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If you had asked me what I wanted when I was 12 years old, I probably would have said, 'To marry a… — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share Image
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I never got the idea of a punishing God, just a really boring one. To see people growing up in the Carolinas… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
Growing up in Kansas City, I was always neat, the teacher's pet, know-it-all type. — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
All I knew growing up was that my father was married to and loved my momma, period. He worked hard, made some… — Steve Harvey Copy Share Image
Growing up and going out to bars in Australia - people do random things; cheesy pick-up lines... you got to laugh. It's… — Nicky Whelan Copy Share Image
Growing up, I always liked so many different sounds from so many different genres - the different aspects they could bring. — Lil Nas X Copy Share Image
One of the places where we lived when I was growing up had this big wood out the back. And starting when… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
I don't think that all girls seek the influence of older men, but I think girls whose fathers are absent or recessed… — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
Growing up in the English countryside, I feel like I'm in a Jane Austen novel when I walk around. I just feel… — Lily Collins Copy Share Image
There was a part, you know, obviously there was a part of the whole I military experience that you know like hooks… — Peter P. Mahoney Copy Share Image
TIME WENT ON, life with the children unfolding in its own ecosystem, small plastic toys seeming to grow up from the carpet… — Erica Bauermeister Copy Share Image
“I liked being with the books: they reminded me of how many ways of thinking existed outside my own - how small… — Joanna Rossiter Copy Share Image
As the daughter of immigrants, growing up in New York City, you are either at the table or on the menu. — Grace Meng Copy Share Image
Growing up, Missy Elliot and Janet Jackson were definitely major references. — Kelela Copy Share Image
I missed my dad a lot growing up, even though we were together as a family. My dad was really a workaholic.… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
Growing up, we used to watch a lot of 'Indiana Jones' and 'Star Wars' and wear hand-me-down jeans and jumpers. I wasn't… — Kimberley Nixon Copy Share Image
Growing up, I was surrounded by music by the Stones, Carole King, and the Beach Boys. I didn't know who Michael Jackson… — Ophelia Lovibond Copy Share Image
I thought that we were all like trees, flexible youths, saplings, who grow up heavy and stiff, spread seeds and get chopped… — Jill McCorkle Copy Share Image
If you find yourself perplexed, or perhaps in a quandary, remember that human growth is perpendicular. We grow up and we grow… — John Rzeznik Copy Share Image
Bruce Lee was the first star I idolized. Growing up as a Chinese American, there weren't many people like me on the… — Daniel Wu Copy Share Image
