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“These are women who, when I was growing up, made a difference for me, ... The first time I saw Diana Ross and the Supremes on the 'Ed Sullivan Show,' it changed my life.”
Oprah Winfrey
“Janie, to me, represents awareness of self and becoming a whole person, ... I used to be one of those women who was afraid of being full of herself. Because growing up, and even in elementary school, people would say, 'Oh, she thinks she's so full of herself.' ”
“Ideas are like beards; men do not have them until they grow up.”
Voltaire
“A man's interest in the world is only the overflow from his interest in himself. When you are a child your vessel is not yet full; so you care for nothing but your own affairs. When you grow up, your vessel overflows. . .”
George Bernard Shaw
“Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes, they forgive them”
Oscar Wilde
“To the outside world we all grow old. But not to brothers and sisters. We know each other as we always were. We know each other's hearts. We share private family jokes. We remember family feuds and secrets, family griefs and joys. We live outside the touch of time”
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Clara Ortega
“Old as she was, she still missed her daddy sometimes.”
Gloria Naylor
“You have four years to be irresponsible here. Relax. Work is for people with jobs. You'll never remember class time, but you'll remember time you wasted hanging out with your friends. So, stay out late. Go out on a Tuesday with your friends when you have a paper due Wednesday. Spend money you don't have. Drink 'til sunrise. The work never ends, but college does..."”
Tom Petty
“You know your children are growing up when they stop asking you where they came from and refuse to tell you where they're going.”
P. J. O'Rourke
“We're starting to see our younger kids growing up and come together. We played very good defense except for that fourth inning and you just can't afford to make mistakes against a good team like East Carter.”
Woody Robinson
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