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I started growing up in a hurry and taking a lot of the philosophy I'd heard from church as a kid a lot more seriously - especially the Ten Commandments - and wondering how 'Thou shalt not kill' could be so absolutely ignored. It took me until I was in my 40s to write what I was thinking as a young soldier. ↗

— Dave Brubeck

#church #commandments #could #especially #growing

I wish my mother had left me something about how she felt growing up. I wish my grandmother had done the same. I wanted my girls to know me. ↗

— Carol Burnett

#about #done #felt #grandmother #growing

It evolved from my experience in the fifties, growing up during the McCarthy era, and hearing a lot of assumptions that America was wonderful and Communism was terrible. ↗

— Warren Farrell

#assumptions #communism #during #era #evolved

Vocational education programs have made a real difference in the lives of countless young people nationwide; they build self-confidence and leadership skills by allowing students to utilize their unique gifts and talents. ↗

— Conrad Burns

#build #countless #difference #education #education programs

I guess in the independent market, I'd be getting offers, but in terms of big studio films, I still have to audition. I don't think my name is that well-known, I don't have much of a following to guarantee box office success yet. ↗

— Michael Fassbender

#big #box #box office #films #following

Thankfully, I have a background as an actor, and you learn how to live in that world of not knowing what's going to happen next. ↗

— Jon Favreau

#background #going #happen #how #i

Showing up every day isn't enough. There are a lot of guys who show up every day who shouldn't have showed up at all. ↗

— James Caan

#enough #every #every day #guys #lot

I'm a private person. I'm shy about people knowing things. ↗

— Farrah Fawcett

#i #knowing #people #person #private

As I was growing up, it was made clear that the fat me wasn't welcome, that a thin person was expected and awaited, and impatiently so. ↗

— Arabella Weir

#expected #fat #growing #growing up #i

Growing up it was the exception because I was maybe the only one in my school or my circle of friends that had that experience. But now that I know more people in the industry, I am realizing this happens to almost everybody. ↗

— Anna Chlumsky

#am #because #circle #everybody #exception