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> [I had barely turned 12 when my parents packed me off to Doon School. I was transported to a world of confusion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jyotiraditya-madhavrao-scindia/i-had-barely-turned-12-when-my-parents-packed-me-off-to-doon-school-i/)

[Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jyotiraditya-madhavrao-scindia/)

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> [My obsession with hair started when I turned 12, right around the time Gwen Stefani dyed hers hot pink. After that, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heidi-gardner/my-obsession-with-hair-started-when-i-turned-12-right-around-the-time/)

[Heidi Gardner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heidi-gardner/)

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> [When I turned 12 or 13 years old, even as a dad, you can't make a kid play anymore, but up until…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-butler/when-i-turned-12-or-13-years-old-even-as-a-dad-you-can-t-make-a-kid/)

[Billy Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-butler/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea2/billy-butler-14062_dad_when-i-turned-12-or-13-years-old-even-as_486181.jpg)

> [When I turned about 12 or 13, I realised that being funny wasn't about remembering jokes. It was about creating them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-merton/when-i-turned-about-12-or-13-i-realised-that-being-funny-wasn-t-about/)

[Paul Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-merton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ce/paul-merton-15418_being-funny_when-i-turned-about-12-or-13-i-realised_979123.png)

> [After I turned 12, I didn't work for three years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslie-uggams/after-i-turned-12-i-didn-t-work-for-three-years/)

[Leslie Uggams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leslie-uggams/)

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> [I had my first stereo when I turned 12, and every two weeks, I would save up money and buy one CD.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michiel-huisman/i-had-my-first-stereo-when-i-turned-12-and-every-two-weeks-i-would/)

[Michiel Huisman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michiel-huisman/)

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> [By the time I turned 12, I was a 5-foot 10-inch social disaster. Towering over my friends was the bane of my adolescence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheri-l-dew/by-the-time-i-turned-12-i-was-a-5-foot-10-inch-social-disaster/)

[Sheri L. Dew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheri-l-dew/)

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> [I guess when I got into my preteens, I turned about 12 and I decided to sing R&B, because I felt like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jazmine-sullivan/i-guess-when-i-got-into-my-preteens-i-turned-about-12-and-i-decided/)

[Jazmine Sullivan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jazmine-sullivan/)

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