When I was growing up, I was told I was stupid and that I would never achieve. I suffered from dyslexia, and… — Henry Winkler Copy Share Image
I think that, any young child or teenager, you take a lot from your parents when you're growing up. — Sydney Sweeney Copy Share Image
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Though I technically come from a film family, my father had stopped making films even before my brother and I were born.… — Rani Mukerji Copy Share Image
I am not taking a position on any policy, but I do think there is a growing sense of anxiety and even… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
[On her mother:] I was in nervous flight from her ever since I can remember anything, and from the age of fourteen… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
I can't tell you how many people would say to me as a teenager, 'Why don't you grow up and start thinking… — Rick Baker Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, my dad wore a lot of browns and greens - darker colours, autumnal colours. When I was… — Clive Lewis Copy Share Image
I slept fourteen feet from a polka tavern as a kid growing up. I heard polkas all night long, people singing and… — Al Jarreau Copy Share Image
Growing up, I saw my mother cry exactly once. The morning of her brother's funeral. One long tear ran down her cheek… — Kelly Corrigan Copy Share Image
I worry very much about kids growing up in a society where they think: "I'm not going to talk about this issue,… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
I always wished I had a chance to meet an NFL player or even a college player when I was growing up… — Stephen Baker Copy Share Image
I saw my parents come over. They were immigrants, they had no money. My dad wore the same pair of shoes, I… — Amy Chua Copy Share Image
If my musical tastes are continuing to grow up, and I am not really too interested in the music that my kids… — Rick Derringer Copy Share Image
Every American child should grow up knowing a second language, preferably English. — Mignon McLaughlin Copy Share Image
Growing up with brothers, I've always been a very competitive person and also very involved in sports. So when I was younger,… — Gretchen Bleiler Copy Share Image
The street is where we all learn. I played organized football growing up as well, but when that was over, I went… — Champ Bailey Copy Share Image
I didn't know growing up what I wanted to do. I finally settled on broadcast journalism as a way to satisfy the… — Mort Crim Copy Share Image
That's really what was wonderful for me growing up, since I got to know so many of the songwriters who liked me… — Margaret Whiting Copy Share Image
Growing up, I was always that kid that kinda watched All-Star Weekend on TV, every event. — Kyle Kuzma Copy Share Image
I talk openly about my past and what I've gone through - abuse being something that was very real in my household,… — Christina Aguilera Copy Share Image
Growing up in Hitchin was comfortable and easy enough. My parents had some great records - and some not-so-great ones - and… — James Bay Copy Share Image
Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter could be said to remedy anything. — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
In the India I was growing up in, history wasn't really a wise career option. People would joke and say, 'History's okay,… — Amish Tripathi Copy Share Image
When you're a teenager, your friends are your life. When you grow up, friendships seem to get pushed further and further back,… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
I've always experimented with my look. Growing up, I thought it was so weird that people dressed alike and all bought the… — Kali Uchis Copy Share Image
I can understand the dilemma of growing up in a bubble, and then not knowing what to do when unemployment beckons and… — Jessie Cave Copy Share Image
All teenagers knew this was true. The process of growing up was nothing more than figuring out what doors hadn't yet been… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
All in all, the communally reared children of Israel are far from the emotional disasters that psychoanalytic theory predicted. Neither have they… — Sandra Scarr Copy Share Image
Some of what makes growing up hard for famous kids is that they don't have room to do immature stuff. I was… — Tavi Gevinson Copy Share Image
Even in a fantasy realm, growing up is accomplished not without cost. — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
I don't even remember hearing about [Immorality Act of 1927]. I just knew about it. I was born into it, so I… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
The U.S. is becoming an increasingly fatherless society. A generation ago, an American child could reasonably expect to grow up with his… — David Blankenhorn Copy Share Image
When I was growing up in the 1960s, there was starting to be more books geared towards young adults. — Alison Bechdel Copy Share Image
Growing up close to Detroit, my brother is a huge Red Wing fan, my dad was a huge Gordie fan. — Joe Thornton Copy Share Image
I think probably one of the important things that happened to me was growing up in Idaho in the mountains, in the… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
It's interesting to talk to Bernie [Sanders] about his life and growing up, you know, growing up in an immigrant neighborhood in… — Tad Devine Copy Share Image
![“[On her mother:] I was in nervous flight from her ever since I can remember anything, and from the age of fourteen I set myself obdurately against her in a kind of inner emigration from everything she represented. Girls do have to grow up, but has this battle always been so implacable?” quote by Doris Lessing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/fbb/doris-lessing-501_age_on-her-mother-i-was-in-nervous-flight-fr_2670554.jpg)
![“I don't even remember hearing about [Immorality Act of 1927]. I just knew about it. I was born into it, so I don't remember my parents ever saying it to me. I don't remember a conversation ever being had around this. I just knew this to be the law because that's what I was growing up in during…” quote by Trevor Noah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a9b/trevor-noah-1603_born_i-don-t-even-remember-hearing-about-immo_2685760.jpg)
![“It's interesting to talk to Bernie [Sanders] about his life and growing up, you know, growing up in an immigrant neighborhood in Brooklyn. His mother died at a very early age. He was young then. And, you know, I think that experience really shaped him.” quote by Tad Devine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/973/tad-devine-87889_age_it-s-interesting-to-talk-to-bernie-sande_2688072.jpg)