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“I had all the usual ambition growing up. I wanted to be a writer, a musician, a hockey player. I wanted to do something that wasn't nine to five. Acting was the first thing I tried that clicked.”
Michael J. Fox
“When I was growing up I used to think that the best thing about coming from Des Moines was that it meant you didn't come from anywhere else in Iowa. By Iowa standards, Des Moines is a mecca of cosmopolitanism, a dynamic hub of wealth and education . . .”
Bill Bryson
“When you're in school growing up, you have teachers who sit and read to these kids, and what better opportunity to sit and read a story - one that's not fake. It's not a dreaming story. It's not Harry Potter. It's a real-life story, with glorious moments to horrific moments, including the frostbite - and what better way to show kids their potential than with a real-life story?”
Rulon Gardner
“She's the best player maybe the game's ever seen. She was definitely one of my biggest role models growing up. You don't want to copy anybody but the best. Getting to know her in the past year, I've just tried to take as much as I can.”
Morgan Pressel
“When we were growing up, old man jenkins would never fail to come out every morning to nail tadpoles to a wheel, spin it around and around, like a wheel of fortune, and then say, "Tadpoles! Tadpoles is the winner!" We all thought he was crazy, but then, we had some growing up to do.”
Jack Handy
“I had a lot of growing up to do. A lot of times, I learned the hard way.”
Allen Iverson
“My friend growing up, both of her parents are deaf, so I've always been interested. Through research, children at this age know what they want to say but don't have the language skills to say it yet. The signing bridges that gap and allows them to let their needs be known before they're able to tell us.”
Michelle Allen
“I wasn't a Tennessee fan growing up. When you grow up in Kentucky, you're a diehard Kentucky fan. I've been converted.”
Todd Campbell
“Even if that's not her background growing up, it's how she's defined. I think she still has a problem - she needs to make people feel like she's one of them.”
Jeffrey Berry
“In many ways, this is like the child growing up and taking care of its parents.”
David Boyce
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