#growing up

I remember growing up thinking that astronauts and their job was the coolest thing you could possibly do... But I absolutely couldn't identify with the people who were astronauts. I thought they were movie stars. ↗

— David M. Brown

#astronauts #coolest #coolest thing #could #growing

I began to speak well at a very advanced age - 15, 16, 17 years old. It was psychological: the trauma of war, my family and growing up on my own. I was more or less a street kid. ↗

— Roberto Cavalli

#advanced age #age #began #family #growing

The art world seems so much bigger than it was when I was growing up. ↗

— China Chow

#art world #bigger #growing #growing up #i

No one knew I was gay growing up but I was bullied. I was a cheerleader, fairly popular and considered straight. ↗

— Cat Cora

#cheerleader #considered #fairly #gay #growing

I went through some real challenges growing up. I joined the Army two weeks out of high school when I was 17, and never looked back. ↗

— Geoff Davis

#back #challenges #growing #growing up #high

Growing up doing those Kiwanis Clubs, doing those Cub Scout banquets, doing those church shows, I learned to find that sensibility that most people could laugh at - that all ages and demographics could laugh at. ↗

— Jeff Dunham

#church #clubs #could #cub #demographics

My parents were very supportive when I was growing up and have been all the way through. ↗

— Lena Dunham

#growing #growing up #i #parents #supportive

My dad was so much fun growing up. ↗

— Abby Elliott

#fun #growing #growing up #much #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