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“I wouldn't be where I am, if not for Jamaica. My formative years were here. I wouldn't have the confidence that I have if I wasn't born here, because growing up here I knew I could become anybody I wanted to become. There was no ceiling on top of me.”

Ifs Years Wanted Born Growing Up Growing Ceilings Jamaica Formative Years

Author:Michael Lee-Chin

“Twenty years ago I wanted to move to a nice place so our Charley would grow up a nice boy and learn a profession. But instead we live in a jungle, so he can only be a wild animal. D'you think I picked the East Side like Columbus picked America?”

Thinking Years Children Wanted America Moving Grows Sides Animal Boys Growing Up Nice Years Ago Twenties East Profession Jungle Columbus Wild Animal East Side

Author:Abraham Polonsky

“I want to live and work in Chicago for the rest of my life. You know when you were growing up and you wanted to become president? What I want now is to be mayor of this damned town in ten years.”

Knows Want Years Wanted President Growing Up Growing Ten Towns Chicago Mayors

Author:William Petersen

“I had all the usual ambition growing up. I wanted to be a writer, a musician, a hockey player. I wanted to do something that wasn't nine to five. Acting was the first thing I tried that clicked.”

Firsts Wanted Acting Growing Up Five Growing Player Ambition Musician Nine Hockey Usual Hockey Player

Author:Michael J. Fox

“To be able to make up stories has been a great gift to me from my ancestors and from the storytellers who were so numerous at Laguna Pueblo when I was growing up. I learned to read as soon as I could because I wanted stories without having to depend on adults to tell or read stories to me.”

Has Beens Stories Able Wanted Growing Up Growing Depends Adults Ancestor Storyteller Great Gifts

Author:Leslie Marmon Silko

“Growing up I definitely looked up to Dominique Moceanu. She was my favorite gymnast and she was on that '96 Olympic team. She was always so fun to watch. I kind of wanted to model my career after hers.”

Kind Wanted Fun Careers Watches Growing Up Growing Team Models My Favorite Gymnast

Author:Alicia Sacramone

“I'm a single child. I wanted a little brother or a little sister growing up, but when I think about it, I'm happy I'm an only child.”

Thinking Children Littles Wanted Growing Up Growing Brother Only Child Little Sister Little Brother Single Child

Author:Mae Whitman

“I felt like the luckiest kid in the world. And I was. I was growing up middle-class in a time when growing up middle-class in America meant there would be jobs for my parents, good schools for me to prepare myself for a career, and, if I worked hard and played by the rules, a chance for me to do anything I wanted.”

Ifs World Hard Would Be Kids Wanted School Jobs America Felt Parent Chance Class Careers Growing Up Growing Middle Middle Class Good School

Author:Al Franken

“When I was growing up, I wanted to be a house painter like my father, but I was always screwing up when I went to work with him. I had a talent for knocking over paint and painting myself into corners. I also realized fairly quickly that painting bored me.”

Wanted Father House Growing Up Growing Talent Painting Paint Corners Painter Bored Knocking

Author:Markus Zusak

“I was just a big fan of tattoos always growing up, and I wanted something cool that symbolizes what I've been through in my life, and everything on my chest and my back is like a collage.”

Bigs Wanted Growing Up Growing Fans Chests Tattoo Collages

Author:Kevin Durant

“I hated the idea of a high school sweetheart. Growing up, oh my God, it just made me sick. I wanted to have a range of cool boyfriends. I wanted to travel around and date these interesting men. Then it just happened. You fall in love.”

Men Made Ideas Wanted School Fall Interesting Growing Up Growing Happened High School Sick Falling In Love Range Hated Sweetheart Interesting Man

Author:Charlotte Arnold

“My parents wanted me to grow up around horses and open spaces.”

Wanted Grows Parent Space Growing Up Horse Open Spaces

Author:Schuyler Fisk

“First, I wanted to be Chris Farley. When I was growing up, Chris Farley was still on the stages and fun to us. In my house, John Belushi was king. I didn't grow up when he was - I was born in '78 - the reruns of Belushi in 'Animal House,' and knowing he was at Second City, he was viewed as a king in my house.”

