“A lot of childhood effort, worry, and whispering goes into cracking the codes of adult life. Children have to be accomplished spies.” — Vera B. Williams Copy Share Image
Growing up, I'd heard so much about Barbados. It was where my parents spent their honeymoon and they also spoke about the… — Rosie Jones Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, I had no idea that I could possibly become a writer. I wrote endlessly in journals -… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
All these child stars grow up and they're knockin' over banks and getting prostitutes. I'm, like, one of the only people I… — Dustin Diamond Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, because I was a bit overweight and boyish, I thought I wasn't attractive to the opposite sex,… — Maxine Peake Copy Share Image
I've been led by my nose all my life and tried to make perfume by boiling sugar water in jam jars and… — Richard E. Grant Copy Share Image
He was my biggest crush when I was 12, and it's never really stopped. I was on BenAffleck.com a lot growing up.… — Perfume Genius Copy Share Image
Anyone who has not known that inestimable privilege can possibly realize what good fortune it is to grow up in a home… — Suzanne La Follette Copy Share Image
To be able to make up stories has been a great gift to me from my ancestors and from the storytellers who… — Leslie Marmon Silko Copy Share Image
For my writing, and because I love talking to young women about life, I often asked them which would they rather have… — Jill Scott Copy Share Image
I always appreciated that connection between a parent and a kid because I yearned for it so much. Growing up, I wanted… — Freddie Prinze, Jr Copy Share Image
And I didn't grow up wanting to be a director. I grew up wanting to be a writer, so for me, that… — David Benioff Copy Share Image
Growing up, I was always the only black kid on my team and (sometimes) I'd get questions from my friends when I'd… — Jarome Iginla Copy Share Image
Growing up after the Second World War in a Jewish family, I really understand that, and have members of my family who… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
“My child, I know you're not a child But I still see you running wild Between those flowering trees. Your sparkling dreams,… — Antonia Michaelis Copy Share Image
I think I really thought I was a boy until I was ten years old because my parents divorced when I was… — Eliza Dushku Copy Share Image
Barry Goldwater once said ruefully, and I know how he feels. "It's a great country, where anybody can grow up to be… — Bob Dole Copy Share Image
Until your mid-twenties, you're still growing up mentally. It's fair to say there's a bigger difference between twenty and twenty-five than between… — Bill Skarsgard Copy Share Image
You always have to give back to the fans. I remember being a fan of television and film when I was growing… — Jon Huertas Copy Share Image
I was very disciplined growing up. If I didn't want to run hills, I ran hills; if I didn't want to jog… — Jamal Murray Copy Share Image
As I was growing up, it was made clear that the fat me wasn't welcome, that a thin person was expected and… — Arabella Weir Copy Share Image
Part of growing up was learning not to be quite that honest - learning when it was better to lie, rather than… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Paul Scholes was the main figure for me growing up. His attitude, he's humble off the pitch - you didn't hear much… — Jesse Lingard Copy Share Image
I loved rom-coms growing up. So, of course I wanted to be in one and be the girl that I had watched… — Jessica Rothe Copy Share Image
Growing up, when we would get dragged to these events, I didn't want to be there. Over time, as we got older,… — Julian Castro Copy Share Image
I had severe asthma when I was a child and I saw doctors growing up. Seeing someone who could not only help… — Leana S. Wen Copy Share Image
...women who 'adjust' as housewives, who grow up wanting to be 'just a housewife,' are in as much danger as the millions… — Betty Friedan Copy Share Image
Ah, how little you know of human happiness - you comfortable and benevolent people! For happiness and unhappiness are brother and sister… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Good education means learning to read, write and most importantly learn how to learn so that you can be whatever you want… — Patty Murray Copy Share Image
I was a big fan of Coolio, growing up, and I was excited to meet him. We played golf, which definitely is… — Catherine Reitman Copy Share Image
Everybody either wanted to take care of me or push me around, you know? I was teased a lot, sure I was,… — Linda Hunt Copy Share Image
While growing up in Scotland, which has a large Indian population, I would end up eating a lot of Indian dishes. So,… — Jock Zonfrillo Copy Share Image
I've had several moments in my career where it seemed like I might not age out of the bracket the world wants… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, my parents told me, 'Finish your dinner. People in China and India are starving.' I tell my… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
For me, growing up in hip-hop culture, it's all about having the next style, the new fashion, the new way to express… — El-P Copy Share Image
Margaret Thatcher, growing up in a bombed and battered Britain, derived a distrust which has grown with the years not just of… — Douglas Hurd Copy Share Image
I've gotten to watch a lot of football games. Growing up, watching sports, watching people compete, whether it's my brothers or teammates.… — Eli Manning Copy Share Image
I have a lot of interests. I daydreamed about various career options growing up; the one I'm in is the first one… — Hilary Hahn Copy Share Image
The music scene as I look at it today is a little different from when I was growing up. The percentages are… — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
Growing up in Vegas there is that complaint that we have no sports team. We have boxing, but no boxers are ever… — Frank Mir Copy Share Image
