My idol when I was growing up was Michael Jordan the basketball player because of his work ethic rather than his talent… — Justin Timberlake Copy Share Image
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If you grow up in a WEIRD society, you become so well educated in the ethic of autonomy that you can detect… — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
I never had good hair growing up - just had the worst nothing hair - and until I started being rough with… — Lights Copy Share Image
New York City pretty much reeked of music. Reeked of rap and hip-hop. As for me, growing up in a strict West… — Phife Dawg Copy Share Image
As I got older, I got into all kinds of things in the streets - but for some reason, I never got… — Bernie Mac Copy Share Image
Women want the fairytale. Not all women, of course, but most women grow up dreaming about the kind of man who would… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
When I was growing up in the 50s it wasn't quite the same. Fathers were more protective and now they see all… — Nancy Pelosi Copy Share Image
“There is no night porter wandering about in King's. The authorities pay you the compliment, ugly gate-crasher, of treating you as a… — Whipplesnaith Copy Share Image
The dynamic ideal we call democracy, gradually growing up in the human heart for two-thousand five hundred years, at least, has now… — Frank Lloyd Wright Copy Share Image
I'm a big kid. I never lost my childlike appreciation of things. Too many people lock it out and throw their toys… — Andy Partridge Copy Share Image
That mirror, that's one I hate to let go, he said. That was my daughter's the whole time she was growing up.… — David Wroblewski Copy Share Image
I was the kid in the class who was looking for the angles to question things or make wise-ass remarks, not knowing… — Jello Biafra Copy Share Image
Most importantly for me growing up, it was a spirituals, it was a gospels, it was James Cleveland, Aretha Franklin, Marion Williams;… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
If any feel that as psychiatrists directing a hospital for alcoholics we appear somewhat sentimental, let them stand with us a while… — William Duncan Silkworth 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
Yeah, I mean, I was growing up with the 'Rocky' movies. Im a big fan of the franchise. My father was a… — Florian Munteanu Copy Share Image
I think growing up in a small town, the kind of people I met in my small town, they still haunt me.… — Annie Baker Copy Share Image
As a kid, you're starting to grow up and want more freedoms. But if you have people who are absorbing and adopting… — Mahershala Ali Copy Share Image
I didn't grow up with money, but I grew up with a lot of space. All I did was surf. I was… — Simon Baker Copy Share Image
The sense of being led by an unseen hand which takes mine, while another hand reaches ahead and prepares the way, grows… — Frank Laubach Copy Share Image
Everyone dreams of playing in the top leagues in Europe and the Premier League is obviously up there. Growing up in England,… — Jack Harrison Copy Share Image
“Otis Grows is a kid’s book that looks at adult problems. It playfully engages us all to consider: what’s tough, what’s inherent,… — Kathryn Hast Copy Share Image
We have to change men's expectations, as they grow up, regarding their share of domestic work, of child care, but also of… — Martha C. Nussbaum Copy Share Image
I acted in high school and studied at the British American Drama Academy in Oxford for one summer. I minored in theater,… — T. J. Miller Copy Share Image
I mean, I grew up riding. I can't ever remember not being able to ride or rope and all that stuff. It… — Tim McGraw Copy Share Image
Even when I was growing up in the academy there were always young players getting chances - Jack Wilshere, Alex Iwobi -… — Emile Smith Rowe Copy Share Image
I don't think anyone wants to grow up to be Mindy Lahiri, the same way no one wants to grow up to… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
My grandchildren are growing up and they could not understand why the Marcoses are still being crucified although we keep on telling… — Imelda Marcos Copy Share Image
Coming from Haiti and growing up in Brooklyn, there's a lot of European influence when I get dressed up. I wear a… — Wyclef Jean Copy Share Image
Growing up, I spent summers with my grandparents in a small seaside town in Croatia. It's the most beautiful place on the… — Vanya Asher Copy Share Image
Gospel music was the thing that inspired me as a child growing up on a cotton farm, where work was drudgery and… — Johnny Cash Copy Share Image
Growing up, the only Asian face I saw on air was Connie Chung or extras on M*A*S*H. That was it. You could… — Su-chin Pak Copy Share Image
It's so important to raise people to grow up to be who they are and not be forced to be who they're… — Marlo Thomas Copy Share Image
When Asian people grow up fast they go to college at 13. White people grow up fast it's about fudge packing and… — Adam Carolla Copy Share Image
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A woman of mystery is one who also has a certain maturity and whose actions speak louder than words. Any woman can… — Alfred Hitchcock Copy Share Image
That's the thing about being the product of happily marries parents, You grow up thinking the fairy tale is real, and more… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
I watched a ton of cartoons growing up, but I don't remember specifically what networks they were on, I'll be honest. But… — Maulik Pancholy Copy Share Image
I get offended when people say, 'So, being a white rapper...and growing up white...after being born white...' It's all I ever hear! — Eminem Copy Share Image
