All Quotes

When I was younger, I used humour as a tool to avoid getting too serious with people - if there was deep emotional stuff going on, then I would crack a joke to defuse the situation.
‐‐ Matthew Perry

When I was younger, I used to be a high jumper before I switched to hurdles.
‐‐ Liu Xiang

When I was younger, I used to be a part of the surfing-and-skateboarding community.
‐‐ Katy Perry

When I was younger I used to be devastated if I would lose.
‐‐ Kim Clijsters

When I was younger, I used to be super, super shy. I still find myself being scared of things.
‐‐ Vanessa Hudgens

When I was younger, I used to bite my nails so bad. I used to play sports; I played, like, every sport. I would be playing soccer, and I'd be in the middle of the field just zoned out, biting my nails, and I'd, like, miss the ball going past me.
‐‐ Kendall Jenner

When I was younger, I used to do that a lot: I would hear a part of a song that would really relax me and then put it on repeat. That would send me to sleep. It was quite obvious classical music, people like Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Erik Satie, Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel.
‐‐ King Krule

When I was younger, I used to drive up to a bunch of turkeys, roll down the window and say something. They'd all gobble back at once.
‐‐ Levon Helm

When I was younger, I used to find stories about divas charming. Not much anymore.
‐‐ Rabih Alameddine

When I was younger I used to get my best writing done at night, but now it has to be during the day. I usually finish work at half past seven, then go back to the house to open a bottle of wine, have dinner, and then read or watch television.
‐‐ Antony Beevor

When I was younger, I used to hate Germany. I hated the country, the people, the language, the culture, everything! But over the years I've grown to really appreciate the German people.
‐‐ Anthony Kiedis

When I was younger, I used to look at movie stars with pencil-thin noses and think about a nose job. I've got a grown-up baby nose; it's not chiseled and structured. Then I saw how beautiful Audrey Tatou was in 'Amelie' and thought, 'She's got a nose like mine, and if she can have a baby nose, so can I.'
‐‐ Martine McCutcheon

When I was younger I used to pick things just to face the fear.
‐‐ Vincent D'Onofrio

When I was younger, I used to play mind games in which I'd try to finish tasks in minutes. My favorite was when I would shower, lay out my school clothes, then devour my dinner - in 15 minutes flat.
‐‐ Alexa Von Tobel

When I was younger, I used to say, One day I'll be famous.
‐‐ Katie Price

When I was younger ,I used to want to be, like, a back-up dancer, and my mom was like, 'Well, you know, you can do that, but you might want to choose another career.'
‐‐ Sufe Bradshaw

When I was younger I used to want to own a sweet shop so I could eat sweets all day, but that dream died a long time ago.
‐‐ Amy Nuttall

When I was younger, I used to watch all the black-and-white 'Dracula's and 'Frankenstein's.
‐‐ Sean Bean

When I was younger, I used to wrestle, and I feel that it contributed to my athletic ability because as a wrestler you have to be an all-encompassed athlete. You need stamina, strength, endurance and mental capacity. You also have to learn how to adapt in any situation.
‐‐ Dhani Jones

When I was younger, I used to write to directors when I was unsure I could play a role. I'd say: 'You've made a terrible mistake.'
‐‐ Kelly Reilly

When I was younger I wanted to be a big movie star who'd get to be funny on talk shows and then I wanted to retire and write science fiction.
‐‐ Scott Thompson

When I was younger I wanted to be a gymnast, but they have to be quite short - I was tall.
‐‐ Tamara Ecclestone

When I was younger, I wanted to be a vet or a tightrope walker. But I have no sense of balance, and I can't bear animals dying, so I abandoned both ideas.
‐‐ Georgia May Jagger

When I was younger I wanted to be an airline pilot, but that lasted for about 30 seconds.
‐‐ John Barrowman

When I was younger, I wanted to be older. Now I am older, I am not quite so sure.
‐‐ Tom Waits

