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> [By turning our culture over to the spectacle of child stars and their growing pains, we simply wind up taking their childishness seriously and ensuring that they don't grow up at all. And neither do we.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-junod/by-turning-our-culture-over-to-the-spectacle-of-child-stars-and-their/)

[Tom Junod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-junod/)

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## Other authors on Growing pains

- [Bailey Nadeen 8 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/growing-pains/bailey-nadeen/)

## More by Tom Junod

> [Every artist can make art only from the materials at hand, and many of the child stars who try to mature into artists can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-junod/every-artist-can-make-art-only-from-the-materials-at-hand-and-many-of/)

[Tom Junod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-junod/)

> [I wasn't learning to sing because I thought I could; I was learning to sing because I knew I couldn't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-junod/i-wasn-t-learning-to-sing-because-i-thought-i-could-i-was-learning-to/)

[Tom Junod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-junod/)

> [We might accept pit bulls personally, but America still doesn't accept them institutionally, where it counts; indeed, apartment complexes and insurance companies are arrayed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-junod/we-might-accept-pit-bulls-personally-but-america-still-doesn-t-accept/)

[Tom Junod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-junod/)

> [I collect songs because I want to control what I - what everybody within earshot - listens to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-junod/i-collect-songs-because-i-want-to-control-what-i-what-everybody/)

[Tom Junod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-junod/)

> [Any child can tell you what Google does - Google gives you the answers. But Google doesn't, not really.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-junod/any-child-can-tell-you-what-google-does-google-gives-you-the-answers/)

[Tom Junod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-junod/)

> [My mother was not a country girl. She was a Brooklyn girl, born and raised in Flatbush, and then a Long Island girl, who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-junod/my-mother-was-not-a-country-girl-she-was-a-brooklyn-girl-born-and/)

[Tom Junod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-junod/)

> [That there is as yet no drug for immortality - or, for that matter, for muscle growth in the infirm - does not mean…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-junod/that-there-is-as-yet-no-drug-for-immortality-or-for-that-matter-for/)

[Tom Junod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-junod/)

> [I am not running for president, but I've always known if I ever did run for president - or local dogcatcher, for that matter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-junod/i-am-not-running-for-president-but-i-ve-always-known-if-i-ever-did/)

[Tom Junod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-junod/)

> [Josh Ozersky was a meat man. He knew meat, revered it, studied it, sang it, evangelized it, wrote about it, and, of course, ate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-junod/josh-ozersky-was-a-meat-man-he-knew-meat-revered-it-studied-it-sang/)

[Tom Junod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-junod/)

> [I was a bully in fifth and sixth grade. I wasn't one of the bullies - I wasn't strong or dominant enough to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-junod/i-was-a-bully-in-fifth-and-sixth-grade-i-wasn-t-one-of-the-bullies-i/)

[Tom Junod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-junod/)

> [I have about 25,000 songs on my computer and play them mostly on shuffle, which means that the songs I've played the most are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-junod/i-have-about-25-000-songs-on-my-computer-and-play-them-mostly-on/)

[Tom Junod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-junod/)

> [Before the Beatles could give us 'The White Album', they had to achieve disorienting success.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-junod/before-the-beatles-could-give-us-the-white-album-they-had-to-achieve/)

[Tom Junod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-junod/)

> [Ask people who know him for a description of Bob Dylan outside the prerogatives of fame and the obligations of art, and they have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-junod/ask-people-who-know-him-for-a-description-of-bob-dylan-outside-the/)

[Tom Junod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-junod/)

> [I had heard a lot of stories about my father and celebrities, most of them from his own mouth. In his stories, famous women…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-junod/i-had-heard-a-lot-of-stories-about-my-father-and-celebrities-most-of/)

[Tom Junod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-junod/)

> [You learn a lot about America when you own a pit bull. You learn not just who likes your dog; you learn what kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-junod/you-learn-a-lot-about-america-when-you-own-a-pit-bull-you-learn-not/)

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