“I felt like the luckiest kid in the world. And I was. I was growing up middle-class in a time when growing up middle-class in America meant there would be jobs for my parents, good schools for me to prepare myself for a career, and, if I worked hard and played by the rules, a chance for me to do anything I wanted.” IfsWorldHardWould BeKidsWantedSchoolJobsAmericaFeltParentChanceClassCareersGrowing UpGrowingMiddleMiddle ClassGood School Author:Al Franken
“Living in Sydney, I've taken the chance to start surfing again. One of my best memories of growing up is catching my first proper wave and surfing across it and my brother cheering at me from the shore.” FirstsMemoriesChanceGrowing UpTakenGrowingBrotherWaveMy BrotherShoreCheerSurfingCatchingSydneyBest Memories Author:Markus Zusak
“The music of the people is like a rare and lovely flower growing amidst encroaching weeds. Thousands pass it, while others trample it under foot, and thus the chances are that it will perish before it is seen by the one discriminating spirit who will prize it above all else. The fact that no one has as yet arisen to make the most of it does not prove that nothing is there.” PeopleDoeFactsSpiritChanceGrowingFeetFlowerProveLovelyPrizeWeedChances AreFlowers Growing Author:Antonin Dvorak
“Here's the thing: the unit of reverence in Europe is the family, which is why a child born today of unmarried parents in Sweden has a better chance of growing up in a house with both of his parents than a child born to a married couple in America. Here we revere the couple, there they revere the family.” ChildrenTodayAmericaHouseParentBornChanceGrowing UpGrowingCoupleMarriedEuropeReverenceUnitsSwedenUnmarriedMarried Couples Author:Elizabeth Gilbert
“I've never felt that fear is my enemy. Fear is my friend. It offers me a chance to stay alert, keep growing, continue creating something new. If you don't take that sort of risk, you learn nothing.” IfsFeltFearChanceEnemyGrowingRiskOffersCreatingMy FriendsSomething NewCreating Something Author:Eartha Kitt
“Any swagger is just defense. When youre reminded so much of who you are by people - not a fame thing, but with my size, constantly, growing up - you just either curl up in a corner in the dark or you wear it proudly, like armor or something. You can turn it on its head and use it yourself before anybody else gets a chance.” PeopleUseTurnsDarkChanceGrowing UpGrowingFameWho You AreSizeCornersDefenseArmorCurlsSwagger Author:Peter Dinklage
“I just kind of had my own impressions growing up with Hoover as a heroic figure in the 40s - actually the 30s, 40s, and 50s and beyond - but this was all prior to the information age so we didn't know about Hoover except what was usually in the papers, and this was fun, because this was a chance to go into it [ during filming 'J. Edgar Hoover' ]” KnowsKindAgeFunChanceMy OwnGrowing UpGrowingFiguresInformationPaperImpressionHeroicPapersInformation AgeHooverJ Edgar Hoover Author:Clint Eastwood
“Here's the truth: even if countries like the United States curb our emissions, if growing countries like India - with soaring energy needs - don't also embrace cleaner fuels, then we don't stand a chance against climate change.” IfsNeedsCountryStatesEnergyChangeChanceUnitedUnited StatesGrowingIndiaEmbraceClimateClimate ChangeFuelSoarEmissionsCleanersCurb Author:Barack Obama
“Don't be afraid to write crap - it makes the best fertilizer. The more you write the better your chances of growing something wonderful.” WritingChanceGrowingWonderfulCrapFertilizer Book:Writing Better Lyrics Source: Writing Better Lyrics
“Germany has a very able and productive workforce. It has high-quality products that are valued all over the world. It has every opportunity to be a productive, growing state. It just has to give its entrepreneurs a chance. It has to let them make money, hire and fire, and act like entrepreneurs.” WorldGivingStatesAbleOpportunityChanceQualityFireGrowingProductsEntrepreneurMaking MoneyGermanyProductiveHigh QualityWorkforce Author:Milton Friedman