Firsts Stills Wanted House Fun Grows Born Animal Cities Growing Up Knowing Growing Stage Kings Reruns Second City

Author:Jake M. Johnson

“Growing up, I always wanted to sing.”

Wanted Growing Up Growing

Author:Damian McGinty

“When I was growing up, Nashville was the place to go if you had songs to sell and thought you had talent and wanted to tour and be on Grand Ole Opry [radio show]. It was the big deal back in those days to play the Grand Ole Opry. And you could travel around the world saying, "Hi, I'm Willie from the Grand Ole Opry".”

Ifs World Play Shows Bigs Wanted Song Deals Growing Up Growing Talent Sells Radio Around The World Big Deal Nashville Places To Go Saying Hi

Author:Willie Nelson

“When I was growing up, This is Spinal Tap [1984] was the ultimate comedy, and it was the kind of thing I wanted to do. But you get to a point with parody where you can't go much further because ultimately it's feeding off of somebody else's creativity.”

Kind Wanted Creativity Growing Up Comedy Growing Ultimate Feeding Parody Spinal Tap

Author:Ben Stiller

“I was a theater guy growing up and I wanted to be Al Pacino, and I think I just looked and sounded too funny.”

Thinking Wanted Guy Growing Up Growing Theater Als

Author:Charlie Day

“I didn't just grow up with horses; I wanted to be one.”

Wanted Grows Growing Up Horse

Author:Clare Balding

“I didn't realize how much of a Hoosier or a Midwesterner I was until I moved to New York. It's weird - growing up in Indiana, I wanted to get out, and now I completely romanticize Indiana. It just seems like there's a greater focus on family back there, which I suppose is something that kind of stayed with me.”

Kind Seems Wanted Realizing Growing Up Greater Focus Growing New York Moved Indiana Midwesterners Hoosiers

Author:Jim Gaffigan

“I enjoyed acting growing up; I did musical theater. I had a secret desire to be a television and movie actress, but it wasn't something I admitted to myself that I wanted to do, I guess.”

Wanted Desire Acting Secret Growing Up Growing Television Theater Musical Actresses Enjoyed Musical Theater Secret Desire

Author:Amanda Schull

“I often heard about his cases and I often sat in on his trials. In the late 1960s when I was growing up I wanted to be a crusader like him but I didn't want to wear a suit and commute.”

Want Wanted Literature Cases Growing Up Growing Heard Late Trials Suits Sat 1960s

Author:David Guterson

“I was a big fan of Kurt Russell growing up and I always wanted to be the modern day Kurt Russell.”

Bigs Wanted Growing Up Growing Fans Modern Modern Day

Author:Adam Sandler

“I didn't know growing up what I wanted to do. I finally settled on broadcast journalism as a way to satisfy the urge to perform and also do something important, which is to give people in a democracy information to make good decisions.”

People Knows Way Giving Important Wanted Decision Growing Up Democracy Growing Information Journalism Urges Good Decision Broadcast Journalism

Author:Mort Crim

“Growing up, I wasnt sure about acting, but I knew I wanted to be part of the movie industry.”

Wanted Acting Growing Up Growing Industry Movie Industry

Author:Daniella Alonso

“I would love to do anything involving a good strong character, whether its in film, TV or theatre. My dream roles already been taken by Keira Knightley in Pride and Prejudice. Growing up, I really wanted to be Lizzie Bennett.”

Character Dream Wanted Film Strong Roles Growing Up Taken Growing Tvs Pride Prejudice Theatre Involving Strong Character

Author:Roxanne McKee

“I played soccer all my life and I used to think growing up that they put the fat kid in goal or they put the kid that wasn't good with the ball at their feet in goal and I never wanted to do goalkeeper, I was always the goal scorer.”

