Quotes about "Youth & Coming of Age"

I can honestly say that, growing up, it never crossed my mind that I could ever make anything. I could write articles about things, which is why I wanted to be a professor. I loved watching movies and writing about them and teaching them, but it never crossed my mind that I could make something. ”

Sonic Youth is one of my favorite bands. ”

Even before coming into the industry, I was a big fan of Motown, the Jackson 5, Gladys Knight, the Temptations, Diana Ross and The Supremes. ”

I loved 'Roger Rabbit' growing up. ”

In 1992, I critiqued the panic over growing family diversity. My skepticism about the doomsayers has since been proven correct. ”

Growing up, I learned that if you are passionate about something, that you can move mountains. Passion is more precious than gold, and it's a currency that everyone craves. It's something that's hard to fake, and when it's real, everyone wants to be on that train. It's about giving people something that they can believe. ”

Growing up, I was always into sports - basketball and volleyball - but I wasn't really a runner. ”

Growing up in Middlesbrough I was taught to be resilient and competitive. My teachers made us believe that just because kids were at private school up the road, it didn't mean they were better than us. ”

A forty-year-old woman is only something to men who have loved her in her youth. ”

I was brought up in a way that was based purely on the senses. Everything in my upbringing was a reaction to growing up on an organic farm or to the emotions of animal cruelty, as well as the visuals of my mum's and my father's art - he was also an art collector. ”