Growing up, Missy Elliot and Janet Jackson were definitely major references. — Kelela Copy Share Image
I've always been drawn to writing for young readers. The books that I read growing up remain in my mind very strongly. — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
In Chicago, there weren't a lot of Mormons in the town growing up. — Sophie Thatcher Copy Share Image
D.C. is a hard city to grow up in. I couldn't find my footing there. Also, I got a late start academically,… — Justin Theroux Copy Share Image
“I wrote this book to inspire young women to be brave and believe in themselves.” — Sherine Calloway Copy Share Image
For my style influences you've got to look at Kanye first. Pharrell when I was growing up, too. — Nick Young Copy Share Image
I've played off the left, off the right, false nine, and in the middle. But from growing up, I've always played in… — Phil Foden Copy Share Image
Yes, I was slightly outside everything when I was growing up. My mother jokes that I was exchanged at birth. She brought… — Janet McTeer Copy Share Image
We grow up being told about great figures in our society, and as you get older you have to question the stories… — Jonathan Stroud Copy Share Image
As you grow up, you learn the difference between falling in love and holding hands. kissing doesn't always mean something, promises can… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
All women are strong. My mother survived Auschwitz, and fear wasn't an option when we were growing up. If we were afraid… — Diane von Furstenberg Copy Share Image
it was possible to grow up in an instant, that you could look down and see the line in the sand dividing… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I am one of those people... where statistically I am not supposed to be where I am today, statistically that's what I… — Karine Jean-Pierre Copy Share Image
I didn't know what gay was. There was no such thing when I was growing up. I knew I had crushes on… — Kevyn Aucoin Copy Share Image
You wake up but not really. In the bedroom you grew up in. It's the only place on this entire planet that… — Peter Wentz Copy Share Image
There are innumerable writing problems in an extended work. One book took a little more than six years. You, the writer, change… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
I'm first generation American, and my parents were both from Nigeria. And so I always say that I'm literally an African American.… — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
“The work of the art student is no light matter. Few have the courage and stamina to see it through. You have… — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
I've struggled so much, growing up, with just feeling that my life is valid because it's not filled with these hyper-dramatic moments,… — Ellar Coltrane Copy Share Image
When young we have a vivid sense of basic values like trust and warm-heartedness, which we tend to neglect in today's competitive… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Growing up in Britain as a rather loose Jew, the two things that didn't belong together were freedom and religious intensity. In… — Simon Schama Copy Share Image
Whole communities are growing up without fathers or male role models. Bringing up a family in the best of circumstances is not… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
Growing up in Ireland, there are a lot of aspects of God that hang in the air. And my music reflects that. — Hozier Copy Share Image
Growing up near Scarsdale, I should have had at least one Jewish girlfriend. Maybe at some point it'll happen. — Ato Essandoh Copy Share Image
I was really heavy growing up, so it was never feeling like the pretty girl, never being popular. — Elle Varner Copy Share Image
We watched a lot of Hong Kong action movies in my house when I was growing up. — Benedict Wong Copy Share Image
The most consistent musical experience I had growing up was church music. — Amy Grant Copy Share Image
“I love him in ways that I can’t explain to other people. They don’t understand… it’s not their fault.” — Jennifer Elisabeth Copy Share Image
Growing up there was more of a Leeds following in my home town than even Man United or Liverpool. — Stuart Dallas Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, the top movies dealt with grown-up, complex emotions. — John Slattery Copy Share Image
And how can it be he's so in love with me? To grow up without love, and still have so much inside? — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share Image
You are getting old when you enjoy remembering things more than doing them. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I very much want to write about some elements of my own growing up. — Courtney A. Kemp Copy Share Image
As a documentary filmmaker, I couldn't afford to give my children the lifestyle I had in San Francisco growing up. — Alexandra C. Pelosi Copy Share Image
I notice that boy friends of my daughter talk about things that boys would never have spoken about when I was growing… — Amanda Redman Copy Share Image
You grow up skinny in Canada; in working-class Montreal, you're definitely the underdog. — Jay Baruchel Copy Share Image
Growing up, I was always blown away by 'Star Trek' and 'Barbarella' and 'Logan's Run.' The retro sci-fi thing. — Lights Copy Share Image
