Growing up Quotes · Page 95

I worked hard learning harmony and theory when I was growing up in Chicago in the 1920s.

— Lionel Hampton

I think everyone has their awkward phases. Growing up isn't easy for everyone.

— Emily Ratajkowski

I saw 'Clueless' five times in the theatre when I was growing up.

— Lizzy Caplan

From the time that you are a child, you grow up repressing yourself.

— Lauryn Hill

I was a big fan of Kurt Angle when I was growing up. Actually, his book is a big part of the…

— Cesaro

I grew up in that world of power and politics in Washington, but when you grow up around it, you are completely…

— Alexandra Wentworth

Growing up, I didn't have any role models that were sick that were doing anything with their life, ever.

— Claire Wineland

You have two numbers in your age when you are ten. It's the beginning of growing up.

— Maud Hart Lovelace

Women want the fairytale. Not all women, of course, but most women grow up dreaming about the kind of man who would…

— Nicholas Sparks

As I got older, I got into all kinds of things in the streets - but for some reason, I never got…

— Bernie Mac

Yeah, I mean, I was growing up with the 'Rocky' movies. Im a big fan of the franchise. My father was a…

— Florian Munteanu

My biggest thing was when I became a professional athlete, I would think back and think about times where I kind of…

— A'ja Wilson

Meek young men grow up in libraries, believing it their duty to accept the views which Cicero, which Locke, which Bacon, have…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“She tried so hard to be brave, to be fierce as a wolverine and all, but sometimes she felt like she was…

— George R.R. Martin

When I look back at what musical theatre music and show music meant to me, first of all - more than anything…

— Jason Mraz

I had seen 'Hook' growing up - it was one of my favorite films - and I had seen the version of…

— Colin O'Donoghue

It’s my own fault, really. For believing in fairy tales. Not that I ever mistook them for actual historical fact, or anything.…

— Meg Cabot

I realise that I do not change the course of history. I am an actor, I do a movie, that's the end…

— Leonardo DiCaprio

Growing up in Miami, I had all these great, strong influences. Being Cuban and the Latin influence, but also the strong hip-hop…

— Kat Dahlia

When I was a kid, I hated everything. I was really skinny, and I'd have a milkshake with an egg in it.…

— Mary Roach

I think that we could be more careful about what we're saying to young women in terms of their expectations. It's unrealistic…

— Emily Procter

you may take it from me, that however hard you try - or don't try; whatever you do - or don't do;…

— Gwen Raverat

I'm 48, and I have been in love with vampires since I was six. I was born in 1962, so I've been…

— Denis O'Hare

China was probably the worst place in the world to grow up female 100 years ago. There was foot binding, female infanticide,…

— Nicholas D. Kristof

I made a lot of mistakes growing up, trying so hard to fit in. I got so lost trying to please everybody.

— Halima Aden

Growing up, there were clothes I felt more comfortable in my skin wearing, and clothes that I didn't.

— G Flip

I think when you live with somebody, you grow up. You learn a lot about yourself through somebody else.

— V V Brown

The things I loved growing up, like 'Roseanne,' actually said something about actual human beings.

— Simon Amstell

My mother loved Gene Wilder when I was growing up, so I used to watch all his movies with her. I just…

— Lucy Punch

I want to be someone that kids in my community look up to and want to strive to give back when they…

— Ray Rice

When we were growing up, our mother taught us never to have your belly button exposed.

— Mary-Kate Olsen

Growing up a Giants fan, I thought it was a dream come true just to get drafted by this organization.

— Brandon Crawford

Being Irish was a big thing for me, particularly growing up in Chicago.

— Lara Flynn Boyle

Learning appears as a way of staying young, perhaps of staying alive, and also as a way of growing up, perhaps facing…

— Richard Wollheim

When I was growing up, I didn't have too many people I looked up to that played soccer.

— Mark Ingram II

I was actually a Cowboys fan growing up, so I didn't care much for the Jets or Giants.

— Devin McCourty

When you're physically growing up, you develop emotionally with that.

— Erin O'Connor

There was definitely a wild side to me that couldn't run free growing up in England.

— Catherine Oxenberg

I'd always like to score at Goodison Park, being an Everton fan growing up. Anfield as well would be a nice place…

— Adam Lallana

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

— John Boehner