We have got to dispel this myth that bullying is just a normal rite of passage. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
To me rites of passage through life, that's a wonderful, beautiful thing. — Lance Henriksen Copy Share Image
Lots of models have played mermaids throughout history and it is, kind of, a funny rite of passage. — Gemma Ward Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, a Saturday job was a rite of passage, every kid had one. — Martin Kemp Copy Share Image
“Groveling was a rite of passage. It’s where you got to look so pathetic no one would want you anyway, but you… — Tarryn Fisher Copy Share Image
Music, at the end of the day, is communicating something - emotion, a feeling, a rite of passage, where you are in… — Ed O'Brien Copy Share Image
The overcoming of adversity and, ultimately, denying it the rite of passage, has been a constant and perpetual motive throughout my life. — Heather Mills Copy Share Image
I choose to surround myself with happy human beings. I went through the angsty period. I think every single person does. I… — Shailene Woodley Copy Share Image
I think it's sort of a rite of passage for a British actor to try and get the American accent and have… — Orlando Bloom Copy Share Image
Going to Goa was a rite of passage for me, because it's where I learnt that you could mix fish with really… — Rick Stein Copy Share Image
I wanted to play a TV detective because it's a rite of passage; I wanted to experience every area of acting. I… — Olivia Williams Copy Share Image
The first time I thought about attempting a body suspension was after watching a documentary on rites-of-passage ceremonies from other cultures. I… — Criss Angel Copy Share Image
Worst audition experiences were definitely for commercials... which I don't tell someone to not do it. I think it's maybe a rite… — Monica Barbaro Copy Share Image
So basically, you know, the first day on the job you get there and you realize everybody has a Nerf gun. They… — Mark Rober Copy Share Image
Living men are bound by time... Thus, their lives have an urgency. This gives them ambition. Makes them choose those things that… — Seth Grahame-Smith Copy Share Image
“There are worse things than being thirty-five, single, and female in New York. Like: Being twenty-five, singled, and female in New York.… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
“Coffee is far more than a beverage. It is an invitation to life, disguised as a cup of warm liquid. It's a… — Nichole Johnson Copy Share Image
I can't believe it's actually happening. This is independent adulthood, this is what it feels like. Shouldn't there be some sort of… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
Whether your childhood roots lie in the city, the country or possibly more crucially in the neighbourhood suburbs of this wide brown… — Melissa Leong Copy Share Image
“Then science came along and taught us that we are not the measure of all things, that there are wonders unimagined, that… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“Almost every culture has its own version of “forty days and forty nights,” where some young person is sent into the wilderness… — Gary Sizer Copy Share Image
“According to folk belief that is reflected in the stories and poems, a being who is petrified man and he can revive.… — Penina Mezei Copy Share Image
“The most convincing proof of the Americans’ successful rite of passage came from across the lines. The Germans had previously regarded the… — Joseph E. Persico Copy Share Image
“When they reached their ship, Ed gazed out at the bay. It was black. The sky was black, but the bay was… — Clark Zlotchew Copy Share Image
“Ever since I first read Midori Snyder’s essay, ‘ The Armless Maiden and the Hero’s Journey ’ in The Journal of Mythic… — Karen Mahoney Copy Share Image
“Thanks for the apology, Caden, really. Anyway, isn’t it pretty normal for a straight girl to fall for a gay guy? All… — Cale Dietrich Copy Share Image
“Though we are addicted to instant gratification, we are seldom gratified because, although we are making everything possible now, we are seldom… — Michael L. Brown Copy Share Image
“Men cannot be men—much less good or heroic men—unless their actions have meaningful consequences to people they truly care about. Strength requires… — Jack Donovan Copy Share Image
I had written a book called "Boston Boy" some years ago, and that took me from the time I could speak, I… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
There aren't a lot of opportunities for that rite of passage that makes you a man. War is one of them, and… — Sylvester Stallone Copy Share Image
Writing a novel is one of those modern rites of passage, I think, that lead us from an innocent world of contentment,… — J. G. Ballard Copy Share Image
There I was at 'The Tree of Life' premiere, holding hands with Sean Penn and Brad Pitt. That walk down the red… — Jessica Chastain Copy Share Image
I've always loved watches my whole life. When I was growing up, I always thought of having a great watch as that… — James Marsden Copy Share Image
No longer a mark of distinction or proof of achievement, a college education is these days a mere rite of passage, a… — William A. Henry III Copy Share Image
“Another kid might accompany Dad on a weekend fishing trip as a rite of passage. My dad and I watched a fish-monster… — Norman Prentiss Copy Share Image
The mental imagery involved with pianistic tactilia is not related to the striking of individual keys but rather to the rites of… — Glenn Gould Copy Share Image
Girlhood is often marred by schoolgirl cruelty, a grim rite of passage in which parents sometimes cruelly collude. Mothers and fathers must… — Rachel Simmons Copy Share Image
By the time I got to college in the '90s, virtually every young woman I knew was on the pill. It was… — Faith Salie Copy Share Image
The ethical life... is maintained in being by a common culture, which also upholds the togetherness of society... Unlike the modern youth… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
