you were growing up?

I have a strong feeling about this quick movement and changing of society and populations growing - something scary.

— Hiroshi Sugimoto

I was young, but to me that was underground music. I had never heard anything like Venom or any of that stuff growing up…

— David Pajo

I have no hesitation in saying that although the American woman never leaves her domestic sphere and is in some respects very dependent within…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

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.

— Adam Sandler

But the effect of her being on those around her was incalculably diffusive: for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on…

— George Eliot

I felt pretty good growing up. I didnt feel a lot of prejudice or racism. But I do remember, if there was going to…

— David Henry Hwang

I think kids growing up, if they were picked on and feeling inferior at 12, they're going to feel that way at 72. You…

— Sylvester Stallone

Every woman I have ever loved has left her print upon me, where I loved some invaluable piece of myself apart from me-so different…

— Audre Lorde

I failed, I think, seven [or] eight times before I finally got my first [championship]. It was just, you know, just about me growing…

— Shaquille O'Neal

Throughout our history, the words of the Declaration have inspired immigrants from around the world to set sail to our shores. These immigrants have…

— George W. Bush

I always feel like I'm struggling to become someone else. Like I'm trying to find a new place, grab hold of a new life,…

— Haruki Murakami

Well, I've been politically involved for a really long time. Growing up in the segregated South, it was a very painful experience for me…

— Cybill Shepherd

I became a bit of a teacher's pet, and it became known in the school by both faculty and students that I really excelled…

— Paul Smith

Public infrastructure around the world is facing unprecedented stress, with hurricanes, cyclones, floods and forest fires all increasing in frequency and intensity. It's easy…

— Naomi Klein

Growing up I did commercials and things like that, but nothing serious. As I got older, my family is really hardcore into academics. They…

— Portia Doubleday