#growing up

My dad is good at sticking with stuff and he has a strong work ethic, which is imbued in me. Growing up, he would constantly ask what I was doing and was I achieving anything. ↗

— Pete Cashmore

#anything #ask #constantly #dad #doing

Growing up, when we would get dragged to these events, I didn't want to be there. Over time, as we got older, I developed a real appreciation of the importance of being involved in the democratic process. ↗

— Julian Castro

#being #democratic #democratic process #developed #dragged

My access to music when I was growing up was through pirate radio, you know, transistor radio under the pillow, listening to one more and then 'just one more' until your favourite track comes on. ↗

— Robert Palmer

#comes #favourite #growing #growing up #i

Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing up is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing. ↗

— Phyllis Diller

#cleaning #growing #growing up #house #kids

I never realized that growing up in Brooklyn, flying jets, working on Wall Street and starring in a sci-fi series was the prerequisite for the fast-paced demands of talk radio. But, if that's what it takes to succeed, I'm glad I did it all. ↗

— Jerry Doyle

#demands #did #fast-paced #flying #glad

I had a happy, dramafree youth, growing up in an upper-middle-class neighborhood in Dallas, Texas. The only thing that was slightly unusual compared to most of my friends was that I was an only child... I don't think that's why my parents gave me a dummy, at least they've never copped to it. ↗

— Jeff Dunham

#compared #dallas #dummy #friends #gave

Acting never crossed my mind for a moment when I was growing up. ↗

— Tommy Flanagan

#crossed #growing #growing up #i #mind

When I was growing up, my parents told me, 'Finish your dinner. People in China and India are starving.' I tell my daughters, 'Finish your homework. People in India and China are starving for your job.' ↗

— Thomas Friedman

#daughters #dinner #finish #growing #growing up

The last few years I became a lot more into sports. Growing up, the sports I liked were independent sports, like skateboarding. I was really into skateboarding, and not necessarily team televised sports. ↗

— Mark Hoppus

#few #growing #growing up #i #independent

When I was growing up in East Germay, everyone said there was no God. So I started looking for it myself. ↗

— Nina Hagen

#everyone #god #growing #growing up #i