Quotes about "Youth & Coming of Age"

I did a lot of theater growing up, and in college I was in the musical 'Chicago.' ”

I'm never sure what's coming next, but I'm an open minded person and I welcome any challenge. ”

Oh, there's a teenage girl inside all women. It comes out mainly when we walk into a room filled with other women and immediately feel self-conscious. I do, anyway. I'm always convinced I'm going to fall flat on my face or something. ”

When I was a child growing up in Maine, one of my favorite things to do was to look for sand dollars on the seashores of Maine, because my parents told me it would bring me luck. But you know, these shells, they're hard to find. They're covered in sand. They're difficult to see. ”

The looters are using Google Earth, too. They're coming in with metal detectors and geophysical equipment. Some ask me to confirm sites. ”

Buffy's very similar to me to me when I was growing up. A child in an adult world, sort of trapped between the two. Does Buffy go to the prom or does she save the world from demons? ”

Coming to terms with the fact that my marriage was a failure was devastating and very difficult. ”

The Internet has been great for the LGBT community. I know many older transgender people who say, 'I didn't know there was a single person like me until I was 40.' I can't imagine growing up in my teenage years without access to that information. ”

I think growing up in a big family taught me a lot of problem solving and how to share and compromise, and that's been helpful in my marriage. ”

We didn't have a lot when I was growing up, and it's the best thing that happened to me because I appreciate everything. I developed a strong work ethic, and I don't take anything for granted. ”