#grow up

Did you know that nearly one in three children live apart from their biological dads? Those kids are two to three times more likely to grow up in poverty, to suffer in school, and to have health and behavioral problems. ↗

— Tony Dungy

#behavioral #biological #children #dads #did

When you grow up in a totally segregated society, where everybody around you believes that segregation is proper, you have a hard time. You can't believe how much it's a part of your thinking. ↗

— Shelby Foote

#believe #believes #everybody #grow #grow up

You know how you either grow up in a Michael Jackson house or a Prince house? For me it was Michael Jackson. I could never decide whether I wanted to be Michael Jackson or marry him. ↗

— Amy Winehouse

#decide #either #grow #grow up #him

I didn't grow up identifying with beauty. I grew up thinking I could be smart and funny - those are the things I got feedback on. ↗

— Lauren Graham

#could #feedback #funny #got #grew

Interestingly, koi, when put in a fish bowl, will only grow up to three inches. When this same fish is placed in a large tank, it will grow to about nine inches long. ↗

— Vince Poscente

#bowl #fish #grow #grow up #inches

Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry is own weight, this is a frightening prospect. ↗

— Eleanor Roosevelt

#carry #comes #does #every #freedom

Sometimes I wonder if we shall ever grow up in our politics and say definite things which mean something, or whether we shall always go on using generalities to which everyone can subscribe, and which mean very little. ↗

— Eleanor Roosevelt

#definite #ever #everyone #generalities #go

It's not about, 'Let me play as long as I can so I don't have to grow up.' It's about, 'Let me play as long as I enjoy it,' and when it's time to step away, I can step away gracefully even if I'm still good enough to keep playing, because I'm ready for that next phase. ↗

— Angela Ruggiero

#away #because #enjoy #enough #even

We have to be able to grow up. Our wrinkles are our medals of the passage of life. They are what we have been through and who we want to be. ↗

— Lauren Hutton

#able #been #grow #grow up #life

Milk is for babies. When you grow up you have to drink beer. ↗

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

#beer #drink #grow #grow up #milk