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It seemed like the logical course of action, like something that shouldn’t have been happening in my brain was being fixed, naturally, my brain goes really, really fast, and I don’t even notice it because it’s what I’ve grown up with, and it’s the only mind I’ve ever experienced. But once I started having a different experience mentally, I felt a lot calmer. – Clara Pitts	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Retail and entertainment companies will launch increasing pilots on how to build customer engagement and loyalty in the various metaverses, especially game platforms like Roblox, metaverse natives who have grown up gaming and socializing in alternate digital realities will drive companies to host concerts, fashion weeks, customer journeys and edutainment activities in 2023. – Ayesha Khanna	Found on CNN 1 year ago
She showed me and I immediately went on and let these babies know that now a grown up is in your presence. – Ebet Roberts/Redferns/Getty Images Warwick	Found on CNN 1 year ago
My entire life … the cultural story has always been about our youth. And it’s always been about us as this sort of young disruptive generation that was too spoiled, that had arrested development, that was upending family life, retirement, housing, employment, we’ve grown up seeing ourselves that way, as the young upstarts, as the disruptors, as the people around whom culture, and especially youth culture, are shaped. Of course we’re going to feel fed up about the fact that we’re now middle aged. – Amil Niazi	Found on CNN 1 year ago
And Buffalo Bills's essentially just quarterback, receiver and defensive back play. And for me, Buffalo Bills's almost made the biggest difference, you're looking at your( Patrick) Mahomes, your( Justin Jefferson) Herberts, guys like that who have grown up playing seven-on-seven. – Phoebe Schechter	Found on CNN 1 year ago
We had grown up with very little money, my parents struggled with bills and financial pressures and I thought if I'm an actor, I can get us out of it, I can take care of my family. – Chris Hemsworth	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
I have worked in a local county health department. I have worked in a state health department. I have worked at CDC, many of the people at the CDC, however smart they are, have never worked in a state or local health department. They've grown up, if you will, with the best academic training, [and] they've ended up at the CDC. They have expectations about state [and] local health department partners, but they have no experience working in those agencies and understanding the challenges and complexities that are there, and I think that perspective is badly needed. – Arthur Reingold	Found on CNN 2 years ago
When I was a Kid, I used to think Adults were unfair too. Yet here I am, just another lying grown-up. – Kiryu Kazuma	added by Moro-Gajima 2 years ago
Our family has grown up here — 10 grandchildren, our three beautiful daughters — and we have absolutely loved being a part of the Duke family, it's hard for me to believe this is over. – Mike Krzyzewski	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I'm so happy for these guys. They've grown up so much in the last 10, 12 days. – Mike Krzyzewski	Found on CNN 2 years ago
They came here when they were as young as 3, 4, 5, and they’ve grown up in front of us, this school system is so important for our people, because in the past, in Soviet times, the diaspora helped keep Ukrainian culture alive, and it looks like we still need to continue that. – Volodymyr Bodnar	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I am more immature by the moment – my son is more mature than me, i used to be grown-up, but I’ve lost it. – Tristar Media/Getty Images	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Kevin is a grown-up, he made this decision. But thankfully, his father and I are good friends. We played soccer together. But whether his parents agreed to it or not, I was still going to do my search. – Von Anhalt	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
A lot, tuukka Rask -LRB- 40 -RRB-’s why I never really, in my head wanted to flirt with opportunity to go somewhere else. ... For us as players when you have a team like the Boston Bruins, basically a bunch of us have grown up together. So, you kind of feel that brotherhood. You do n’t want to leave guys on bad terms. – Tuukka Rask	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
This time around, I’m 10 years older, so… mentally, I’ve just grown up so much. – Shannon Newhouse	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I always hear, ‘ Hey man, I grew up with you. I grew up with your show, ’ we have three generations of people that grew up with us at different times. There are a lot of people our age, some a little younger than that and the grandkids. There has always been a sense of curiosity about us. Now that we’ve grown up, what are our lives like ? What’s that world like when the Brady kids are moms, dad, grandmas and grandpas ? – Barry Williams -LRB- Greg -RRB-	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Roe's central holding remains clear and workable, and it has only been further reinforced by intervening legal and factual developments, and the passage of another three decades means that every American woman of reproductive age has grown up against the backdrop of the right secured by Roe and Casey, which has become even more deeply woven into the Nation's social fabric. – Biden Justice Department	Found on CNN 2 years ago
We wouldn't have had an Apple had I not grown up in a very open technology world. – Steve Wozniak	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I am more immature by the moment – my son is more mature than me, i used to be grown-up but I’ve lost it. – Daniele Venturelli/Daniele Venturelli	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
You have a whole generation who has grown up in freedom and a lot of women who have grown up in freedom and we're just heartbroken that that could just be taken away from them overnight. – Mario Talerico	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Hopefully it goes in our direction, i'd love to stay in Oakland. I hope the team stays in Oakland. We have a long, rich history here. I think that's the case with anybody who's either grown up here or lives here or is an Oakland A's baseball fan or a player. – Bob Melvin	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Right now, I think it's probably as strong a chance as we've had, maybe even ever, listen, the lads can do it. We've all grown up playing lots of links golf to be honest with you, and yeah, it should be a style of golf that we all relish. – Justin Rose	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We’ve all grown up playing lots of links golf, to be honest with you, and it should be a style of golf that we all relish. – Justin Rose	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Cryptos are here to stay. I do think the sector has grown up and transitioned to a wider audience. – Jeremy Welch	Found on CNN 2 years ago

It seemed like the logical course of action, like something that shouldn’t have been happening in my brain was being fixed, naturally, my brain goes really, really fast, and I don’t even notice it because it’s what I’ve grown up with, and it’s the only mind I’ve ever experienced. But once I started having a different experience mentally, I felt a lot calmer.

