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Growing Up Quotes

Growing up is never easy. You hold on to things that were. You wonder what's to come. But that night, I think we knew it was time to let go of what had been, and look ahead to what would be. Other days. New days. Days to come. The thing is, we didn't have to hate each other for getting older. We just had to forgive ourselves... for growing up.
The Wonder Years

If your gonna screw up, do it while you're young. Older you get, the harder it is to bounce back.
Winston Groom

Too many people grow up. That's the real trouble with the world, too many people grow up. They forget. They don't remember what it's like to be 12 years old. They patronize, they treat children as inferiors. Well I won't do that.
Walt Disney

You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.
Abraham Lincoln

A grownup is a child with layers on.
Woody Harrelson

We've had bad luck with children; they've all grown up.
Christopher Morley

I had a lot of growing and a lot of denying of self to do. I am not easily won over, but when I am, I am completely won over.
Willie Aames

I should mention that while I was growing up, Einstein was presented as a worthy role model for a young boy who was good at his studies.
Sidney Altman

Now I'm growing and I can see my faults. I can look at myself objectively and say I can't blame anyone else; it was my own damn fault.
Christopher Atkins

Next? Growing up to be Clint Eastwood, I hope.
Steven Bauer

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