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Growing Up Quotes

I grew up in the north woods of Canada. You had to know certain things about survival. Wilderness survival courses weren’t very formalized when I was growing up, but I was taught certain things about what to do if I got lost in the woods.

– Margaret Atwood

When I was growing up, we had a widow living next door to us. So the habit was that if we went to the grocery store, we called her first. If we cut our yard, we cut her yard, no questions asked.

– Lynn Good

Growing up, my two favorite books were Woody Allen’s ‘Side Effects’ and Phyllis Diller’s ‘Housekeeping Hints.’ I carried that Phyllis Diller book with me everywhere when I was in fifth or sixth grade. Eventually, it just fell apart.

– Jill Davis

A huge thing for me growing up was going to see my favorite bands and feeling like, ‘Okay, cool, they proved themselves and did things in a special way.’ That’s the most important thing.

– Kellin Quinn

It’s quite interesting that in my growing up I had several influences. We had gospel music on campus. R&B music was, of course, the community, and radio was country music. So I can kind of see where all the influences came from.

– Lionel Richie

I didn’t have a father when I was growing up, and I vowed to be there with my kids.

– Kenyon Martin

As a youngster, I played in Little League, Pony League, and all sorts of amateur baseball programs growing up.

– Jim Evans

Words played an important part in my growing up. Not only the written word… but words that flew through the air: jokes, riddles, puns.

– James Howe

Growing up, my mom would watch ‘Notting Hill’ a lot. She loves Hugh Grant.

– Ken Baumann

I was a hockey player growing up. Being a big guy and being imposing, I had to use my size to protect my teammates.

– Kevin Durand

I was 11 years old and horse-obsessed. New York City was an unfortunate place for a girl like me to be growing up.

– Jean Hanff Korelitz

I didn’t see a ton of movies growing up.

– Kelly Preston

I don’t have too much spare time, but I try to play games as much as possible. I played a little growing up, but I never played any tennis games before.

– Lleyton Hewitt

Mom cooked a lot of turkey when I was growing up. Turkey meatloaf, turkey burgers, ground turkey shepherd’s pie – my childhood was the Bubba Gump of turkey. You’d think I would be sick of it, but when I find gems like Gwyneth Paltrow’s turkey meatball recipe, it’s as though the fowl is no longer foul to me.

– Meghan Markle

I was a tomboy growing up, and an athlete.

– Lela Rochon

I think the beauty of growing up is not really knowing and figuring it out for yourself.

– Khloe Kardashian

Growing up, it was mainly just players I followed more than teams, with the exception of the Mariners. I never really had time to follow a team throughout a season.

– Jon Lester

There weren’t a lot of action roles growing up – there were a few, maybe, like Wonder Woman, but then it wasn’t real action.

– Kelly Hu

My dad and my uncles owned a bar outside of Cincinnati. I worked there growing up, mopping floors, waiting tables.

– John Boehner

I love movin’. I was observant growing up, watching Michael Jackson and John Travolta. I’d close my eyes, see the moves.

– Jon Heder

I’m terrified of being poor, I always have been. It’s growing up as a Methodist. I’ll spend that bit of extra money to get a better seat on a train sometimes, because it’s quieter and calmer, but I refuse to spend money on clothes.

– Kevin McCloud

When I was growing up listening to music, it was 2004, when The Starting Line and Finch and The Used were kind of my favorite bands.

– Kellin Quinn

I have twins that I didn’t want to have the life that I had. I didn’t have a great life growing up.

– Lee Daniels

Growing up, being watched from the outside… it’s kind of very taxing and maybe I should just do some kind of manual labor-it might be more relaxing. But I can’t, it’s not in my nature.

– Jennifer Connelly

I always sang harmony with my family growing up.

– Linda Ronstadt

Growing up in California, I obviously knew about our deep connections with the Japanese.

– John Roos

Growing up, I’d watch ‘Rambo’ or ‘Commando,’ and so many action heroes were these huge guys with six-pack abs. It almost became a novelty.

– Lucas Till

Growing up in Huntington Beach, you were either a traditional sports athlete, a skateboarder, or a surfer. I got my first skateboard when I was five and skated off and on over the years, did a little BMX racing as a kid, and then in my freshman or sophomore year I started getting a little bit more into skateboarding.

– Jason Lee

Acting for kids is like playing house, you know? But growing up in Hollywood, it just made it seem possible.

– Jennifer Jason Leigh

I will sing whatever I’m given to sing. Growing up, I would sing anything that I was given. If the choir needed a first tenor, I would sing first tenor. If they needed a bass, I would sing bass. Throughout my life, I just figured out ways to hit notes I needed to hit.

– Josh Young

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