No matter where you are or where you grow up, you always go through the same awkward moments of being a teenager and growing up and trying to figure out who you are.
I believe that maturity is not an outgrowing, but a growing up: that an adult is not a dead child, but a child who survived.
Growing up where I’m from, some people are afraid of cops. They don’t really like cops. And what a lot of people don’t realize is, they’re really not the bad guys. They’re really on our side, they’re really trying to help us out. And sometimes, we don’t understand that.
I came out to Hollywood when I was just 18, and my dad, he was really into Hollywood and theater and art, and I guess growing up, he exposed me to a lot of culture, and I just started making Super-8 films in high school and decided I wanted to be a filmmaker.
Thankfully, there was not a lot of social media around when I was growing up.
Newspaper readership is still growing in India.
I’ve always loved being active, and I used to do sports – basketball, soccer, volleyball – growing up.
Everything we do in our growing up has been done before. But it needs recognition and validation each time for each one of us – public, private, and secret.
Decarbonization has already begun, and the appeal of a fossil-fuel-free world is growing – not only because it would limit climate change, but also because it would be more technologically advanced, democratic, resilient, healthy, and economically dynamic.
The key to success is to keep growing in all areas of life – mental, emotional, spiritual, as well as physical.
Everything will change. The only question is growing up or decaying.
Contra.’ ‘Duck Hunt.’ ‘Double Dragon.’ If these phrases elicit any sort of emotional response inside of you, we have something in common. I get the warm and fuzzies just saying those names out loud. Some of my best memories growing up were playing these games with my dad.
I didn’t know much about golf growing up.
Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form.
I tell aspiring young skaters to dream big, work hard, have fun, and follow their passion. It’s simple to say never give up, but learn from your mistakes to keep growing.
You know, watching Dan Marino and Steve Young get nominated to the Hall of Fame… those guys are unbelievable and they did it for so long. I’d love to play like those guys, but there’s still a long way to go and a lot of growing.