– Clara Pitts

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Retail and entertainment companies will launch increasing pilots on how to build customer engagement and loyalty in the various metaverses, especially game platforms like Roblox, metaverse natives who have grown up gaming and socializing in alternate digital realities will drive companies to host concerts, fashion weeks, customer journeys and edutainment activities in 2023.

– Ayesha Khanna

Found on CNN
1 year ago

She showed me and I immediately went on and let these babies know that now a grown up is in your presence.

– Ebet Roberts/Redferns/Getty Images Warwick

Found on CNN
1 year ago

My entire life … the cultural story has always been about our youth. And it’s always been about us as this sort of young disruptive generation that was too spoiled, that had arrested development, that was upending family life, retirement, housing, employment, we’ve grown up seeing ourselves that way, as the young upstarts, as the disruptors, as the people around whom culture, and especially youth culture, are shaped. Of course we’re going to feel fed up about the fact that we’re now middle aged.

– Amil Niazi

Found on CNN
1 year ago

And Buffalo Bills's essentially just quarterback, receiver and defensive back play. And for me, Buffalo Bills's almost made the biggest difference, you're looking at your( Patrick) Mahomes, your( Justin Jefferson) Herberts, guys like that who have grown up playing seven-on-seven.

– Phoebe Schechter

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We had grown up with very little money, my parents struggled with bills and financial pressures and I thought if I'm an actor, I can get us out of it, I can take care of my family.

– Chris Hemsworth

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I have worked in a local county health department. I have worked in a state health department. I have worked at CDC, many of the people at the CDC, however smart they are, have never worked in a state or local health department. They've grown up, if you will, with the best academic training, [and] they've ended up at the CDC. They have expectations about state [and] local health department partners, but they have no experience working in those agencies and understanding the challenges and complexities that are there, and I think that perspective is badly needed.

– Arthur Reingold

Found on CNN
2 years ago

When I was a Kid, I used to think Adults were unfair too. Yet here I am, just another lying grown-up.

– Kiryu Kazuma

added by Moro-Gajima
2 years ago

Our family has grown up here — 10 grandchildren, our three beautiful daughters — and we have absolutely loved being a part of the Duke family, it's hard for me to believe this is over.

– Mike Krzyzewski

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I'm so happy for these guys. They've grown up so much in the last 10, 12 days.

– Mike Krzyzewski

Found on CNN
2 years ago

They came here when they were as young as 3, 4, 5, and they’ve grown up in front of us, this school system is so important for our people, because in the past, in Soviet times, the diaspora helped keep Ukrainian culture alive, and it looks like we still need to continue that.

– Volodymyr Bodnar

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I am more immature by the moment – my son is more mature than me, i used to be grown-up, but I’ve lost it.

– Tristar Media/Getty Images

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Kevin is a grown-up, he made this decision. But thankfully, his father and I are good friends. We played soccer together. But whether his parents agreed to it or not, I was still going to do my search.

– Von Anhalt

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

A lot, tuukka Rask -LRB- 40 -RRB-’s why I never really, in my head wanted to flirt with opportunity to go somewhere else. ... For us as players when you have a team like the Boston Bruins, basically a bunch of us have grown up together. So, you kind of feel that brotherhood. You do n’t want to leave guys on bad terms.

– Tuukka Rask

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

This time around, I’m 10 years older, so… mentally, I’ve just grown up so much.

– Shannon Newhouse

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I always hear, ‘ Hey man, I grew up with you. I grew up with your show, ’ we have three generations of people that grew up with us at different times. There are a lot of people our age, some a little younger than that and the grandkids. There has always been a sense of curiosity about us. Now that we’ve grown up, what are our lives like ? What’s that world like when the Brady kids are moms, dad, grandmas and grandpas ?

– Barry Williams -LRB- Greg -RRB-

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Roe's central holding remains clear and workable, and it has only been further reinforced by intervening legal and factual developments, and the passage of another three decades means that every American woman of reproductive age has grown up against the backdrop of the right secured by Roe and Casey, which has become even more deeply woven into the Nation's social fabric.

– Biden Justice Department

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We wouldn't have had an Apple had I not grown up in a very open technology world.

– Steve Wozniak

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I am more immature by the moment – my son is more mature than me, i used to be grown-up but I’ve lost it.

– Daniele Venturelli/Daniele Venturelli

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

You have a whole generation who has grown up in freedom and a lot of women who have grown up in freedom and we're just heartbroken that that could just be taken away from them overnight.

– Mario Talerico

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Hopefully it goes in our direction, i'd love to stay in Oakland. I hope the team stays in Oakland. We have a long, rich history here. I think that's the case with anybody who's either grown up here or lives here or is an Oakland A's baseball fan or a player.

– Bob Melvin

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Right now, I think it's probably as strong a chance as we've had, maybe even ever, listen, the lads can do it. We've all grown up playing lots of links golf to be honest with you, and yeah, it should be a style of golf that we all relish.

– Justin Rose

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We’ve all grown up playing lots of links golf, to be honest with you, and it should be a style of golf that we all relish.

– Justin Rose

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Cryptos are here to stay. I do think the sector has grown up and transitioned to a wider audience.

– Jeremy Welch

Found on CNN
2 years ago

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