Thinking Kids Wanted Used Goal Growing Up Growing Feet Balls Fats Soccer Goalkeepers Fat Kid

Author:Hope Solo

“There may be something in the fact that when I was a little kid I'd been told growing up that we had some degree of native American blood in us, I always found that a point of pride. So, when it came to cowboys and Indians I most certainly did not want to be John Wayne. I wanted to be one of the Indians.”

Want May Littles Facts Kids Wanted Found Growing Up Growing Blood Pride Degrees Native Native American Cowboy Little Kid Wayne

Author:Johnny Depp

“the real reason I had wanted to grow up, the main reason I had been willing to even consider becoming an adult, was so I could have as many pets as I wanted.”

Real Reason Wanted Grows Growing Up Willing Becoming Adults Pet Becoming An Adult

Author:Betsy Byars

“I always wanted to be Robin Hood or John the Baptist when I was growing up.”

Wanted Growing Up Growing Hood Baptists Robins Robin Hood John The Baptist

Author:Bear Grylls

“When I was growing up, so many of the important changes for African-Americans were being made in the United States Supreme Court and were being made by lawyers. I followed the court very intensely and wanted to do that for my life.”

Made Important States Wanted United United States Growing Up Growing Court Lawyer Supreme African American Supreme Court

Author:Leah Ward Sears

“I've always been terrified about not having money. I've been a big saver and a big earner. When I've been out of work, I've always found another job. I never wanted to get into debt, because money was very tight when I was growing up. I never felt deprived, but I couldn't have the things I wanted.”

Bigs Wanted Jobs Found Felt Growing Up Growing Debt Terrified Deprived

Author:Cherie Lunghi

“My favorite action movie growing up was 'Supergirl.' It wasn't good by any stretch of the imagination, but it was my favorite because I wanted to be her. I have a Supergirl tattoo.”

Action Wanted Imagination Growing Up Growing My Favorite Tattoo Action Movie Supergirl

Author:Adrianne Palicki

“I wanted to be a painter, really, when I was growing up as a kid. It was one thing that really took a grip on me.”

Kids Wanted Growing Up Growing One Thing Painter

Author:Andy Serkis

“I wanted to be a concert pianist at Carnegie Hall; that is what I wanted to do from really early on. I actually was the accompanist for a couple of the musicals I was in growing up.”

Wanted Growing Up Growing Couple Halls Concerts Pianist Carnegie Carnegie Hall Accompanists

Author:Kirsten Nelson

“Growing up, I always wanted to be a singer, and Ive done that.”

Done Wanted Growing Up Growing Singers

Author:Sevyn Streeter

“I wanted to give five solid years of being there all the time (with Sean). I hadn't seen my first son Julian grow up, and now there's a 17-year-old man on the phone talking about motorbikes. No matter what artistic gains I get, or gold records, if I can't make a success out of my relationship with the people I love, then everything else is bullsh*t.”

People Ifs Men Giving Years Firsts I Can Matter Wanted Grows Talking Growing Up Records Five Son Gains Gold No Matter What Parenting Phones Artistic Old Man Being There Sean Motorbike

Author:John Lennon

“When we were kids growing up in Liverpool, all we ever wanted to be was Elvis Presley.”

Kids Wanted Growing Up Growing Liverpool Kids Growing Up

Author:Paul McCartney

“Growing up and being a kid, I knew that creativity was at the heart of what I wanted to do. I always had this feeling of wanting to be a comedian and wanting to be an actor.”

Heart Feelings Kids Wanted Actors Creativity Growing Up Growing Comedian Being A Kid

Author:Chris Gethard

“I wasn't remembering the gift that God had given me. I had totally put all that aside. And my daughter was growing up before my eyes, and I just wanted to grab hold of that. It goes by so fast. I wanted to watch her. I wanted to be that parent - because at that point in time, I was a single parent. Watch her go to school, and when she got home, be there. I wanted that moment.”

Moments Home Eye Wanted School Remember Given Parent Watches Growing Up Growing Daughter My Daughter That Moment Single Parent

Author:Oprah Winfrey

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