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"Remember, it's still a mystery to be an adult. If you knew it all before eighteen, you'd have nothing to look forward to."
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"Growing up in Hollywood it seemed like every kid was the child of some star."
"I hate that word, mature, but I guess I am growing up."
"Growing up, mostly in Montreal, I was an only child of loving parents."
"I have this sense that I didn't really start growing up until my twenties."
"I was black growing up in an all-white neighborhood so I felt like I just didn't fit in. Like I wasn't as good as everybody else or as smart, or whatever."
"I was on the set when I was five years old with Spencer Tracy. A lot of what I learned growing up in terms of artistry is very clean, very tidy, very organized."
"Conway Twitty was always our local hero while I was growing up. He had a series of good bands. I wanted to sit in, if Conway would let me. And he did a couple of times."
"As a Latino growing up in Spanish harlem, it's not easy trying not to be hot-headed."
"I think it's very important that we instill in our kids that it has nothing to do with their name or their situation that they're growing up in; it has to do with who they are as an individual."
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"I travel because life is short, and I will not wait for fear of death or sanctuary to become a prison of my own making."
"Starting the Day- Another chance to be new again. How many of us still wish for that? To be your own sunrise. To awaken like a prayer -both solemn and joyful at still being alive."
"Dream young. Don't settle for old - for to be old is to be superstitious and without curiosity and always questioning your faith. And be ferocious in your dreaming - run like a sun's explosion, and skip across bluing waves, and dance upon tips of swan feathers."
"A Good Man. Every night, like a question-and-answer prayer, my son and I recite...What are you going to be? And he says...An honest man. A fair man. A courageous man. And a good man. That's the most important thing, Papa. And my job is finally done. For the night."
"Do not give a damn what "they" have to say (and you will know who they are) for you are either very right or very wrong, but at least you are very something."
"The Number One Rule of Working Is: DO THE BEST WORK YOU CAN. Why do anything but your best? What's the point?"
"I travel not only for the passion and madness and desire of movement, but because travel, like bread and water and air, becomes necessary to a life fully dreamed and lived."
"HungerYou are only here now, and then you are gone. So be hungry. Hunger toward beauty. Hunger toward love. Hunger towards the unimaginable and unthinkable."
"You might want more time in your life to attempt the things you like to do, and not just perform the things you have to do."
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