“I'm eighty-three and homeless. It was the same when World War II ended. The Army kept me on because I could type, so I was typing other people's discharges and stuff. And my feeling was "Please, I've done everything I was supposed to do. Can I go home now?" That what I feel right now. I've written books. Lots of them. Please, I've done everything I'm supposed to do. Can I go home now? I've wondered where home is. It's when I was in Indianapolis when I was nine years old. Had a dog, a cat, a brother, a sister.” PeopleWorldFeelsYearsBookWarDoneFeelingsHomeAgeThreeStuffWrittenDogBrotherTypePleaseRight NowCatArmyNineOld AgeWar Of The WorldsWorld War IiWorld War IHomelessEightyFeels RightNine YearsDischargeTypingIndianapolisWhere Home Is Author:Kurt Vonnegut
“My mom taught me to read when I was two or three. When I was five I read and wrote well enough to do my nine-year older brother's homework in exchange for chocolate or cigarettes. By the time I was 10, I was reading Orwell, Tolstoy's War and Peace, and the Koran. I was reading comic books too.” YearsWellsTwoBookWarEnoughThreeReadingFiveTaughtBrotherMomMy MomNineComicChocolateCigaretteComic BookHomeworkNine YearsOlder Brother Author:Chris Abani
“My childhood, I wouldn't say it was bad. It helped me grow up. I stayed out of trouble. My parents taught me what's wrong and right, and knowing that I had a little brother following me, I had to make sure I was doing the right thing so he knows what's right, too. I was in the house nine days out of 10. There wasn't nothing good outside for me.” KnowsLittlesHouseGrowsParentGrowing UpKnowingTroubleChildhoodTaughtBrotherFollowingNineRight ThingDoing The Right ThingLittle Brother Author:Russell Westbrook
“I don't think I really knew how fit I was when I was a kid. I rode with my dad quite long distances and I've been racing since the age of nine, so we did a lot of sport growing up. My earliest memories of my dad are watching him race, so it was inevitable when we were old enough that my brother and I would get on bikes.” ThinkingLongEnoughKidsAgeSportsMemoriesRaceGrowing UpGrowingBrotherDadFitDistanceMy DadNineInevitableMy BrotherRacingBikeLong Distance Author:Victoria Pendleton
“You don't need Little League. You don't even need nine kids. Four is plenty-a pitcher, a batter, and a couple of shaggers. You can play ball all day long. My kids used to try to get me out there, but I'd just say, "Go play with your brothers." If kids want to do something, they'll do it. They don't need adults to do it for them.” IfsWantNeedsTryingLittlesLongPlayKidsUsedFourBrotherCoupleAdultsBallsNinePlentyLeaguePitcherYour BrotherLittle League Author:Yogi Berra
“Barclays Bank in England purchased bankrupt Lehman Brothers Tuesday along with its Manhattan tower, saving nine thousand jobs. It's humiliating. The United States of America is 232 years old and we're having to go to mom for money.” YearsStatesJobsAmericaUnitedUnited StatesBrotherMomThousandEnglandNineSavingTowersUnited States Of AmericaManhattanTuesdayHumiliatingLehman Brothers Author:Argus Hamilton
“When I was eight or nine years old, I saw the TV version of 47 Ronin, played by Toshiro Mifune. He played Oishi. That was my first experience. I watched every week with my brother. "Who plays Oishi tonight? Who will play Kira tonight?" And we fought every week.” YearsFirstsPlaySawsWeekBrotherTvsEightNineVersionsMy BrotherTonightNine YearsKiraRonin Author:Hiroyuki Sanada
“I was in Philadelphia - a very angry town, Philadelphia. I've never seen a town like this. It's supposed to be the City of Brotherly Love - like when my brother was 12 and I was nine, and he would lean on my shoulder and dangle spit in my face.” FacesCitiesBrotherTownsAngryNineShouldersSupposed To BeMy BrotherSpitPhiladelphiaBrotherlyBrotherly Love Author:Andy Kindler
“When I was nine years old, living on the south side of Chicago, my father was a minister and my mother used to scrub floors. I had seven brothers and four sisters. I told my mama, 'One of these days I'm going to be big and strong and buy you a beautiful house.' That's all I've ever wanted to do with my life, is to take care of my mother.” YearsBigsCareWantedBeautifulLife IsUsedMotherFatherHouseStrongSidesFourBrotherSouthSevenTake CareNineThese DaysMinistersChicagoMamaLiving OnNine Years Author:Mr. T
“I remember my mom had a conversation with Sam Jackson about what she should do with our careers and what the next step should be; I was eight and my brother was nine. He said, "You need to get them on Broadway."” NeedsShouldSaidRememberNextStepsCareersBrotherMomConversationMy MomEightNineMy BrotherBroadwayNext StepsSam Jackson Author:Aldis Hodge
“My brother is the lifelong musician, he made the choice to do that when we were very, very young kids. I remember him playing in bands and listening to the music he was writing in the house - he's nine years older than me.” WritingYearsMadeKidsRememberYoungChoicesHouseBrotherListeningBandMusicianNineMy BrotherLifelongNine Years Author:Kevin Bacon
“I don't think I will ever be able to really articulate how bizarre it was to hear my name at the Academy Awards. I'd watched in my pajamas the year before! I felt numb - dazed and confused. I remember feeling light - weightless. More like limbo than cloud nine. At first I was like, This is my statue; nobody gets to touch it. And by midnight I was like, Please, someone, take this statue; it's too heavy! So I gave it to my brother, and he went off with it.” ThinkingYearsFirstsFeelingsLightAbleRememberNamesFeltBrotherPleaseCloudsHeavyNineMy BrotherConfusedAwardsMidnightBizarreStatuesAcademyNumbPajamasAcademy AwardsLimboDazedCloud Nine Author:Lupita Nyong'o