When I was younger, I wanted to own a circus and create this bizarre revue that went from town to town. I suppose, in a way, I got my wish because when you're working on a film, you're in a traveling circus.
‐‐ Neil Burger

When I was younger, I was a bit of a feisty fighter type of guy. That's something my father told me as I was becoming a man: 'You don't go picking fights, but you don't run from any of them.' And I was more afraid of my father than anybody else I had to fight.
‐‐ Nate Robinson

When I was younger, I was a complete tomboy. Then in college I started emerging out of the tomboy stage and dressing differently.
‐‐ Hope Solo

When I was younger, I was a robot. Wind her up and she plays tennis.
‐‐ Chris Evert

When I was younger, I was able to write with music playing in the background, but these days, I can't. I find it distracting. Even when the music is just instrumental or has lyrics in a language I don't understand, the clash between the voices in my head and the song can be very disorienting.
‐‐ Daniel Alarcon

When I was younger, I was almost too afraid to admit that I wanted to be an actor.
‐‐ Lupita Nyong'o

When I was younger, I was always being told I had a period face, but 'Bel Ami' was my first shot at it.
‐‐ Holliday Grainger

When I was younger I was always big; I was a fat boy at school. I had an early growth spurt, and when I went to secondary school I was tall enough to be a policeman.
‐‐ Alfred Molina

When I was younger, I was always described as happy-go-lucky.
‐‐ Michael J. Fox

When I was younger, I was always obsessed with nails.
‐‐ Serena Williams

When I was younger, I was always taught not to make excuses.
‐‐ Derek Jeter

When I was younger, I was always willing to tell a joke and play out a scene. I would get sticks and pretend they were light sabers. I think it was just at a young age, I was so willing to jump up and perform a little play at the family picnic.
‐‐ Sufe Bradshaw

When I was younger, I was ambitious. Now I'm not ambitious anymore. I just want to be happy. Does that make sense?
‐‐ James McBride

When I was younger, I was chubby. It gave me a terrible sense of self-image, and I guess I carry that around with me still.
‐‐ Brandon Flowers

When I was younger I was completely without money - when I was studying in Budapest, when I was a refugee.
‐‐ Gyorgy Ligeti

When I was younger, I was diagnosed with dyslexia, which meant, for me, sitting in front of a book was really hard - until I discovered Harry Potter, and this character, this 11-year-old boy, who suddenly gets off to school for the first time, captured my imagination, and suddenly reading was fun. Reading was inspiring, and I was motivated.
‐‐ Princess Beatrice of York

When I was younger, I was drawn to Ayn Rand books and other works of fiction celebrating individualism.
‐‐ David Harsanyi

When I was younger, I was fascinated by David Bowie, for example. he had created an entire myth around himself. It was as important as his music.
‐‐ Lars von Trier

When I was younger I was fat. I was never conscious of it and was content with who I was because I was so loved. My mother never told me to lose weight and my father doted on me, but my agent told me. I tried, but I loved Indian food too much.
‐‐ Archie Panjabi

When I was younger, I was full of smart things to say about all my books.
‐‐ Richard Flanagan

When I was younger, I was hopefully going to do animation and special effects.
‐‐ Colin O'Donoghue

When I was younger, I was impressed by those who were educated, accomplished, successful, and applauded by the world. But over the years, I have come to the realization that I am far more impressed by those wonderful and blessed souls who are truly good and without guile.
‐‐ Dieter F. Uchtdorf

When I was younger, I was in love with everything about the British Isles, from British folklore to Celtic music. That was always where my passions were as a young girl, and so I studied folklore as a college student in England and Ireland.
‐‐ Terri Windling

When I was younger, I was insecure for about 10 years: I wore glasses, had a cow's lick, buck teeth and braces. I looked ridiculous.
‐‐ Jack Whitehall

When I was younger, I was kind of fearless. I think it takes more courage to do things when you know more. I was completely naive, and I was like, 'Why can't I do anything I want to do?'
‐‐ Carole King

