Quotes about growing-up
growing-up real light
... people are growing up in the slack flicker of a pale light which lacks the concentrated burn of a candle flame or oil wick or the bulb of a gooseneck desk lamp: a pale, wavering, oblong shimmer, emitting incessant noise, which is to real knowledge or discourse what the manic or weepy protestations of a drunk are to responsible speech. Drunks do have a way of holding an audience, though, and so does the shimmery ill-focused oblong screen. Adrienne Rich
growing-up coffee food-culture
You can't have a decent food culture without a decent coffee culture: the two things grow up together. Adam Gopnik
growing-up inspiration driving
You didn't grow up driving...you figured it out. Gary Vaynerchuk
growing-up reality mind
Part of growing up is making sure your sense of reality isn't entirely grounded in your own mind. David Levithan
growing-up hero thinking
I think my biggest musical hero growing up was probably Ian MacKaye. He set a great example for all of us local musicians. Still, to this day, I see him as the best example of a right-on musician. Dave Grohl
growing-up nerd records
I spent a lot of time in Tower Records. I'm a huge music nerd, and Tower was instrumental to me when I was growing up. Colin Hanks
growing-up forever doubt
There is no doubt that the way journalism worked when I was growing up and getting started has changed forever. Dan Rather
growing-up giving trying
Growing up in my family, it wasn't important that we always be the best; it was important that we were going to try to be our best and give it our all. Daphne Oz
growing-up acting wanted
Growing up, I wasnt sure about acting, but I knew I wanted to be part of the movie industry. Daniella Alonso
growing-up age opponents
I prefer being able to see my opponent. It is just different for me; I didn't grow up with the internet age really. Daniel Negreanu
growing-up men numbers
There is one unmistakable lesson in American history: A community that allows a large number of young men to grow up in broken families, dominated by women, never acquiring any stable relationship to male authority, never acquiring any set of rational expectations about the future Daniel Patrick Moynihan
growing-up blue black
Most importantly for me growing up, it was a spirituals, it was a gospels, it was James Cleveland, Aretha Franklin, Marion Williams; and then it was Curtis Mayfield - The Main Ingredient, The Whispers, Black Blue Magic, James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Luther Vandross - that music helped me preserves my sanity, help me preserve whatever dignity I was able to preserve, helping to keep going. It was a source of tremendous strength in my life. Cornel West
growing-up book writing
Growing up devouring horror comics and novels, and being inspired to become a writer because of horror novels, movies, and comic books, I always knew I was going to write a horror novel. Colson Whitehead
growing-up son maturity
My name is very important to me. I'm representing the Wade name. I've got the name on the back of my jersey when I play. I walk around with that name. That's my family name, the name my son will grow up with. So it's very important to me to keep the level of maturity that I have. Dwyane Wade
growing-up winning nba-championships
Growing up, I always dreamed of winning an NBA championship, never a gold. A gold was something that never crossed my mind.
growing-up father men
I surrounded myself with women when I was growing up because I had this horrible psycho father. Now I'm trying to really appreciate and like men more. Courtney Love