Challenges Quote by Michael Eric Dyson

I had really loving parents and a happy childhood.

— Todd Haynes

Growing up, I had a very happy childhood, with two parents who are still very much together.

— Kate Winslet

I had a happy childhood in a nice suburban area, pretty idyllic, upper middle class and very, very white. My dad is an attorney.…

— Anthony Jeselnik

The main reason I wanted to be successful was to get out of the ghetto. My parents helped direct my path.

— Florence Griffith Joyner

My mother and father were middle-class, and my grandmother lived in the ghetto, so I used to spend my summers at her house.

— Sisqo

I think so much of my life had me growing up under extreme poverty and really challenging conditions, with having the police in my…

— Patrisse Cullors

I had a very happy childhood. I was lucky to grow up surrounded by nature and animals, to be outside all the time, and…

— Stan Wawrinka

I had a very difficult childhood. I was surrounded by people who had both parents, which made me feel different. Having a bit of…

— George Lopez

Family life was wonderful. The streets were bleak. The playgrounds were bleak. But home was always warm. My mother and father had a great…

— Robert Cormier

I was really lucky about two things about my life as a kid: I had awesome parents, and I had awesome peers.

— Joe Lonsdale

My childhood was bittersweet in many ways. We moved around a lot. By the time I was 10, I had travelled thousands of miles,…

— Nile Rodgers

It was a normal childhood, like the childhoods of all children my age: going to school, playing in the street with friends, spending time…

— Sadio Mane