#growing up

When we were growing up our parents somehow made it clear that being famous was good. And I mistakenly thought that if I was famous then everyone would love me. ↗

— Ellen DeGeneres

#being famous #clear #everyone #famous #good

I love physical kinds of comedy and getting down and dirty and doing stunts. When I was growing up, I was always getting into fights with guys and usually punching out boys my age because I was a lot bigger and tougher. So I'm naturally accustomed to putting myself into the headspace of a girl who can take care of herself. ↗

— Cameron Diaz

#age #always #because #bigger #care

Growing up, I was a nerd. With actual taped eyeglasses. ↗

— Taye Diggs

#growing #growing up #i #nerd #taped

When I was growing up, the exam system didn't allow you to write fiction, so you never did. ↗

— Roddy Doyle

#did #exam #fiction #growing #growing up

It was a small provincial place with great people and I had a happy childhood growing up in Queens. ↗

— Fran Drescher

#great #great people #growing #growing up #had

Almost 24 million children - one in three - are likely growing up without their father involved in their lives. ↗

— Arne Duncan

#children #father #growing #growing up #involved

I sang in church growing up. Memphis is the blues capital of the world, we like to say. ↗

— Justin Timberlake

#capital #church #growing #growing up #i

I never really did sports growing up. Maybe that's why they intrigue me. The technology that goes into that clothing is steps ahead, so it's always been something I look towards. ↗

— Alexander Wang

#always #been #clothing #did #goes

Growing up I didn't watch movies. ↗

— Denzel Washington

#growing up #i #movies #up #watch

In some cases I feel like they haven't appreciated enough that growing up doesn't mean boring and old and not full of life. I like to talk about that also. ↗

— Jody Watley

#also #appreciated #boring #cases #enough