Growing up

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Growing up happens in a heartbeat. One day, you’re in diapers; next day, you’re gone. But the memories of childhood stay with you for the long haul. I remember a place, a town, a house…like a lot of other houses; a yard like a lot of other yards; on a street like a lot of other streets. And the thing is…after all these years, I still look back…with wonder.

The Wonder Years

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Topic

Looking back Growing up Childhood Passage of time

Speaker

Narrator (Adult Kevin Arnold)

Actor

Daniel Stern

Source

The Wonder Years

Medium

TV program

Genre

Coming of age (TV) Comedy (TV) Coming of age Comedy

Language

English

Time

1993 1990s 20th century

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Citation

"Independence Day." The Wonder Years, written by Neal Marlens and Carol Black and Bob Brush, directed by Michael Dinner, season 6, episode 22, The Black/Marlens Company and New World Television, 1993.

Are you there God? It's me, Margaret. I just told my mother I want a bra. Please help me grow God. You know where.

Judy Blume

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret

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Growing up Adolescence

Speaker

Margaret Simon

Author

Judy Blume

Source

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret

Statement Type

Question Prayer

Language

English

Time

1970 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Blume, Judy. Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. Bradbury Press, 1970, ch. 5.

When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

Apostle Paul

1st Corinthians 13:11

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Topic

Being a man Growing up Maturity

Author

Apostle Paul

Source

1st Corinthians The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

55 50s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (1st Corinthians 13:11).

When you grow up, your heart dies.

The Breakfast Club

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Topic

Growing up Loss of innocence

Speaker

Allison Reynolds

Actor

Ally Sheedy

Source

The Breakfast Club

Medium

Film

Genre

Teen (film) Coming of age (film) Teen Coming of age

Language

English

Time

1985 1980s 20th century

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Citation

The Breakfast Club. Directed by John Hughes, A&M Films/Channel Productions, 1985.

A dragon lives forever,
But not so, little boys
Painted wings and giants' rings
Make way for other toys.

Peter, Paul and Mary

Puff, The Magic Dragon

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Loss of innocence Growing up

Speaker

Peter, Paul and Mary

Source

Puff, The Magic Dragon

Medium

Song

Genre

Folk music Pop music

Language

English

Time

1963 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Yarrow, Peter and Leonard Lipton. "Puff, The Magic Dragon." Performed by Peter, Paul and Mary. Moving. Warner Records, 1963.

Prove yourself brave, truthful, and unselfish, and someday, you will be a real boy.

Pinocchio

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Topic

Formation of character Growing up

Speaker

The Blue Fairy

Actor

Evelyn Venable

Source

Pinocchio

Medium

Film

Genre

Animation (film) Musical (film) Animation Musical

Language

English

Time

1940 1940s 20th century

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Citation

Pinocchio. Directed by Ben Sharpsteen and Hamilton Luske, Walt Disney Productions, 1940.

I'm sixteen years old. I'm not a child anymore.

The Little Mermaid

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Topic

Growing up Teenagers

Speaker

Ariel

Actor

Jodi Benson

Source

The Little Mermaid

Medium

Film

Genre

Animation (film) Musical (film) Animation Musical

Language

English

Time

1989 1980s 20th century

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Citation

The Little Mermaid. Directed by Rob Clements and John Musker, Walt Disney Pictures/Walt Disney Feature Animation/Silver Scrreen Partners IV, 1989.

Honey, all you have to be by the time you're 23 is yourself.

Reality Bites

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Being oneself Authenticity Growing up

Speaker

Troy Dyer

Actor

Ethan Hawke

Source

Reality Bites

Medium

Film

Genre

Romantic comedy (film) Comedy drama (film) Romantic comedy Comedy drama

Language

English

Time

1994 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Reality Bites. Directed by Ben Stiller, Jersey Films, 1994.

My God, are we gonna be like our parents?

The Breakfast Club

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Topic

Parents and children Growing up

Speaker

Andrew Clark

Actor

Emilio Estevez

Source

The Breakfast Club

Medium

Film

Genre

Teen (film) Coming of age (film) Teen Coming of age

Language

English

Time

1985 1980s 20th century

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Citation

The Breakfast Club. Directed by John Hughes, A&M Films/Channel Productions, 1985.

We'd only been gone two days but somehow the town seemed different; smaller.

Stand By Me

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Topic

Growing up

Speaker

The Writer

Actor

Richard Dreyfuss

Source

Stand By Me

Medium

Film

Genre

Coming of age (film) Coming of age

Language

English

Time

1986 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Stand By Me. Directed by Rob Reiner, Act III Productions, 1986.

