Quotes about "Youth & Coming of Age"

Growing up in the South, we say 'Yes Ma'am' and 'No Ma'am.' Here in Hollywood, people get offended. ”

Growing up on a farm, I saw that if I didn't go to the military or go to school, and I knew my mom and my family wasn't going to be able to send me to school out of their pocket, so it basically came down to athletics. I knew I didn't want to work on a farm. I knew I didn't want to do manual labor the rest of my life. ”

I love the nostalgic feel of the '80s and, oh, I love Winona Ryder so much. I was such a huge fan of hers growing up, so breathing the same air as her was an honor for sure. ”

I think society is so hard on young women. Growing up, the images that I saw, the standards that I had to live up to in terms of how I looked and how I fit into my social groups - it was a lot of pressure. ”

I'm coming up on 30. There are other things that I want to pursue outside of just performing. ”

Charles Barkley, I used to watch him growing up. Then I met him. He was a big teddy bear. ”

Certainly, there are very few wholly original ideas in the world; there are usually people coming to the same conclusions or carrying out experiments, whether publicly or privately. ”

The tenets of Jeet Kune Do are simplicity, directness, and freedom, and it's meant to be a style that is efficient and non-telegraphic; you can't see it coming. ”

It was rough growing up but it was best for me, it's what made Shannon Briggs, it's who I am. ”

As responsible artists, it's our duty to let the youth know the importance of devotional music. ”