The first decade of your life is really important; it's formative. — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
The most formative time of our lives are the years between birth and age 21, when we explore who we are and… — Ben Shapiro Copy Share Image
Flying was certainly formative for me; I have a deep and lasting ease with it as a result. — Michael Light Copy Share Image
The time for me in the Peace Corps was easily the most formative experience I've had in my life. — Joe Kennedy III Copy Share Image
My conscious life has all been in Kenya, and it's my point of reference. But going back to Mexico was very formative. — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
I have always believed that, in a story, if something traumatic or calamitous enough happens to a kid at a formative age,… — John Irving Copy Share Image
Probably the most formative thing was at the age of four my Granddad took me fishing. That actually became a major part… — Chris Tarrant Copy Share Image
My formative years were all about 'Star Wars' - the first three, not the last crap, obviously. I understood 'Star Trek' but… — Nick Frost Copy Share Image
I think the early years, the first decade of your life, is the most formative in a way. — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
I can be a woodsman if need be. I grew up very close to some forest, and I spent a lot of… — Alex Turner Copy Share Image
Purcell is a composer who had a formative influence on British music - even The Who now cite him as an influence.… — Charles Hazlewood Copy Share Image
I'm a child of the '80s, so like everyone else, I love all those classic, formative movies - 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off,'… — Lauren Weisberger Copy Share Image
The history of the Jews has been written overwhelmingly by scholars of texts - understandably given the formative nature of the Bible… — Simon Schama Copy Share Image
My dad, who is a heart surgeon, works with many adult patients who did not take good care of their bodies in… — Daphne Oz Copy Share Image
While my father was a diplomat rather than a business person, I count him as a critically important formative role model. He… — Muhtar Kent Copy Share Image
Truly, learning appears to be a reverse geometric progression with experiences at one hour, one day, one month or one year dramatically… — George Kaiser Copy Share Image
In many ways, I consider those to be my formative years, because when you're in school, you have a distant relationship to… — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
In Toronto, I grew up taking a subway, I grew up taking a bus. I spent my formative adult years in New… — Enrico Colantoni Copy Share Image
“Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would not take the garbage out! She'd scour the pots and scrape the pans, Candy the yams and… — Shel Silverstein Copy Share Image
A more important reason is that the bands will intuitively trust someone they think is a peer, and who speaks fondly of… — Steve Albini Copy Share Image
I just coach the way I was coached when I was young, in my formative years. I grew up under demanding people,… — Bill Parcells Copy Share Image
I think you could go back to any filmmaker or musician or artist, and look at what their input was in their… — Andrew Stanton Copy Share Image
I grew up in Louisiana and spent my formative years there. There's a contradictory nature to the place and a sort of… — Nic Pizzolatto Copy Share Image
I read too many romance novels during my formative years. I have a penchant for romantic comedies. I understand why 'Romeo and… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
I'm an obsessive musical theatre person, so some of the most formative albums for me were, you know, the 'Phantom Of The… — Allison Williams Copy Share Image
I think my formative experiences were really in junior high, where at a typical public school we were doing little genetic experiments,… — Joseph DeRisi Copy Share Image
They say the music you listen to in your formative years stays with you and leaves an impression for the rest of… — Nikki Sixx Copy Share Image
All life events are formative. All contribute to what we become, year by year, as we go on growing. As my friend… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
I do all I can to maintain good health. I eat mostly plants, as Michael Pollan would say. I get a lot… — James Howard Kunstler Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, everybody in charge, my parents and teachers, had all survived the war, and they talked about the… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
I've bought clothes based on record covers. Particularly from the formative music that turned me onto it in the first place when… — Paul Weller Copy Share Image
My first pilot gig, in fact my first job in television, was 'Freaks and Geeks,' and the experience of directing that pilot… — Jake Kasdan Copy Share Image
If women's choices - such as taking time off to rear children - make them less productive in the economy, does adolescent… — Sendhil Mullainathan Copy Share Image
I don't think I have ever done anything for this age of children before, a pre-school audience. Generally speaking, we don't have… — David Tennant Copy Share Image
If Obama came by his liberalism in the faculty lounge, then sure, he can see it hasn't worked, and he can modify… — Dinesh D'Souza Copy Share Image
For me, the times in my life when I've been single have been more formative and crucial than I could have imagined.… — Lesley Manville Copy Share Image
When I look back, I can say that the summer when I was 19 was a formative time for me. But at… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share Image
'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' had a formative effect on me. I think it's one of those works that if you… — Ben Okri Copy Share Image
