Development Quote by Helen Garner

Perhaps the itinerant upbringing my brothers and I had has something to do with my continued interest in perspectives different from my own.

— Viggo Mortensen

I early conceived a liking for, and sought every opportunity to relieve the sufferings of others.

— Rebecca Lee Crumpler

These were always obsessions of mine, even as a very young child. These were things that interested me as the years went on. My…

— Woody Allen

Some broad themes brought me where I am today. At a very young age, my hobby became thinking and finding connections.

— Dean Kamen

I mean my life was a combination of fascination with other people, with politics, and with policy, and the impact of government decisions on…

— William J. Clinton

One of the things that happened that I think is noteworthy, my parents were pretty tolerant people given their position in society. They were…

— Bill Ayers

I was always attracted to the past as a kid.

— Stanley Tucci

I had grown up at a time when people were being lynched, being attacked with water hoses. Becoming active and learning a different way…

— Assata Shakur

Because I was permanently confused, dissatisfied, unhappy, tormented by inadequacy, driven by wanting towards every kind of impossible future, the attitude of mind described…

— Doris Lessing

I was interested in changing my life. I have always had the ability to change and to become other people through my acting. I…

— Harrison Ford

Somehow I got the feeling at an early age that I had to do something important with my life.

— Madeleine M. Kunin

Like most kids growing up, I had a very wide interest. I was interested in everything. I tried to take advantage of everything, from…

— Michael P. Anderson