All through childhood, I wrote verses and mysteries. There is, for me, one connection: structure. My poetry is metrical, rhyming. — Sophie Hannah Copy Share Image
Three of my childhood dreams went unfulfilled. I never saw a no-hitter, never saw a triple play, and never caught a ball… — Thomas Hauser Copy Share Image
I always gravitate to perfume with rose. My mom's maiden name is Rose, and the scent of my childhood was always rose.… — Alana Haim Copy Share Image
The South was very segregated. I mean, all through my childhood, long after Jim Crow was supposed to not be in existence,… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
I went through a period of great rebellion within my family, when I was about 9 or 10. I was mad, I… — Kevin Spacey Copy Share Image
For me, when I think of curiosity on television, a lot of times my childhood was shaped by shows on PBS that… — Wyatt Cenac Copy Share Image
During my childhood in Portugal, I would always go to my grandfather Alberto's house to watch the Premier League games - I… — Diogo Jota Copy Share Image
Being able to build with my kids using my own Lego pieces that I've had for over 30 years combined with their… — Tom Fletcher Copy Share Image
“It was not their first choice, and they did not know if they would ever feel at home there, but they could… — Karen E. Bender Copy Share Image
I have the idea that lyric poetry is a poetry that's driven by a sense of the presence of death. That there's… — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
At the end of the day I have many answers for it. It has to do with my mom, who was an… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
Some of the companies we helped start are names you know. An office supply company called Staples - where I'm pleased to… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
Our parents deserve our honor and respect for giving us life itself. Beyond this they almost always made countless sacrifices as they… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
Your first duty is to be humane. Love childhood. Look with friendly eyes on its games, its pleasures, its amiable dispositions. Which… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
I think a lot of us who had these oddly shaped childhoods, in some ways we're hyper-capable. We're able to take care… — Bucky Sinister Copy Share Image
When Nancy Reagan was presented with people who she really felt like weren't going to judge her, there was such a floodgate… — Cynthia Nixon Copy Share Image
All of my friends, I consider childhood friends because we met when I was probably 13, and I'm still friends with them… — Rachel Bilson Copy Share Image
I think, there are a couple of songs. I'm really proud of How far I'll Go. I literally locked myself up in… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
One's age should be tranquil, as childhood should be playful. Hard work at either extremity of life seems out of place. At… — Thomas Arnold Copy Share Image
Growing up in Poland, I didn't have the experience of going to Disneyland as a child, so I don't have any childhood… — Abel Korzeniowski Copy Share Image
I came from a family of scientists. My father is a microbiologist and my grandfather is an organic chemist. I had a… — J. Kenji Lopez-Alt Copy Share Image
My childhood bedroom - if childhood could be about ten years old - had a bed which was under windows which faced… — Vera Rubin Copy Share Image
People ask me why it is that when I portray the 'angry young man' on screen, I really look angry. They reason… — Amitabh Bachchan Copy Share Image
But still when the mists of doubt prevail, And we lie becalmed by the shores of age, We hear from the misty… — Bret Harte Copy Share Image
Having grown up on 'Star Trek,' I've had one great dream since childhood, and that is to see my life end somewhere… — Thomas P.M. Barnett Copy Share Image
“I missed my mother and Elysius. It wasn't that I wanted them with me at that very moment. I wanted them in… — Bridget Asher Copy Share Image
Society has provided [children] no rituals by which they become members of the tribe, of the community. All children need to be… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
As a player, oftentimes you don't really take the time to pause and realize how blessed you are to be living out… — Matthew Slater Copy Share Image
Historians once assumed that when childhood mortality was high, people must not have loved their children very much; it would have been… — Jill Lepore Copy Share Image
As an exercise, I devoted an afternoon to writing my memories of childhood. I remembered our family's arrival at a single-wide trailer… — Lee Isaac Chung Copy Share Image
“I don't think I was very happy, and the problem with being a thirteen-year-old depressive is that when the rest of life… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
Early childhood education remains one of the strongest investments we can make in the long-term success of our students and the long-term… — Abigail Spanberger Copy Share Image
Well, I took ballet for many, many years, so my whole childhood really revolved around dance class. I grew up around dance;… — Amy Sherman-Palladino Copy Share Image
“When I hear a man say that his childhood was the happiest time of his life, I think (puff) my friend, you… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
I would suggest to you that at this moment you are the only self that you have ever had; you've never had… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I remember feeling guilty that I had a good childhood. I thought everybody who is famous has to have a desperate childhood… — Tomie dePaola Copy Share Image
Playfulness. We've baked Mallomars and Rice Krispies treats, made milkshakes, and even built a macaron cake in the shape of a Christmas… — David Castle Copy Share Image
I believe in the immortality of the Theatre, it is a most joyous place to hide, for all those who have secretly… — Max Reinhardt Copy Share Image
I loved Garry Marshall. The television shows he created in the '80s were the most deeply important entertainment of my childhood. — Paul F. Tompkins Copy Share Image
The Redskins have been active champions in the fight against childhood obesity through our commitment with the NFL Play 60 program. — Daniel Snyder Copy Share Image
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