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When I was growing up I spent a lot of time reading about ancient China and was really fascinated.

Quotes by John Fusco

The thrill I got discovering Buster Keaton when I was growing up was so exciting. He was one of the greats.

Quotes by John Cleese

Growing up in Wales was a pretty Draconian experience with religion.

Quotes by John Cale

My dad and my uncles owned a bar outside of Cincinnati. I worked there growing up, mopping floors, waiting tables.

Quotes by John Boehner

When you're a kid growing up, you say you want to make it to the Major Leagues, and when you reach that dream, that's what it's all about.

Quotes by Joe Morgan

When I was a kid growing up in Cleveland, I believed - completely, wholeheartedly, without reservation or pause - that the Cleveland Indians were named to honor a Native American ballplayer named Louis Sockalexis, who played for Cleveland in the late 19th Century.

Quotes by Joe Posnanski

When I was growing up, it was Clint Eastwood, it was Harrison Ford and Steve McQueen - these guys were tough. They were leading men, but they were also tough and physical.

Quotes by Joe Manganiello

Growing up, David Seaman was a massive role model for me. Peter Schmeichel and him were the ones I looked up to.

Quotes by Joe Hart

When I was growing up in the '60s I would have thought that westerns would last forever.

Quotes by Joe Dante

I did little theater things growing up.

Quotes by Jody Hill

When I was growing up, Sunday lunch was my favorite time as a child. We would have a big Sunday English meal, and we would argue about things.

Quotes by Joanna Coles

Before 'Austenland,' I got do a lead role in 'Northanger Abbey', which is Jane Austen. Growing up in England, you can't really ignore Jane Austen. It's always been there.

Quotes by JJ Feild

I loved 'Top Gun.' I watched it all growing up.

Quotes by Jimmy Graham

As a youngster, I played in Little League, Pony League, and all sorts of amateur baseball programs growing up.

Quotes by Jim Evans

It's always been the same, growing up in Manhattan... the idea of living within a giant archer's target... for use by the bad Russia bowman with the atomic arrows.

Quotes by Jim Carroll

Growing up, my two favorite books were Woody Allen's 'Side Effects' and Phyllis Diller's 'Housekeeping Hints.' I carried that Phyllis Diller book with me everywhere when I was in fifth or sixth grade. Eventually, it just fell apart.

Quotes by Jill Davis

I knew that it was harder to unite two lives than I had imagined growing up. I knew that relationships could be fragile.

Quotes by Jill Biden

I just didn't work that much while the kids were growing up.

Quotes by Jill Clayburgh

I watched horror films growing up, and I would love watching them with friends. But then, I would spend the next week sleeping in my parents' room because I would be so scared.

Quotes by Jessica Rothe

I loved rom-coms growing up. So, of course I wanted to be in one and be the girl that I had watched up on the screen so many times when I was 13.

Quotes by Jessica Rothe

I never felt like I belonged in Minnesota when I was growing up there. That's why I was out the door as soon as I turned 18.

Quotes by Jessica Lange

I didn't really watch 'Dallas' growing up, as I was a bit young and into other things, like sports.

Quotes by Jesse Metcalfe

Growing up with my father was like growing up with Jeremy Corbyn. He still hasn't rejoined the party; it's not left wing enough for him.

Quotes by Jess Phillips

I've made a career out of being able to talk about difficult things, and that comes from growing up in an environment where nothing was embarrassing.

Quotes by Jess Phillips

I watched a ton of films growing up, but in a haphazard way. There was nothing scholarly or focused about it.

Quotes by Jesse Andrews

When I was growing up, the first thing I wanted to be was a cowboy. That lasted till I was about ten. Then I wanted to be a baseball player. Preferably shortstop for the New York Yankees.

Quotes by Jerry Spinelli

I was brought up in black neighborhoods in South Baltimore. And we really felt like we were very black. We acted black and we spoke black. When I was a kid growing up, where I came from, it was hip to be black. To be white was kind of square.

Quotes by Jerry Leiber

Growing up in Texas, mum had five girls to feed on a very limited budget, so we'd end up eating the same thing until it was gone - some weeks it was carrots.

Quotes by Jerry Hall

I never realized that growing up in Brooklyn, flying jets, working on Wall Street and starring in a sci-fi series was the prerequisite for the fast-paced demands of talk radio. But, if that's what it takes to succeed, I'm glad I did it all.

Quotes by Jerry Doyle

My favorite sneakers, growing up, were always the Air Force 1 and the Air Max line. I started collecting when I was 13 or 14 years old.