As you pass from the tender years of youth into harsh and embittered manhood, make sure you take with you on your journey all the human emotions! Don't leave them on the road, for you will not pick them up afterwards!

Nikolai Gogol

Dead Souls

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Topic

Growing up Emotions

Author

Nikolai Gogol

Source

Dead Souls

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Advice

Language

Russian

Time

1842 1840s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Gogol, Nikolai. Мёртвые души [Dead Souls]. 1842, pt. 1, ch. 6.

Current Citation

Gogol, Nikolai. Dead Souls, translated Robert A. Maguire. Penguin Classics, 2004, pt. 1, ch. 6.

There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.

Graham Greene

The Power and the Glory

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Topic

Growing up Childhood

Author

Graham Greene

Source

The Power and the Glory

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1940 1940s 20th century

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Citation

Greene, Graham. The Power and the Glory. William Heineman, 1940, pt. 1, ch. 1.

That toil of growing up;
The ignominy of boyhood; the distress
Of boyhood changing into man;
The unfinished man and his pain.

W.B. Yeats

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Topic

Growing up

Author

W.B. Yeats

Source

A Dialogue of Self and Soul

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1933 1930s 20th century

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Original Citation

Yeats, William Butler. "A Dialogue of Self and Soul." The Winding Stair and Other Poems. The Macmillan Company, 1933, pt. 2, st. 1.

Current Citation

Yeats, William Butler. "A Dialogue of Self and Soul." W. B. Yeats: The Major Works, edited by Edward Larrissy. Oxford University Press, 2008.

Maybe we both realized that growing up doesn’t have to be so much a straight line as a series of advances and retreats.

The Wonder Years

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Topic

Growing up

Speaker

Narrator (Adult Kevin Arnold)

Actor

Daniel Stern

Source

The Wonder Years

Medium

TV program

Genre

Coming of age (TV) Comedy (TV) Coming of age Comedy

Language

English

Time

1988 1980s 20th century

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Citation

"Swingers." The Wonder Years, written by Neal Marlens and Carol Black, directed by Carol Black and Neal Marlens, season 1, episode 2, The Black/Marlens Company and New World Television, 1988.

She was becoming herself and daily casting aside that fictitious self which we assume like a garment with which to appear before the world.

Kate Chopin

The Awakening

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Topic

Growing up Self-discovery Authenticity

Author

Kate Chopin

Source

The Awakening

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1899 1890s 19th century

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Original Citation

Chopin, Kate. The Awakening. Chicago and New York: Herbert S. Stone & Co., 1899, ch. 19.

Current Citation

Chopin, Kate. "The Awakening." The Awakening and Selected Stories. Penguin Classics, 2003, ch. 19.

Men and women suffer alone, over the choices they've made. And young boys, full of confusion... Full of fear... Full of love and courage... Grow up stealthily in their sleep.

The Wonder Years

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Topic

Growing up The human condition

Speaker

Narrator (Adult Kevin Arnold)

Actor

Daniel Stern

Source

The Wonder Years

Medium

TV program

Genre

Coming of age (TV) Comedy (TV) Coming of age Comedy

Language

English

Time

1988 1980s 20th century

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Citation

"Angel." The Wonder Years, written by Neal Marlens and Carol Black, directed by Art Wolff, season 1, episode 4, The Black/Marlens Company and New World Television, 1988.

The identity crisis... Occurs in that period of the life cycle when each of you must forge for himself some central perspective and direction, some working unity, out of the effective remnants of his childhood and the hopes of his anticipated adulthood.

Erik Erikson

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Growing up

Author

Erik Erikson

Language

English

Time

1958 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Erikson, Erik. Young Man Luther. W. W. Norton & Company, 1958, ch. 1.

Peter, I can't come with you. I've forgotten how to fly. I'm old, Peter. Ever so much more than twenty. I grew up a long time ago.

Hook

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Topic

Growing up Loss of innocence

Speaker

Granny Wendy

Actor

Maggie Smith

Source

Hook

Medium

Film

Genre

Adventure (film) Adventure

Language

English

Time

1991 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Hook. Directed by Steven Spielberg, Amblin Entertainment, 1991.

You're getting on. You're pushing 30, slugger. You know, it's time to think about getting some ambition.

On the Waterfront

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Topic

Taking responsibility Growing up Aging

Speaker

Charley Malloy

Actor

Rod Steiger

Source

On the Waterfront

Medium

Film

Genre

Crime (film) Drama (film) Crime Drama

Language

English

Time

1954 1950s 20th century

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Citation

On the Waterfront. Directed by Elia Kazan, Horizon Pictures, 1954.