I grew up in Long Island City. When I was growing up, my parents owned a women's clothing store in Queens. It… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
I had friends growing up; there were other home-schoolers we were in touch with so we weren't isolated, and I've always been… — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
The backlash against Big Government is an encouraging sign of a growing resistance to the mission creep of federal power. — Bob Barr Copy Share Image
I think everybody's always attracted to both sexes. I mean, I think that women are very attractive. I've kissed girls, but everybody… — Monica Keena 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
Jack Palance was my distant uncle - that's the family gossip. Growing up, my family knew everything about his face getting burned… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
Music was a big thing for me growing up and Scorsese and Tarantino both use music brilliantly in movies. They're probably two… — Ed Speleers Copy Share Image
However passionate, sinning, and rebellious the heart hidden in the tomb, the flowers growing over it peep serenely at us with their… — Ivan Turgenev Copy Share Image
The more I look around and listen I realize that I'm not alone. We are all facing choices that define us. No… — Sabrina Ward Harrison Copy Share Image
Music and literature have always and continue to be massive influences. Writers such as Seamus Heaney and Frank McGuinness. I have always… — Bronagh Gallagher Copy Share Image
My parents tried to shield me from how famous they were when I was growing up on Long Island. I had no… — Alexa Ray Joel Copy Share Image
I am certain that we do not need quotas for women, especially not in a time when we have a growing shortage… — Kristina Schroder Copy Share Image
because the past was always around her and might return at any time. It prowled the world searching for her, and she… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
It's nauseating for me when I feel like I'm not growing or challenging myself. — Lucas Hedges Copy Share Image
Life is not stationary. Seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and years all tick away at the same clip for everyone. No… — Hugh W. Pinnock Copy Share Image
We need the stars... We need purpose! We need the image the Destiny to take root among the stars gives us of… — Octavia Butler Copy Share Image
Both my parents were working in politics when I was growing up, so going on stage was not that great a leap. — Casey Wilson Copy Share Image
My mom, who gave me my confidence growing up. She's the one that always told me that I could be great and… — Amber Rose Copy Share Image
I am a huge animal lover. Growing up, my mother and I rescued countless animals - dogs, cats, birds, rabbits, even a… — Amanda Schull Copy Share Image
I remembered that throughout my growing up and education and pursuing my dreams and desires, going into acting, and, of course, getting… — Angela Bassett Copy Share Image
“You do not get to pick and choose the parts of me that you love as if you're picking petals from a… — Alisha Christensen Copy Share Image
In the cab to the station, he told me that when he was growing up he'd see a look of pleasure cross… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Growing up, there was only classical music on BBC Radio. We had to listen to the American Forces Network in Germany, which… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
...he shrunk more and more from the realities of life and above all from the society of his day which he regarded… — Joris-Karl Huysmans Copy Share Image
