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" Above all, though, children are linked to adults by the simple fact that they are in process of turning into them. For this they may be forgiven much. Children are bound to be inferior to adults, or there is no incentive to grow up. "

" Actors, I don't think, ever really grow up. I'm hoping that that rejuvenating process applies to me, too. It has so far. I've been very lucky. "

" Actors, to a certain extent, never grow up, you see. It's an extension of being out in the back yard with a stick, only you're being paid to do it. It's borderline madness. "

" Adults are always asking kids what they want to be when they grow up because they are looking for ideas. "

Paula Poundstone

" All children are natural actors, and I'm still a kid. If you grow up completely, you can never be an actor. "

" All children have to be deceived if they are to grow up without trauma. "

" And I didn't grow up wanting to be a director. I grew up wanting to be a writer, so for me, that was always the goal - to be a novelist, not a screenwriter. And I think, again, if I didn't have the novels, maybe I'd be much more frustrated by not having directed yet. "

" As an Irish person, there's a historical fascination with America: America is the default green and promised land for Irish people and Italians; that's what we grow up with. "

" As a teenager, I ached to grow up even more than I dreaded to. I craved escape from my parents' impositions on what I believed. "

" As footballers, you just grow up with people from different backgrounds and different colors of skin. "

" As I'm getting older, I feel like maybe I need to grow up a bit. "

" As I'm starting to grow up, and things are happening, I'm going to have to take off my pants, and I want to have on some attractive underwear. When it says Versace on your underwear, people will say, 'Man, he's fresh to his undies.' "

" As you grow up, you become more comfortable with your own peccadilloes, and I'm bad with people who aren't self-motivated. And now, when I see them coming, I run the other way. "

" A whole bunch of agents and editors looked at my stories, and they all said, in effect, 'You're a pretty good writer and you should probably get these published; when you grow up and write a novel, get in touch.' "

" Being a kid is so much more fun than being an adult. I think that's the crux of it. I think men are just less inclined to grow up because it's much more fun being a child. "

Robert Kazinsky

" Being the only man in the household with my mom definitely helped me grow up fast. "

" Catcher in the Rye had a profound impact on me-the idea that we all have lots of dreams that are slowly being chipped away as we grow up. "

" Certain characters are sticky, especially if they help you grow up as a person, I think. "

" Children today will grow up taking for granted that an African-American or a woman can, yes, become the president of the United States. "

Hillary Clinton

" Concord, California was a great place to grow up. "

" Democracy means that anyone can grow up to be president, and anyone who doesn't grow up can be vice president. "

" Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin. "

" Don't try to make children grow up to be like you, or they may do it. "

" Everybody knows it hurts to grow up... and we're still fighting it. "

" Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up. "

" Every child should at least grow up in family rather than without one. "

" Every leader wants to put his or her imprint on the work that they do, and grow up in specific eras. "

George Papandreou

" Everyone is always surprised by how old I am. They think I'm older, but it's always been that way. I'm the youngest of four - maybe you grow up quicker because you just watch the big people. "

Elizabeth Olsen

" Every time somebody would ask me what I want to be when I grow up, I would always say, 'I want to be on Broadway!' "

" Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry his own weight, this is a frightening prospect. "

Eleanor Roosevelt

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