![My father actually lived next door to Hobie Alter [creator of the Hobie catamarans]. So growing up, we had prototypes and experimental things that we could play with; it was just fabulous. I actually bought my first surfboard in junior high. I saved my money.](/assets/img/quote-photos/my-father-actually-lived-next-door-to-hobie-alter-creator-of-the-hobie-catamaran.jpg)
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growing-up hero past
Growing up, you look at guys like Jeff Thomson as heroes, so going past him is pretty special. Brett Lee
growing-up children silly
A lot of people who start work at a very young age never grow up because they never got that opportunity to be a child, so they hold on to that and still do a lot of childish, silly things. Janet Jackson
growing-up white america
Growing up in America, I never really appreciated my culture. I knew what being Hispanic was, but I thought that since I didn't look Hispanic, I was white. Demi Lovato
growing-up everyday generations
When I was growing up, I, like many Jews, cheered what appeared to be the receding of faith from everyday life. The further religion got from our lives the better our lives would get, I thought, because persecution had been such a burden to Jewish families for generations. Bruce Feiler
growing-up bees idiot
I would have been a lot better off if I’d studied more when I was growing up, y’know. But you know where it all went wrong was the day they started the spelling bee. Because up until that day I was an idiot, but nobody else knew. Brian Regan
growing-up children parenting
If we never have headaches through rebuking our children, we shall have plenty of heartaches when they grow up. Charles Spurgeon
growing-up book wrinkles
One of my favorite stories growing up was 'A Wrinkle in Time'. I loved that book. Brit Marling
growing-up freedom 4th-of-july
Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry is own weight, this is a frightening prospect. Eleanor Roosevelt
growing-up cat guy
Well, the stuff that I liked growing up was AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, but I also liked the Beatles and guys like Cat Stevens and Elton John. Dave Mustaine
fathers quite teens
I used to think when I was in my teens I was very different from my father, but now I see that what we do is probably quite similar. Kazuo Ishiguro
father boys years
It's easy for me to say that now, now I'm a father, I've got a four-and-a-half year old boy, I'm a different person. Well, I'm still the same person, but I'm different. Alan Vega
father silly successful
My father said, If you want to do acting, you have to be successful, which is a silly thing to say. Diane Cilento
father order able
In order to get as much fame as one's father one has to much more able than he. Denis Diderot
father saw seen time twice
I only saw my father twice a year. If I'd seen him all the time I'd probably have murdered him by now. He was very strict. Joe Strummer
father lord
You are mother, father and friend, O Lord and Master, the whole world is Your child, O Lord of the World.
father god happiness health morning parents wake
As the father of five, I wake up every morning thanking God for the health and happiness of my children. Not all parents are as fortunate. Michael McCaul
father lay life
As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
father son struck
Diogenes struck the father when the son swore Robert Burton
doors answers knocking
When you hear fear knocking on the door, most of the time when you answer it there’s nothing there. It’s just you holding yourself back. Brad Goreski
doors waiting soul
Behind every closed door might wait a thief of minds and a collector of souls. Dean Koontz
doors needs hundred
You need something to open up a new door, to show you something you seen before but overlooked a hundred times or more Bob Dylan
doors people want
...I also have an extended family. The people who stayed. The people who became more than friends; the people who open the door when I knock. That's what it all boils down to. The people who have to open the door, not because they always want to but because they do. Diane Keaton
doors darkness heard
And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door, That I scarce was sure I heard you"— here I opened wide the door; — Darkness there, and nothing more. Edgar Allan Poe
doors car people
I don't know what popping-and-locking is but I know to lock my car door whenever people are doing it. Daniel Tosh
doors house likes
No one likes the house next door to look worse or a lot better than his own. Andy Rooney
doors nine tomorrow
I’ll be back tomorrow,” he said, “at nine o’clock. Don’t open your door to anyone else.” “Not even my balcony door?” “Especially not your balcony door. Anne Fortier
doors ready shut sit
We have not shut our doors for discussion. If they want to sit with us we are ready for that. Mamata Banerjee