Growing up Quotes · Page 85

Growing up, my idols were Lucky Luke and Jolly Jumper. And Scottie Pippen.

— Dirk Nowitzki

When I was growing up, hip-hop was still a pretty specialised thing.

— Estelle

I don't like my physique. Who does? I was a skinny guy growing up, and I still feel like that same skinny…

— Jamie Dornan

Growing up I always loved films that transport you to another world and has things you never see in every day life.

— Chris Hemsworth

I guess I'd be nervous to skate and do hockey. Growing up in Hawaii there's not a lot of ice.

— Marcus Mariota

I credit a lot of my success to being from Harlem, growing up there.

— Mohamed Bamba

I've had a bond with West Ham since growing up as a kid, going to Upton Park, looking up to the players.

— Jack Wilshere

I was actually a big Owen Hart fan, but I wasn't a Bret Hart fan at all growing up.

— Kevin Owens

“You are growing into consciousness, and my wish for you is that you feel no need to constrict yourself to make other…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

Growing up, I mostly read comic books and sci-fi. Then I discovered the book 'Jane Eyre' by Jane Austen. It introduced me…

— Meg Cabot

When I was growing up, we didn't qualify for the 1982 and 1986 World Cup and the 1984 Euros. And then suddenly…

— Marco van Basten

Dancing was always part of my culture growing up in Barbados. When I shot my 1st video I worked really hard with…

— Rihanna

I never really did sports growing up. Maybe that's why they intrigue me. The technology that goes into that clothing is steps…

— Alexander Wang

I was never happy as a child, so it wasn't something I took for granted.i did'nt grow up as an average, american…

— Marilyn Monroe

When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not; but my faculties are decaying now and soon…

— Mark Twain

My brother and I, we were both relatively good-looking guys growing up, but we had our awkward stages, where we were just…

— Dan Fogler

“Judith Rey watches the young woman. Once upon a time, I had a baby daughter. I dressed her in frilly frocks, enrolled…

— David Mitchell

Anybody who knows me knows I'm passionate about American football. I gave this game everything I had. In college, that's what I…

— La'el Collins

For me, growing up in Harlem and then migrating down to SoHo and the Lower East Side and chillin' down there and…

— ASAP Rocky

Growing up, I was watched by my parents and strongly critiqued. Instead of saying they loved me or showing physical attention, they…

— Neil Strauss

It's tough growing up where I grew up. My family is very small and really tight. Just being around the neighborhood, my…

— Derrick Rose

There was on section in First Corinthians 13 that talks about (showing) patience, kindness, politeness, how can I demonstrate forgiveness to my…

— Alex Kendrick

I made sure that instead of people making fun of me, like every comedian probably says, I made fun of myself first…

— Eliza Coupe

I knew no one in this business, and the only acting I'd ever done was in a first-grade play. I understood some…

— Idara Victor

When I was growing up, everyone dressed the same. You had to have bootcut pants and chunky heels.

— Sutton Foster

When I was little, I used to fall asleep on the sofa and wake up in bed. Now, I pass out on…

— Anonymous

I didn't listen to Girls Aloud growing up - no way. Too cheesy, man!

— Cher Lloyd

Growing up in the place I did I never was aware of any other option but to question everything.

— Noam Chomsky

I don't wanna say I'm growing up, but I definitely feel content.

— Garrett McNamara

I was a huge fantasy geek growing up. I was the dungeon master in my D&D game.

— David Benioff

[Flying kite with my friends] is one of the seminal memories of growing up for me.

— Khaled Hosseini

It was hard for me growing up, because Palace were my local team, but my family supported Arsenal.

— Aaron Wan-Bissaka

A child born today will grow up with no conception of privacy at all.

— Edward Snowden

My mother isn't particularly vain. Growing up with a parent who put emphasis on personality over looks was important.

— Alexa Chung

We all feel like outsiders when we're growing up. I think everybody feels like that.

— Taylor Russell

It's like our daddies and moms always used to tell us growing up, you don't get what you deserve, you get what…

— Tom Brands

It was tough, so hard; it really was horrible when I was growing up. I was called so many names, all sorts.

— Toni Duggan

I always felt the Jewish part more. In fact, growing up I felt like a Jew among WASPs. My brother is more…

— Carrie Fisher

I wanted to act from a young age and it didn't seem like a reality for me growing up.

— Keeley Hazell

I was always taught growing up that great players show up to big games.

— Brad Marchand