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My dad is a huge folk music fan, so growing up, there were always records playing in my house. Carole King, James… — Jake Epstein Copy Share Image
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“Without you there would be no me. I am everything reflected in your eyes. I am everything approved by your smile. I… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
A lot of children grow up in poverty with flawed parents, but their inner world is still as inherently filled with wonder… — Heather O'Neill Copy Share Image
When I'm asked what my girls will think when they grow up, I'll tell them that they have to keep their clothes… — Cindy Margolis Copy Share Image
When a child grows up without a father, there is an empty place where someone must stand, providing an example of character… — Steve Largent Copy Share Image
I was definitely considered different growing up. I learned that being me was all right because my family celebrated those differences. — Prabal Gurung Copy Share Image
People when they're growing up they just want to fit in, there are a lot of social pressures on young people today… — Joshua James Alphonse Franceschi Copy Share Image
We do not ask what hope of gain makes a little bird warble, since we know that it takes delight in singing… — Johannes Kepler Copy Share Image
I just kind of had my own impressions growing up with Hoover as a heroic figure in the 40s - actually the… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
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Definitely just growing up in general influenced me; Detroit happened to be where I was. I feel like the city definitely has… — Big Sean Copy Share Image
I loved movies growing up. I went to the movies with my uncle all the time. But being an actor? I didn't… — Christopher Abbott Copy Share Image
My first book, Fast Forward, was about growing up in the shadow of Hollywood and how kids are affected by the culture… — Lauren Greenfield Copy Share Image
I spent two of my checks in telemarketing when I was 18 years old on my first pair of Gucci slippers, and… — Kanye West Copy Share Image
For me, my voice and music was always an outlet. Growing up in an unstable environment and whatnot, music was my only… — Christina Aguilera Copy Share Image
Growing up in a multicultural family, I never really felt that I was different - even though I was from most of… — Priscilla Ahn Copy Share Image
They say people from small towns have big dreams and that pretty much describes me. I had big dreams growing up and… — Clay Guida Copy Share Image
I wish my mother had left me something about how she felt growing up. I wish my grandmother had done the same.… — Carol Burnett Copy Share Image
The truth is that Oxford is simply a very beautiful city in which it is convenient to segregate a certain number of… — Evelyn Waugh Copy Share Image
I think age is terribly overrated. You're okay as long as you don't grow up. By all means grow old, but don't… — Billy Connolly Copy Share Image
When my family did shy away from Indian food, we'd eat a lot of Chinese. We'd use the wok a lot. I… — Parvesh Cheena Copy Share Image
The smell of coffee cooking was a reason for growing up, because children were never allowed to have it and nothing haunted… — Edna Lewis Copy Share Image
As women growing up in India, I don't think there is anybody who has never been made uncomfortable physically or just by… — Richa Chadha Copy Share Image
I never listen to Led Zeppelin. But, I mean, I don't think Robert Plant or Jimmy Page listen to Led Zeppelin, either.… — Dan Auerbach Copy Share Image
When your children are young you want to protect them from the world. When they're teenagers, you want to protect them from… — Rock Cowles Copy Share Image
I kind of got my big break with 'The Princess Diaries' and during the press rounds for that everyone asked me: 'Did… — Anne Hathaway Copy Share Image
My mom and dad got divorced when I was very young, and growing up in a family where the head of the… — Dave Mustaine Copy Share Image
I grew up in the South, in New Orleans, where guys torture you all the time. So I didn't really grow up… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, I always felt a bit like I didn't quite fit in, a feeling that perhaps still lingers… — Konnie Huq Copy Share Image
In my fifth-grade yearbook - it's right up there on the top shell - the last page says, "What about your future?"… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
A child in India grows up with the idea that you have to make choices that will create a better future. In… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
“You become a man when, in having children, you not only physically look after and protect them but also protect them with… — Carew Papritz Copy Share Image
I was a total nerd growing up. I'd rather sit home and read a novel on New Year's Eve and say, 'Wow,… — Beth Broderick Copy Share Image
I didn't grow up identifying with beauty. I grew up thinking I could be smart and funny - those are the things… — Lauren Graham Copy Share Image
Sometimes when you're young, you have moments of such happiness, you think you're living on someplace magical, like Atlantis must have been.… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I wanted to do two things when I was growing up, about your age. I wanted to play in the NBA, and… — Magic Johnson Copy Share Image
Part of what was in the ether all around me growing up, until I was between 19 and 20, was a terrible,… — Tim Gunn Copy Share Image
I remember specifically, for me, as a kid growing up or as a young teenager, if I ever cried or got upset… — Sam Fender Copy Share Image