Quotes by Jerome Boateng

I was a big Michael Jordan fan growing up. I don't feel my game resembles his though.

Quotes by Jeremy Lin

Growing up, my brother and I were begging for attention.

Quotes by Jeremy London

When I was growing up, I was always on stage but I loved other things.

Quotes by Jeremy Piven

I was an athlete when I was growing up.

Quotes by Jeremy Renner

Growing up, I had to cobble together a scarecrow of things I loved from various different writers.

Quotes by Jenny Zhang

Growing up in Florida, it rained a lot, so we spent a lot of time indoors. I used to love Frogger. I got a lot of use out of that and Ms. Pac-man on my little Atari.

Quotes by Jennifer Sky

Growing up, I didn't know anybody who didn't have a miner in the family. Both of my grandfathers were miners.

Quotes by Jennifer Haigh

I had, probably, a more challenging experience growing up than most middle-class chicks.

Quotes by Jennifer Hale

Growing up where I did, the thought of working on a television show or in a movie... that existed on a parallel plane, you know?

Quotes by Jennifer Garner

My favorite genre of movies growing up was the romantic comedy.

Quotes by Jennifer Finnigan

While growing up, every sitcom you could think of, I would watch it, and I loved it.

Quotes by Jennifer Bini Taylor

When I was growing up, there was a character on TV; there was a character stereotype: it was personified by Mel on 'The Dick Van Dyke Show.'

Quotes by Jeffrey Tambor

One of my favorite things about the DC Universe, growing up as a reader, was just how big it was and just how many characters and superheroes there were. And how many odd characters there were.

Quotes by Jeff Lemire

I was really into metal when I was growing up. It was just something I thought I could do and wanted to try.

Quotes by Jeff Hanneman

Many of Judy Blume's books - which I devoured when I was growing up and where I found characters that were believable because they were a lot like me - caused considerable consternation when they were first published, but now they're widely accepted as an essential part of the children's literary canon.

Quotes by Jeff Kinney

Growing up, I thought it would be great if I could do big theaters. Now we're doing arenas.

Quotes by Jeff Dunham

Growing up, I spent a lot of time in the darkened theatres.

Quotes by Jeetendra

Growing up, I always dreamed of winning a major championship.

Quotes by Jeev Milkha Singh

When I was a little girl growing up in Elmira, I always wanted to be a lawyer.

Quotes by Jeanine Pirro

I was a big fan of 'The Smurfs' growing up, even though by default - my mom used to force me to watch because she was a 'Smurfs' fan.

Quotes by Jayma Mays

Growing up I played piano and I sang at a lot of weddings; I grew up in a very small town, a little coal-mining town in Virginia called Grundy. And my family was very sing-songy at home.

Quotes by Jayma Mays

Growing up, I wouldn't say I was poor. But my parents, although we lived in a nice, middle-class home, they had their struggles.

Quotes by Jay IDK

Growing up, as a kid, my father was always there.

Quotes by Jason Pierre-Paul

I was a huge Muppet fan growing up. I want to bring it back to the early '80s Muppet movies, when the scripts could have been performed by humans.

Quotes by Jason Segel

Growing up, my sisters were both into dancing, so I went to a lot of dance recitals, mostly because there were always pretty girls in leotards.

Quotes by Jason Sudeikis

I played a ton of team sports growing up, and team wins are just incredibly gratifying.

Quotes by Jason Bateman

Rich Aurelia was my favorite growing up.

Quotes by Jared Goff

I was one of the smaller kids growing up.

Quotes by Jarvis Landry

I want to create the content I didn't have while growing up.

Quotes by Janet Mock

When I was growing up, both my grandmothers would play the organ, and we would all sing.

Quotes by Janelle Monae

Growing up, I was prone to anxiety.

Quotes by Jane McGonigal

Growing up, I was very much interested in jazz music.

Quotes by Jan Hammer

A lot of what I experienced growing up in the U.S.S.R. and coming to the U.S. as an immigrant actually reflects itself in Whatsapp. Experiences from our youth shape what we do later in life.

Quotes by Jan Koum

I was a skinny guy growing up, and I still feel like that same skinny kid.

Quotes by Jamie Dornan

When I was a kid growing up, I lived in a little rural village called Woolton Hill, and the nearest town was Newbury. No bands played anywhere near us, so as much as I wanted to be on the grid and in the loop, I never was.

Quotes by Jamie Hince

Growing up in England, I was constantly surrounded by the Arthurian legend.

