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All any grownup expects of an adolescent is that he act like an adult and be satisfied to be treated like a child. — John Grant
Somewhere in the dim recesses of the journalistic soul lies the horrible suspicion: This is really a pretty shallow and maybe unseemly way for a… — Andrew Ferguson
To this day, if I ever meet grownups who play ukulele, I love 'em. — Paul McCartney
God wants a child's heart and a grownup's head. — C.S. Lewis
Embracing the fear of freedom, deciding to determine your own path, this is the work of a grownup. — Seth Godin
Time always seems long to the child who is waiting - for Christmas, for next summer, for becoming a grownup: long also when he surrenders… — Robbie Fowler
I think your 20s are the hardest part of life. I mean, everyone goes on about how hard it is to be a teenager, but… — Nigel Cole
Grownups have to say 'please,' too. — Tommy Lasorda
All children are born geniuses; 9,999 out of every 10,000 are swiftly, inadvertently degeniusized by grownups. — R. Buckminster Fuller
Children hold spring so tightly in their brown fists-just as grownups, who are less sure of it, hold it in their hearts. — Elwyn Brooks White
I make movies for grownups. When Hollywood starts making them again, I'll start acting in them again. — Lee Remick
When people are grownups they're grown ups. They make their own decisions you know. — Rene Redzepi
Children want to do what grownups do. — Beverly Cleary
As a kid, I really did want to hang out with the grownups, so it was hanging out with the hippest grownups in the world.… — Harry Shearer
There are poets and there are grownups. — Jean Cocteau
I find that the majority of the year, I don't spend acting. I spend it either writing or editing or producing, or putting things together.… — Charlie Day
Election night is the easiest time to act like a grownup. — Ron Fournier
A child's fear is a world whose dark corners are quite unknown to grownup people; it has its sky and its abysses, a sky without… — Julien Green
Time always seems long to the child who is waiting - for Christmas, for next summer, for becoming a grownup: long also when he surrenders… — Dag Hammarskjold
A grownup is a child with layers on. — Woody Harrelson
There is the myth that writing books for children is easier than writing books for grownups, whereas we know that truly great books for children… — Michael Morpurgo
I feel bad for the kids that are in school right now and the young people all across America who don't realize that the grownups… — Marco Rubio
There was a point when comics were considered to be mainly of interest to kids, and it was decided that kids could relate more to… — J. Michael Straczynski
Being a grownup means assuming responsibility for yourself, for your children, and - here's the big curve - for your parents. — Wendy Wasserstein
Every kid who hated grownups becomes a grownup. Well, except the ones who died. — Joss Whedon

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