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"Well, I don't know how astute I am, but I did want to be a journalist when I was growing up."
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"When I was growing up, there was no such thing as Off-Broadway. You either got your show on or you didn't."

"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."

"I always felt like I was a freak when I was growing up and that there was something wrong with me because I couldn't fit in anywhere."

"As a Latino growing up in Spanish harlem, it's not easy trying not to be hot-headed."

"There are things about growing up in a small town that you can't necessarily quantify."

"Growing up, mostly in Montreal, I was an only child of loving parents."

"Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing up is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing."

"You try various things when you're growing up. I was an attache in the Foreign Service for a while and then I drove a bulldozer, but neither of those panned out for me so it had to be stand-up."

"L.A. Woman is amazing, but when I was growing up I was into the Who."

"I was growing up listening to Queen. Freddie Mercury threw those incredible melodies into his songs."
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"Originally, I came from Texas, and we lived on - I guess you'd call it welfare, what we called relief."

"It's also selfish because it makes you feel good when you help others. I've been helped by acts of kindness from strangers. That's why we're here, after all, to help others."

"My interesting diet tips are eat early and don't nosh between meals. I mean, I can pack it away."

"I wish my mother had left me something about how she felt growing up. I wish my grandmother had done the same. I wanted my girls to know me."
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