“Growing up, I was watched by my parents and strongly critiqued. Instead of saying they loved me or showing physical attention, they would joke that I had a Roman nose - that it was roamin' all over my face. Teasing was their way of showing love, but then you are young, sometimes you can't tell the difference.” WaySometimesFacesYoungParentDifferencesAttentionGrowing UpGrowingJokesNosesTeaseShowing Love Author:Neil Strauss
“I remember what it was like to grow up in the South in the 1960s and 1970s. Discrimination isn’t something that’s easy to oppose. It doesn’t always stare you in the face. It moves in the shadows. And sometimes it shrouds itself within the very laws meant to protect us.” SometimesRememberFacesMovingLawGrowsEasyGrowing UpProtectShadowSouthDiscriminationStaring1960sShrouds Author:Tim Cook
“I'm sure a lot of you had this experience when you're changing. You're growing as a person and people tend to treat you like you were 18 months ago, and it's really frustrating sometimes when you're growing up and you're more capable. It's the same thing with a company and the press. The press is going to have a lag time. The best thing we can do about the press is embrace them and do the best thing we can to educate them about our strategy. But to keep our eye on the prize, that is turning out some great products. the press and the stock prize will take care of themselves.” PeopleInspirationalPersonsSometimesEyeCareCan DoCompanyGrowing UpGrowingProductsLike YouMonthsCapableTreatsStrategyPressesEmbraceTake CareBest ThingsPrizeEducateFrustratingDo The BestLagEye On The PrizeGrowing As A Person Author:Steve Jobs
“One of the things that's fun about that is that sometimes you grow up knowing about someone because they were famous, but you don't really know what they were like before they were famous.” KnowsSometimesFunGrowsGrowing UpKnowing Author:Matt Ross
“Growing up closes so many doors. The modern world doesn't allow for miracles, so we don't see them. It's a very precious gift, an open mind, but it's not passive. You've got to nurture it like a bed of roses; otherwise it will wither and die. Make sure you don't close off your mind to things you find strange. Sometimes they may be the only truth.” WorldMindMaySometimesDiesGrowing UpGrowingDoorsModernStrangeBedMiracleRosePassiveNurtureModern WorldOpen MindPrecious GiftsBed Of Roses Author:Tim Lebbon
“Sometimes I feel like the Tom Hanks character in Big. But my life is not a movie. I never have to go back to Coney Island to find the fortune-teller machine so I have to grow up again.” FeelsSometimesCharacterBigsLife IsGrowsGrowing UpBasketballMachinesFortuneIslandsTomsFortune TellerConey Island Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“Sometimes, growing up, I tried to be very Latina; I would change my voice... experiment with my hair a lot, trying to figure out who I was in a primarily white school.” TryingSometimesSchoolVoiceWhiteGrowing UpGrowingFiguresHairExperimentsLatina Author:Monica Raymund
“Children model the behavior of adults, on whatever scale is available to them. Ours are growing up in a nation whose most important, influential men - from presidents to the coolest film characters - solve problems by killing people. ... We have taught our children in a thousand ways, sometimes with flag-waving and sometimes with a laugh track, that the bad guy deserves to die.” PeopleMenWayChildrenImportantSometimesCharacterProblemFilmGuyDiesNationsPresidentLaughingGrowing UpGrowingTaughtThousandBehaviorModelsAdultsDeserveMurderOur ChildrenKillingTrackAvailableSolveScalesFlagsBad GuysInfluentialFlag Waving Author:Barbara Kingsolver