KnowsNeedsDreamWould BeFeltTalkingGrowing UpComedyGrowingGrewOne DayProjectsGrew UpMy FriendsComedian Author:Carlos Mencia
“I believe we're going to grow in heaven. I believe we're going to keep growing. The Bible says one day we shall see Him as He is, we shall become like Him. That's going to be obviously, becoming not gods, I don't believe that, that's the oldest lie in the Scripture, but becoming godly, becoming like Him.” BelieveLyingI BelieveHeavenGrowsGrowingBecomingOne DayDon't BelieveScriptureGodly Author:Rick Warren
“Growing up I never imagined a little girl from a border town could one day become a governor. But this is America. In America algo es possible.” LittlesAmericaGirlGrowing UpGrowingOne DayTownsBordersGovernors Author:Susana Martinez
“As a little girl growing up in Southside Jamaica Queens, if anyone would've told me I'd have my own perfume one day, and be able to inspire young black girls everywhere, to go into Macy's or Nordstrom's and see their face staring back at them - I wouldn't believe them.” IfsBelieveLittlesAbleFacesYoungGirlBlackMy OwnGrowing UpGrowingInspireOne DayStaringQueensPerfumeJamaicaBlack GirlMacy'sGirls Growing UpNordstrom Author:Nicki Minaj
“Growing up in Canada, most kids from Canada dream of playing in the NHL, and they also hope one day to be on a Stanley Cup team. That was a big goal.” DreamBigsKidsGoalGrowing UpGrowingTeamOne DayCupsCanadaNhlStanleyStanley Cup Author:Bobby Orr
“I wasn't a kid growing up thinking, 'One day I'll get an Oscar and make a speech.' That wasn't on my mind.” ThinkingMindKidsGrowing UpGrowingOne DaySpeechOscarsKids Growing Up Author:Adam Sandler
“Noticing and remembering everything would trap bright scenes to light and fill the blank and darkening past which was already piling up behind me. The growing size of that blank and ever-darkening past frightened me; it loomed beside me like a hole in the air and battened on scraps of my life I failed to claim. If one day I forgot to notice my life, and be damned grateful for it, the blank cave would suck me up entire.” IfsLightPastRememberBehindsGrowingAirSceneOne DayClaimsGratefulSizeHolesFrightenedBlankTrapsCavesNoticingScrapDarkening Author:Annie Dillard
“A work in progress quickly becomes feral. It reverts to a wild state overnight. It is barely domesticated, a mustang on which you one day fastened a halter, but which now you cannot catch. It is a lion you cage in your study. As the work grows, it gets harder to control; it is a lion growing in strength. You must visit it every day and reassert your mastery over it. If you skip a day, you are, quite rightly, afraid to open the door to its room. You enter its room with bravura, holding a chair at the thing and shouting, "Simba!” IfsStatesDoneGrowsWorkRoomsStudyGrowingProgressDoorsHard WorkDisciplineOne DayHarderChairsOver ItLionsTime ManagementMasterySelf ControlSelf DisciplineCagesShoutingSkipWork In ProgressMustangWorkload Author:Annie Dillard
“If people really grew up, there would be no crime, no divorce, no Civil War reenactors....it's not like you think it will be, that one day you'll wake up and realize that you've got things figured out. You never figure it out. Ever." - Isabel Spellman attempting to explain growing up to her sister Rae” PeopleIfsThinkingWarWould BeRealizingGrowing UpGrowingCrimeFiguresLike YouGrewOne DayGrew UpWake UpDivorceCivil WarAttempting Author:Lisa Lutz
“This is about all the bad days in the world. I used to have some little bad days, and I kept them in a little box. And one day, I threw them out into the yard. "Oh, it's just a couple little innocent bad days." Well, we had a big rain. I don't know what it was growing in but I think we used to put eggshells out there and coffee grounds, too. Don't plant your bad days. They grow into weeks. The weeks grow into months. Before you know it you got yourself a bad year. Take it from me. Choke those little bad days. Choke 'em down to nothin'. They're your days. Choke 'em!” ThinkingKnowsWorldYearsWellsLittlesBigsUsedGrowsGrowingWeekMonthsCoupleOne DayRainPlantBoxesCoffeeInnocentEmsYardsBad DayChokeEggshellsBad Years Author:Tom Waits