#growing up

One of the things I've had the advantage of, growing up and being close to the top management of this company and other companies for most of my life, is seeing how CEOs start to believe in their own infallibility. And that really scares me. ↗

— Bill Ford

#being #believe #ceos #close #companies

Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer. All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer. Science-fiction allowed me to go places that were otherwise inaccessible, which is why I started reading it. I was going to be a lawyer, but I got saved. ↗

— Alan Dean Foster

#being #ever #explorer #gave #go

Being a kid growing up with Kurosawa films and watching Sergio Leone movies just made me love what it could do to you, and how it could influence you - make you dream. ↗

— Antoine Fuqua

#could #dream #films #growing #growing up

Part of my growing up was always trying to make my parents proud and always trying to keep them happy. I think part of what held them together was my involvement in sports. ↗

— Jeff Garcia

#growing #growing up #happy #held #i

I never felt like I belonged in Minnesota when I was growing up there. That's why I was out the door as soon as I turned 18. ↗

— Jessica Lange

#door #felt #growing #growing up #i

When you're a kid growing up, and you think you're gay, you know that you're different; you're often teased and it can really destroy your self-esteem. But sports can be great for building self-esteem. ↗

— Greg Louganis

#destroy #different #gay #great #growing

I surrounded myself with women when I was growing up because I had this horrible psycho father. Now I'm trying to really appreciate and like men more. ↗

— Courtney Love

#because #father #growing #growing up #had

Growing up, I had a front row seat to seeing two people work really hard. My dad scrubbed toilets at a private Catholic school for a while, and that was to help me get through school. ↗

— Mia Love

#catholic school #dad #front #get #growing

You get used to sadness, growing up in the mountains, I guess. ↗

— Loretta Lynn

#growing #growing up #guess #i #mountains

Growing up in eastern Kentucky like I did, I'm used to having a few guns around to protect me. ↗

— Loretta Lynn

#did #eastern #few #growing #growing up