All Quotes

Growing up, I was prone to anxiety.
‐‐ Jane McGonigal

Growing up, I was so shy, but it was weird because I was the complete opposite on stage. I was just free to be myself.
‐‐ Manika

Growing up, I was sort of a tomboy. I was the one skating with the boys.
‐‐ Amy Smart

Growing up, I was such a picky eater. I'm finally starting to expand.
‐‐ Mike Trout

Growing up, I was surrounded by R&B and Hip-Hop, and the closest thing I could find to dance was gymnastics which I watched on TV. So, I just used those avenues I found available right in my milieu to express what was inside of me.
‐‐ Misty Copeland

Growing up, I was taught a man's word is his bond.
‐‐ Logan Mankins

Growing up, I was taught that a man has to defend his family. When the wolf is trying to get in, you gotta stand in the doorway.
‐‐ B. B. King

Growing up, I was taught that a woman should lower her gaze so that men could never know her thoughts. The so-called modesty of Arab women is, in fact, a war tactic.
‐‐ Fatema Mernissi

Growing up, I was the plain one. I had no style. I was the tough kid with the comb in the back pocket and the feathered hair.
‐‐ Cameron Diaz

Growing up, I was the preferred hairstylist for all of my friends.
‐‐ Mary J. Blige

Growing up, I was vaguely aware of things that went on in church, because I was in the boys' choir at the local Episcopal church. But I got the clear message that I was supposed to learn music there, and not pay too much attention to the rest of it, and I followed those instructions very carefully.
‐‐ Francis Collins

Growing up, I was very conservative in my wardrobe, so when I first joined the Pussycat Dolls, the biggest challenge was wearing those cabaret costumes. I didn't feel comfortable showing my body so much, showing my legs and butt, chest and midriff.
‐‐ Nicole Scherzinger

Growing up, I was very much interested in jazz music.
‐‐ Jan Hammer

Growing up, I was watched by my parents and strongly critiqued. Instead of saying they loved me or showing physical attention, they would joke that I had a Roman nose - that it was roamin' all over my face. Teasing was their way of showing love, but then you are young, sometimes you can't tell the difference.
‐‐ Neil Strauss

Growing up, I was your classic Catholic Irish kid. I went to mass every Sunday. Then in secondary school I went to boarding school, and there was mass seven days a week before breakfast - it may have put me off!
‐‐ Deirdre O'Kane

Growing up, I wasn't allowed dolls, and my brothers weren't allowed guns. I inherited my brothers' clothes. I was never dressed in pink, and they were never dressed in blue; there were none of those rules that people still bizarrely subscribe to.
‐‐ Natascha McElhone

Growing up, I wasn't an athlete or anything like that. The only place I felt like I belonged was in the theater.
‐‐ Bobby Cannavale

Growing up, I wasn't as comfortable expressing myself as I am now, and I think that's why I chose acting: because it's acceptable to have your feelings. It's a place that they want you to feel. Whereas in life, growing up, it was 'Be quiet!' and 'Keep it to yourself.'
‐‐ Leslie Mann

Growing up, I wasn't sure about acting, but I knew I wanted to be part of the movie industry.
‐‐ Daniella Alonso

Growing up, I watched shows such as 'Blackadder' and 'Monty Python' with my parents.
‐‐ Mathew Baynton

Growing up, I watched softball and U.S.A .softball, and that was my goal of being able to represent my country and wear the red, white, and blue out there, and I think it is one of the highest honors to be able to go out there and compete for your country, and it was something so very special, and it was everything I dreamt of and more.
‐‐ Jennie Finch

Growing up, I went to many schools, and I had to fit in to many different types of environments with totally different social groups. It helps me out as I move from job to job.
‐‐ Toby Stephens

Growing up, I wish I hadn't tried so hard to fit in. I'd tell myself to just embrace what you were born with because it's beautiful and you were made like that for a reason. It's tough being a girl. I think we need all of the support we can get.
‐‐ Shay Mitchell

Growing up, I wish that I'd had the supplies and laptops and all the new technology that's out right now.
‐‐ James Harden

Growing up, I would have to say I loved 'Peter Pan' because I was fascinated by Captain Hook; I was fascinated by Hans Conried, who was an actor on screen and also a theatrical and television actor.
‐‐ Jonathan Freeman

Growing up, I would have to watch the other children and learn from my mistakes. I would have to push myself to overcome the things most people don't have to think about. Brushing my teeth was very difficult because of the noise of the brush.
‐‐ Daniel Tammet

Growing up, I would say, when we were racing go-karts back in the day, it was always our uncle. We were always looking up to our uncle. I mean, he won the Daytona 500, he's a very well-respected man, and we've always looked up to that.
‐‐ Amber Cope