Quotes by Jamie Campbell Bower

When I was growing up, 'Butch and Sundance' was my absolute favorite film.

Quotes by James Purefoy

Linking up the things you were with the things you become is what growing up is.

Quotes by James L. Brooks

Growing up in Rhode Island, I dreamed of a career in law enforcement. That hasn't worked out exactly as I had planned, but life seldom does.

Quotes by James Langevin

Ryne Sandberg was my favorite player growing up.

Quotes by James Holzhauer

Words played an important part in my growing up. Not only the written word... but words that flew through the air: jokes, riddles, puns.

Quotes by James Howe

Growing up in college, in high school, I was the focal point.

Quotes by James Harden

Growing up, I wish that I'd had the supplies and laptops and all the new technology that's out right now.

Quotes by James Harden

I was a Depression kid, growing up in Oklahoma.

Quotes by James Garner

I like the Steelers now just because I played in Pittsburgh. I'm a fan, but I liked the Cowboys growing up. I like Emmitt Smith a lot.

Quotes by James Conner

Growing up, my education about Test cricket came from dad's video of the 1981 Ashes series - and Ian Botham's incredible match at Headingley.

Quotes by James Anderson

One thing I was taught growing up is it's only pressure when you're not prepared. And you're just not working hard. Those are two things I do all the time.

Quotes by Jalen Brunson

When I was growing up, there was no such thing as a touring ukulele player.

Quotes by Jake Shimabukuro

I overcame a lot of things, growing up, as everyone does.

Quotes by Jake Paul

Growing up, I played football and was always one of the best on the team.

Quotes by Jake Paul

Growing up in Perry, Oklahoma, there's not a lot going on, so we would go wrestle anywhere and anyplace we could. It really is who I am.

Quotes by Jake Hager

Shaquille O'Neal was probably my favorite athlete growing up. I loved how dominant and unstoppable he was, but also his charisma off the court. He was someone I gravitated toward.

Quotes by Jahlil Okafor

I've done quite a lot of growing up in public, which has been tricky at times.

Quotes by Jaime Winstone

I just want to show other young kids growing up that it is not about just staying in England, getting loans. Explore.

Quotes by Jadon Sancho

I didn't know I was good enough to be a pro growing up.

Quotes by Jadon Sancho

My favorite team while I was growing up was the New Orleans Saints. My favorite player was Joe Horn.

Quotes by Jacoby Jones

Salman Khan is doing really well in his career. I know him since the time he was growing up.

Quotes by Jackie Shroff

Growing up as a dancer, the stage is really where I love to be performance wise.

Quotes by Jacob Artist

Part of growing up is realizing the frustrating, heartbreaking truth that intense and sustained long-term effort is needed to effect change.

Quotes by Jack Schlossberg

As a kid growing up, I put a lot of pressure on myself.

Quotes by Jack Reynor

I was a huge fan of 'Blade Runner.' That was a pretty formative film for me growing up. It really got my sci-fi juices flowing, as it were.

Quotes by Jack Reynor

The thing that was most constant when I was growing up was just complete support and adoration from my parents.

Quotes by Jack Garratt

I found my first dinosaur bone when I was 6, growing up in Montana. Ever since then I've been interested in dinosaurs.

Quotes by Jack Horner

Growing up, I didn't know anyone that was a watch collector or into watches, but I was always kind of curious about them. Before the NBA Draft, I knew I was going to get drafted, and I wanted to commemorate that by buying a watch.

Quotes by J. J. Redick

Growing up as a kid, we moved all over the country on a fairly frequent basis, from New Jersey to Texas, California, Illinois... we moved 21 times in my first 17 years.

Quotes by J. Michael Straczynski

I don't think I ever thought of growing up to be anything other than a musician. There really wasn't a plan B. Well, a kind of a distant plan B was to be a Formula One driver, but there really wasn't an entry point.

Quotes by J. D. Souther

I was a huge Mike Tyson fan growing up; his fights were always on in my house.

Quotes by J. Cole

I was a huge Radiohead fan growing up.

Quotes by Iwan Rheon

I didn't always have a lot of self confidence growing up.

Quotes by Iskra Lawrence

Growing up playing the drums, I idolised Questlove from an early age. 'Phrenology' was the first Roots record that I ever heard, and that was like my introduction to hip hop.

Quotes by Isom Innis

I don't think I related to the Irish Catholic surroundings that was my environment when I was growing up.

Quotes by Isabela Moner

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