The common belief that coaches must be abusive to be successful is a myth. Research shows that if you find a task… — Ralph Nader Copy Share Image
I think the value in books like mine, and a great number by other talented writers, is in the ability to bring… — Chris Crutcher Copy Share Image
So someone who is a child usually goes to bed about 8:00 or 9:00 at night, but then when they have a… — Shelby Harris Copy Share Image
“A scream starts in my gut—I can feel the cut, smell the dirt, leaves in my hair. I don’t remember passing out.… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
“I had an unfortunate habit of allowing my anger to blind me. An extremely unfortunate habit. Glate knew that, and he knew… — Nicole Sobon Copy Share Image
“The ironic thing is though, at Williamson I don't have to "play it cool"--I'm cool by default because I'm one of the… — Angie Thomas Copy Share Image
Growing up in this post-apartheid era, the first generation of teens in South Africa living in this new democracy, I often found… — Adhir Kalyan Copy Share Image
When I was in my teens, I thought, 'Would I like to try and work hard at being an actor, or do… — Emilia Clarke Copy Share Image
“I knew it was a terrible idea. We were supposed to be leaving our past behind us, not fully embracing it. But… — Nicole Sobon Copy Share Image
“...as we are endowed. ...with rhetorics. ...none will deny. ...of innocence. ...towards scribbling. ...of love lines. ...and of lust. ...to what seems… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
When I was a child I accidentally made a chemical bomb. I also ate my grandfather's heart pills. I got my stomach… — Brittany Howard Copy Share Image
I suppose my interest in looking for life elsewhere in the universe really dates back to my teens. What teenager doesn't look… — Paul Davies Copy Share Image
In retrospect, I went to Jane Fonda for literally everything. During Mermaids, we were staying in the same building, so she was… — Winona Ryder Copy Share Image
The acting bug just seemed to stick with me. I loved going to theatre school in college and continued to train in… — Laura Mennell Copy Share Image
We're in crisis mode as black actresses. It's not only in the sheer number of roles that are offered and that are… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
Pre-teens, teens and college students have unlimited access to the Internet - 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Because of… — Spencer Bachus Copy Share Image
I don't want to be little again. But at the same time I do. I want to be me like I was… — David Almond Copy Share Image
I'm a very introverted person. Nothing that's happened has changed that, but one of the reasons I write for teens is it's… — John Green Copy Share Image
In the 20 long, hungry years between my late teens and late 30s I bought in to virtually every new diet and/or… — Arabella Weir Copy Share Image
I’m honored that PBteen has seen me as someone who can help a broader audience understand the need to use recycled, repurposed… — Kelly Slater Copy Share Image
“I really believe that there is an invisible red thread tied between him and me, and that it has stretched and tangled… — Jennifer Elisabeth Copy Share Image
For a while in my teens, I was sure I had it. It was about getting to heaven. If heaven existed and… — Alan Alda Copy Share Image
At some level, when we're in our teens, 20s and 30s, we think we're going to live for ever. We know that's… — Richard Bacon Copy Share Image
In my late teens and early twenties, I thought having children was possibly the most irresponsible thing you could do because I… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
In my late teens, like many a devout Catholic boy, I considered the priesthood and even went as far as discussing the… — Stephen Curry Copy Share Image
In my teens I saw the world in only black and white. Now I know that most things exist in a certain… — Sophia Amoruso Copy Share Image
In my late teens, early 20s, when I started stand-up and I was living downtown for the first time, I was deep… — Paul F. Tompkins Copy Share Image
Whether I'm feeding the homeless, stopping by a high school to chat with teens, visiting a prison or local jail, I think… — Raheem Devaughn Copy Share Image
In my teens I fancied myself an artist; I hung out with the eccentric art teacher at my high school, painted still… — Christina Baker Kline Copy Share Image
“[D]on't ever apologise to an author for buying something in paperback, or taking it out from a library (that's what they're there… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
In spite of conflicting signals - and in spite of a popular culture that sometimes puts down their innocence - most of… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
What teens will realize is always a mystery to me. I'm still realizing so many things myself, very belatedly, that it seems… — Diane Duane Copy Share Image
American teens have the worst of all worlds ... Our children are bombarded and confronted with sexual messages, sexual exploitation, and all… — Faye Wattleton Copy Share Image
Misogyny comes naturally to a young man in his late teens; it is a function of the powerful homosocial impulses that flower… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
For a while I felt like I spoke a different language than my immediate family. It wasn't until my teens that I… — E.J. Bonilla Copy Share Image
Hoping they'd been inspired by the examples of Anne Frank and other teens who had turned negative experiences into something positive by… — Erin Gruwell Copy Share Image
In my teens I was interested in photography. Then I decided that I should learn something about the world of commerce. And… — Nicolas Berggruen Copy Share Image
Comics have a problem, and that is continuity - the obsession with placing the characters in an existing world, where every event… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
I remember [in teenage years] thinking there were a lot of check boxes out there to sort teens into appropriate molds, and… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
I walk into office, which is the casting office for CBS in New York. Mainly what they cast out of this office… — Richard Masur Copy Share Image
![“[D]on't ever apologise to an author for buying something in paperback, or taking it out from a library (that's what they're there for. Use your library). Don't apologise to this author for buying books second hand, or getting them from bookcrossing or borrowing a friend's copy. What's important to…” quote by Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/623/neil-gaiman-29_apologizing_d-on-t-ever-apologise-to-an-author-for-b_921361.jpg)
![“I remember [in teenage years] thinking there were a lot of check boxes out there to sort teens into appropriate molds, and they didn't seem to make check boxes for whatever it was that I had grown up into. I definitely explore that a lot in my novels.” quote by Maggie Stiefvater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e6/maggie-stiefvater-76_appropriate_i-remember-in-teenage-years-thinking-the_3061481.jpg)
