Quotes about "Youth & Coming of Age"

When I tell my friends, 'I'm in the 'Bourne' movie,' they're like, 'Congratulations! Wait... is Matt Damon coming back?' I go, 'Yeah.' And they're like, 'Yo! Matt Damon! Matty D!' Everyone pretends they know Matt Damon. It's exciting. ”

The reason I'm in San Diego is not because I want distance from South Africa but because I want proximity to the people I love. But I don't envy growing up in America. As ugly as aspects of it were, my biggest blessing was to be born a South African. ”

Let me make one thing clear. I have never considered mere survival in power as any achievement, just as I have never seen coming to power as an achievement in itself. ”

Growing up, I'd never heard of any female producers or songwriters. I didn't know you could be a girl and produce, which is terrible. ”

You really notice how you're growing when you go on tour. To be able to tour around the world, and do bigger venues every year, is really, really cool. ”

In Norway, everyone knows everyone, and everyone is very supportive of each other. If there is anyone new, or a new song is coming out, everyone will probably know about it. ”

I'm Icelandic, from this small country where there was very limited access to fashion when I was growing up, and so, for me, it's really important to have a product that's relevant for this global customer. ”

Having trained as a dancer growing up, I love any dance related events. ”

My impression of Wall Street growing up was certainly that it was like the big, bad place where all of the men did the bad things with our money. ”

I struggled coming to terms with the fact that I'd been assigned female at birth, but that I didn't feel like a girl or a woman or a man or a boy. ”