Growing up, I would watch a movie on video and would go to the back of the VHS and locate the address for Universal Pictures or MGM or whatever. I'd write to the studios asking them if I could be in a movie. They never wrote me back.
‐‐ Garrett Hedlund

Growing up, if I hadn't had sports, I don't know where I'd be. God only knows what street corners I'd have been standing on and God only knows what I'd have been doing, but instead I played hockey and went to school and stayed out of trouble.
‐‐ Bobby Orr

Growing up in a band is weird - you get stuck hanging on to what it is you think you are. But what I took into Depeche was that punk ethic, that you don't have to be accomplished to be a musician. If you've got ideas, you can do this.
‐‐ Dave Gahan

Growing up in a Canadian household that was more British than Big Ben, I dreamed of flying to England myself and visiting the places my family never tired of talking about. I always woke up before the plane landed.
‐‐ Alan Bradley

Growing up in a cold place, in Southern Ontario, Woolrich was a brand of choice for us because it was always warm and comfortable. The parka with the fur on it was standard fare for us. It's extraordinary that they have kept up with the times. Beyond the parka, they have changed, and they have some pretty hip, cool items which I wear.
‐‐ Douglas Kirkland

Growing up in a family of actors, what's great about it is that they're very supportive and they understand what it's like to be an actor - the rejections, the highs and lows... and having a common language with them is great because you have shorthand speech.
‐‐ Chris Pine

Growing up in a family of doctors, I wanted to be a brain surgeon for a while. But ultimately, I get most excited about creating things, which is why I decided to become an entrepreneur.
‐‐ Alexa Von Tobel

Growing up in a group home, and with an undiagnosed learning disability to boot, the odds of success were not on my side. But when I joined the high school football team, I learned the value of discipline, focus, persistence, and teamwork - all skills that have proven vital to my career as a C.E.O. and social entrepreneur.
‐‐ Darell Hammond

Growing up in a house of five girls, I couldn't help but glance at a fashion magazine or two.
‐‐ Karlie Kloss

Growing up in a house where there was a lot of different musical influences - my mom listens to soul stuff and Top 40, my sisters would listen to hip-hop - and the church, I grew up listening to a lot of gospel stuff. So I think that plays a role in how I make music now because my music has a lot of range. I don't just do one thing.
‐‐ Anderson Paak

Growing up in a Jewish matriarchal world inside the patriarchal paradise of Salt Lake City, Utah, gave me increased perspective on gender issues, as it also did my gay brother and my lesbian sister. Our younger sister is the perfect Jewish-American wife and mother, and is fiercely proud of that fact.
‐‐ Roseanne Barr

Growing up in a lower-income family, you don't have the resources to make ends meet and you have to find creative ways to get by.
‐‐ Hilary Swank

Growing up in a Mennonite background, there's not much media.
‐‐ David A. R. White

Growing up in a multicultural family, I never really felt that I was different - even though I was from most of the kids in my school. Especially with music, I try to just approach it as an equal.
‐‐ Priscilla Ahn

Growing up in a New Jersey suburb, my Catholic faith was an important part of my young life, shaping the way I approached the world.
‐‐ James Lecesne

Growing up in a particular neighborhood, growing up in a working-class family, not having much money, all of those things fire you and can give you an edge, can give you an anger.
‐‐ Gary Oldman

Growing up in a rural setting in Minnesota, I was raised with the outdoors and a sense of adventure.
‐‐ Ann Bancroft

Growing up in a small town gives you two things: a sense of place and a feeling of self-consciousness - self-consciousness about one's education and exposure, both of which tend to be limited. On the other hand, limited possibilities also mean creating your own options.
‐‐ E. L. Konigsburg

Growing up in a suburban home, the world seems so massive to you. It seems like cities are so big and so far away, and there's so much in them. So your imagination runs wild, instead of when you are born in the middle of Manhattan, you'd know, like, that this is the biggest city.
‐‐ Shawn Mendes

Growing up in a very big family, working together and playing together, that is something that has been part of my life since ever I was born. It has advantages and disadvantages. It's like an older style of living where everyone works in the family business.
‐‐ Margherita Missoni

Growing up in a very rural and remote area in Colorado's San Luis Valley - one of the poorest counties in the United States - essentially created the framework of values from which I operate. I stand up for the little guy. I fight discrimination at all levels. I fight for an inclusive America.
‐‐ Ken Salazar

Growing up in a violent home is a terrifying and traumatic experience that can affect every aspect of a child's life, growth, and development.
‐‐ Lucille Roybal-Allard