A Quote by Judy Blume

When I was growing up in the 1950s, sweaters were a huge thing.

Judy Blume

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Judy Blume
American - Author
Born: February 12, 1938

I was a huge theater geek growing up, and that was not the easiest thing in the world, especially growing up in Chicago, where sports are really the norm. I was always off to the theater at night, from 7 years old on. Friends there in the Midwest who could talk to you about the idiosyncrasies of 'Pippin' were few and far between.

Johnny Galecki

Growing up in the 1950s, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, boys were supposed to be athletic.

Chris Van Allsburg

The huge difference in my lifetime is that you can just go up to somebody and make a pass. You couldn't do that in the 1950s if you were gay. There were secret handshakes, a secret language. There was nowhere you could go to be romantic outside of people's houses.

Ian Mckellen

I would say growing up in Nashville has been a huge influence in my music. Growing up with my dad being a 2-time Grammy-winner, BMI songwriter of the year for five consecutive years in a row, and having the legacy he has is definitely a huge influence, too.

Chord Overstreet

The biggest thing I noticed growing up when I was doing BMX racing or playing rugby through to secondary school level, was seeing the parents who were so desperate to see their kids do well that they were almost living their lives through their kids and putting huge pressure on them to the point they weren't enjoying it.

Chris Hoy

My mother was a huge Steelers fan, so they were my team growing up.

Deron Williams

Before information age, living standards basically were flat. Since then, they've been growing 2 percent a year were about 30 times richer. So technology, machines is really, you know, arguably the most important thing that's happened to humanity in terms of our living standards. You could look to the introduction of digital computers in the 1950s.

Erik Brynjolfsson

Steven Spielberg films were huge touchstones for us growing up.

Matt Duffer

I didn't really have idols growing up, but some of my friends were huge fangirls.

Ella Purnell

When I was growing up in the mid-'50s, the Roaring Twenties were a huge part of the culture. There were a number of films and a bunch of television shows that dealt with the mythology of the underworld from that period.

Martin Scorsese

My thighs were huge; they were like rock! Growing up, I was really athletic, and I had a very athletic body.

Gigi Hadid

I was a huge Mike Tyson fan growing up; his fights were always on in my house.

J. Cole

A huge thing for me growing up was going to see my favorite bands and feeling like, 'Okay, cool, they proved themselves and did things in a special way.' That's the most important thing.

Kellin Quinn

Public libraries were a huge source of comfort and joy for me when I was growing up. I still spend time there.

Hong Chau

As a child growing up in San Francisco in the 1950s, I sometimes met insults when I ventured outside of Chinatown or my neighborhood. I have even been spat on and threatened with a knife. I could have let my anger fester until it became hate. However, I realized they were isolated incidents, and I simply got on with my life.