Mam said I was growing up. I felt that I was dying.
I was seeing something I didn’t understand and did not want to. No I wasn’t. I was seeing something I had always understood and wanted to understand better.
I cared about Ben, but I was never in love with him. I was in love with what it said about me that I had a boyfriend like Ben, and that's just different.
He nods, as if to acknowledge that endings are almost always a little sad, even when there is something to look forward to on the other side.
Any swagger is just defense. When you're reminded so much of who you are by people - not a fame thing, but with my size, constantly, growing up - you just either curl up in a corner in the dark or you...
I suppose even when I was growing up, I noticed I was most happy when I was absorbed in something, lost in the moment and forgot the time, whether was conversation, movie, or a game I was playing. Tha...
Growing up in Kansas City, I was always neat, the teacher's pet, know-it-all type.
Bullying is something every kid in public, parochial, or private school has witnessed by graduation. While unfortunate, it is part of growing up.
Growing up, I wanted desperately to please, to be a good girl.
Manners is the key thing. Say, for instance, when you're growing up, you're walking down the street, you've got to tell everybody good morning. Everybody. You can't pass one person.
It took me realizing that a broken heart has never actually killed anyone to find the courage to ask for what I want, in just about every situation. That was part of my own growing up.
The most important thing that I learned in growing up is that forgiveness is something that, when you do it, you free yourself to move on.
I think that the main thing that you can learn from watching 'The Spectacular Now' is just learning about growing up and moving on.
I don't really enjoy it, Mom.""And you've always felt this way?""I don't know. I guess I want a break.
Laura knew then that she was not a little girl any more. Now she was alone; she must take care of herself. When you must do that, then you do it and you are grown up. Laura was not very big, but she w...
Without making mistakes, there won't be lessons learned. Without getting hurt, there won't be knowledge gained. The only way we grow is by learning from the past. Always be willing to learn and grow d...
I had a really bad temper, when I was growing up. Sport helped me channel that temper into more positive acts.
A mustache really defines your face. My dad had a mustache when I was growing up, and I can still remember when he shaved it, he looked like a completely different person.
Growing up in New York City, I was always encouraged to question authority, and I think I confused patriotism with jingoism.
My mother always used to say, 'Well, if you had been born a little girl growing up in Egypt, you would go to church or go to worship Allah, but surely if those people are worshipping a God, it must be...