Culture Quote by Chris Meledandri

I have been left-wing always, from childhood.

— Claire Tomalin

I grew up in a household that was very left wing.

— Jez Butterworth

I grew up around politics. I organized my first campaign when I was 14, a walk-out in my high school to protest the year-round…

— Boots Riley

I was taught the value of everyday activism and showing up by my grandma, who wasn't a public official, but was a breast cancer…

— Meena Harris

My political career goes back to the '60s and those were times of vigorous debates.

— Dennis Kucinich

I was very much a child of the 1960s. I protested the Vietnam War and grew up in a fairly politicized home. My father…

— Marianne Williamson

My mother was an elementary school teacher for 35 years and taught at the Nixon School in New Jersey. I was raised as a…

— Peter Dinklage

Right from the college day, I was in politics.

— Sushma Swaraj

For someone like me who, as a kid, walked to school muttering little political speeches to myself, it was irresistible to finally get a…

— Michael Ignatieff

I was a communist, but being left-wing was fashionable. I was no different from thousands of middle-class kids.

— Miuccia Prada

I went to Washington several times at the request of different parties to talk about education reform. I used to always say I felt…

— Paul Sadler

I was a right winger into the 70s but I left the right in late 70s.

— Tom Metzger