When I was younger, I was like, 'I want to be on Playboy.' My mum was a Playmate.
‐‐ Sophie Monk

When I was younger, I was listening to a lot of Armenian music, you know, revolutionary music about freedom and protest. In the 70s I was listening to soul and the Bee Gees and ABBA, and funk.
‐‐ Serj Tankian

When I was younger, I was looking for this magic meaning of life.
‐‐ Temple Grandin

When I was younger, I was more self-conscious about living up to or surpassing the expectations of others. But as you get older, you start to build confidence.
‐‐ Ivanka Trump

When I was younger, I was nervous and didn't have a huge amount of confidence as an actor. Comedy is something - you know when you're getting it right because you can hear. And you can hear if you're not getting it right! I like to create interesting, weird characters, and they're often best in comedies.
‐‐ Lucy Punch

When I was younger I was obsessed with 'Star 80,' and it's just a great movie - I think I saw it three times in the theater.
‐‐ Todd Phillips

When I was younger I was obsessed with writing, so even if I wanted to listen, I didn't have time.
‐‐ Joan Armatrading

When I was younger, I was one of the few girls in the neighborhood who could break dance. That's kind of my local, ghetto-celebrity claim to fame.
‐‐ Joy Bryant

When I was younger, I was ready to go off at any time. My wife, Linda, and I would go out to the Limelight in New York, and I would see people and be able to freeze them with a look. People were even too scared of me to tell me that people were scared of me.
‐‐ Johnny Ramone

When I was younger, I was really anti-Hollywood. Now I'm more accepting of it because I'm less of a snob.
‐‐ Chloe Sevigny

When I was younger I was really shy, but I'd always be singing, driving my family crazy. Apparently I was even singing when I was in the cot. That probably didn't sound too good!
‐‐ Pixie Lott

When I was younger, I was so crazy about poetry that I didn't notice who was noticing. It seemed to me so tremendous and large.
‐‐ Robert Hass

When I was younger, I was so damn pretty, I looked like a girl, so I understand why guys didn't like me.
‐‐ Paul Walker

When I was younger, I was somewhat of an idealist. I guess I'm a little bit more of a realist now. I think there's a lot that can be done to make the world a better place, but it's more about choosing your battles.
‐‐ Conor Oberst

When I was younger I was taught that a winner never quits, and a quitter never wins.
‐‐ Angie Stone

When I was younger, I was terrified to express anger because it would often kick-start a horrible reaction in the men in my life. So I bit my tongue. I was left to painstakingly deal with the aftermath of my avoidance later in life, in therapy or through the lyrics of my songs.
‐‐ Alanis Morissette

When I was younger I was trying to do what I wanted to do, not what the game wanted me to do.
‐‐ Thierry Henry

When I was younger, I was very athletic and I always loved sports and physical things.
‐‐ Saoirse Ronan

When I was younger, I was very princessy. I always wanted to be blond-haired and blue-eyed. This was before Mulan, so I was very upset about all the Cinderellas. I always tried to imagine that maybe Snow White was Chinese since she had black hair.
‐‐ Grace Lin

When I was younger, I was very vocal to the point of being strident in my views.
‐‐ Gillian Jacobs

When I was younger, I wasn't concentrating on good days. I was managing a career and trying to have a good year. It would always 'lead' to something, which never leads to anything except death, where everything leads to. And then as I got older, and then I had my kids and everything, I began to appreciate a great Wednesday.
‐‐ Albert Brooks

When I was younger, I wasn't really sure what I wanted to do, but I told a lot of lies in school. I told my friends once that I was playing John Travolta's daughter in a movie. I also told people that I had this romantic affair with Jonathan Taylor Thomas over a summer.
‐‐ Meaghan Rath

When I was younger, I wasn't thinking about fit. Clothes are measured just for me now. I know that's not what the average person does, but I've gotten smart about what fits my body the right way and what makes me feel comfortable.
‐‐ Theophilus London