Growing up Quote by Asne Seierstad Download Open image “We don't grow up in vacuums. We grow up in societies.” — Asne Seierstad ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.1 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Grow Societies Grow Vacuums Growing up Grows Inspirational Societies Vacuums Vacuums Grow
We grow neither better or worse as we get old, but more like ourselves. — Bernard Baruch Copy Share Image
If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We don't grow as human beings from good things happening. We grow from failures. — Carlos Mencia Copy Share Image
We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one dimension, and not in another, unevenly. We grow partially. We are relative. We… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
The judgment means a lot. As a journalist being accused of invading someone's privacy, there is always a risk that it will stick to… — Asne Seierstad Copy Share Image
I would like my book to give people insight to the war before and after, but I don't think anyone could read my book… — Asne Seierstad Copy Share Image
If we can't understand the Afghan family, we can't understand Afghanistan. — Asne Seierstad Copy Share Image
The book came after the fall of the Taliban, it says something about Afghan family life. Those kind of stories - what happens behind… — Asne Seierstad Copy Share Image
I always try to describe the situation just as it is. I try to find sentences that I believe tell the story best. Even… — Asne Seierstad Copy Share Image
“Gerd called life 'existing minute by minute'. Every single minute felt like a battle. Time went on but life had stopped.” — Åsne Seierstad Copy Share Image
The family is the single most important institution in Afghan culture. It is described in the country's constitution as the 'fundamental pillar of society'. — Asne Seierstad Copy Share Image
“Os iraquianos sempre devoraram livros: são o nosso alimento e, além do amor, é a única coisa que necessitamos” — Asne Seierstad Copy Share Image
Even in a war, someone has to take care of daily life. Someone has to feed and clothe the children. — Asne Seierstad Copy Share Image
“They played a game of dare - who could get closest to the flames?” — Asne Seierstad Copy Share Image
As a woman, you accept the situation, adapt to it, and do your best, whereas men would choose violence. — Asne Seierstad Copy Share Image
“Do you know what is our problem? We know everything about our weapons, but we know nothing about how to use a telephone.” — Asne Seierstad Copy Share Image
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I felt pretty good growing up. I didnt feel a lot of prejudice or racism. But I do remember, if there was going to… — David Henry Hwang Copy Share Image
Love changes people, for better or for worse. You could look at it as a chance for you to change. The best kind of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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I didn't grow up thinking of movies as film, or art, but as movies, something to do on a Saturday afternoon. — Sydney Pollack Copy Share Image
Growing up I did commercials and things like that, but nothing serious. As I got older, my family is really hardcore into academics. They… — Portia Doubleday Copy Share Image