Grow Quotes
Growth rarely happens on a straight line.
Several of these reflect on how long it can take to feel ready for the next stage, and how growing up in a certain place shapes the person you become. For related ideas on adapting over time, see our Change quotes.
I don't think anyone should grow up wanting to go around killing people. I don't think anyone should grow up wanting to be a secret agent.
If you grow up in Britain, you just do Shakespeare. If you go and work in a theater once or twice or three times in your life, you're going to end up doing a Shakespeare, because he's obviously such a...
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I didn't grow up on any sort of border; more in the middle of nowhere, in rural eastern North Carolina.
But I was so wrapped up in sports growing up as a kid, that I think I was going to grow to be a pro ball player. But I found out real quick that was not going to happen.
Making the tax cuts permanent will continue to grow the economy, create jobs, and put more money in the pockets of the hard-working families of Pennsylvania.
It really helps you grow as an individual and a ball player to realize that nothing comes easy in this league, and you have to work for everything.
I don't think patience is something that any of us grow up with in a large dose. It's a world of instant gratification.
Usually, with me, the project is always the second thing. The film-maker comes first. Films grow out of the relationship.
I'm constantly trying to grow as a musician, so when I listen to different things, I'm like, 'That'd be cool to do something like that,' and I try to keep myself open-minded.
What I'm hoping is that people in my age group will grow up with me and keep listening.
It's hard for bands to stick it out because people grow up, and it never really pays off. If you're looking for some sort of payoff, it's not gonna happen.
Each one of us has to take responsibility for reality, and present it so that kids will grow up familiar with that and say, OK. I've seen that before. I'm not afraid of it.
The outcome of any serious research can only be to make two questions grow where only one grew before.
You didn't grow up in the shadow of John Steinbeck. He put you on his shoulders and gave you all the light you wanted.
You need some inequality to grow... but extreme inequality is not only useless but can be harmful to growth because it reduces mobility and can lead to political capture of our democratic institutions.
You grow year after year with responsibility, and for me, it's not important who has the armband but that everyone on the pitch gives the right signals.
I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be.
When you grow up on the other side of the tracks, you're used to taking a few bumps.
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What does "growing" mean across these quotes?
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There's also a quieter thread about the family moments growth can cost, like grandparents who won't see it happen. Explore Development or Progress quotes next.
