Quotes about "Youth & Coming of Age"

I was growing up with a single mom who'd be at work when I came home from school. So I'd just turn on the TV. I grew up watching old Clint Eastwood westerns. I adopted him as one of my male role models. ”

When you have a movie, you know who they start out as and where they go. But this is constantly changing, and you're growing with the character. ”

Earlier in our country, rapping was not considered as a proper art form, as it is not a song. But now, incorporation of rap in Bollywood songs, is giving rappers a chance to show their talent and it is coming to the mainstream. ”

Runs are runs, even if they are coming off playing cut shots or in front, but it's not like T20 can only be played with big shots. ”

I remember my mum coming into my bedroom when I was lying awake one night, and she asked what I was thinking of... And I was telling her about the inventions I would invent, and she said, 'Can't you ever just think stupid thoughts?' ”

I realize it's a cliche almost, that coming out of the closet is a very healthy and empowering thing to do, but for me, it really has been a truly wonderful thing. ”

Instead of being taught independence, energy, and enterprise, our youth today is taught to look for security. ”

Growing up on the plantation there in Mississippi, I would work Monday through Saturday noon. I'd go to town on Saturday afternoons, sit on the street corner, and I'd sing and play. ”

Growing up, I was taught that a man has to defend his family. When the wolf is trying to get in, you gotta stand in the doorway. ”

When I was growing up, I never heard the word 'racism.' It was only in Paris I encountered that. ”