“I've been in love with the cinema since childhood and it's a fantasy of mine to appear in a Hollywood movie.” FantasyChildhoodMinesHollywoodCinemaBeen In LoveHollywood Movies Author:Bruno Tonioli
“I started writing poetry when I was six. I had this teacher who didn't believe the poems I'd bring in were mine because they were dark and sad. But I wrote about what I experienced in my childhood.” WritingBelieveDarkTeacherChildhoodMinesSixWriting Poetry Author:Mariah Carey
“I like to keep people around me like the guys I have on the road with me, three of them were childhood friends of mine when I was growing up in Scotland. They don't look at me any different than when we were in primary school. So it's good to keep people like that around you. I think if you surround yourself with good honest people, they will tell you what to hear when you need to hear it.” PeopleIfsThinkingNeedsLooksDifferentSchoolGuyThreeGrowing UpGrowingChildhoodHonestMinesPrimariesSurroundScotlandLook At MeSurround YourselfHonest PeoplePrimary SchoolChildhood Friend Author:Johnny Reid
“Writing was not a childhood dream of mine. I do not recall longing to write as a student. I wasn't sure how to start.” WritingDreamChildhoodStudentsMinesLongingRecallsChildhood Dreams Author:John Grisham
“It's always been a dream of mine, and a childhood fantasy, to play a great champion. I would much rather haven been an athlete than an actor. This is like some second place consolation prize.” PlayDreamActorsFantasyChildhoodHavensMinesAthleteChampionPrizeConsolationSecond PlaceConsolation Prize Author:Mark Wahlberg
“I think the bottom line is that if you get through a childhood like mine, it's not at all bad. Obviously, you come out a pretty tough turkey, and you have had all the inoculations you need to keep you on a level keel for the rest of your life. The sad part is, most of us don't come out.” IfsThinkingNeedsLinesLevelsChildhoodMinesToughBottomTurkeysBottom LineRest Of Your LifeKeel Author:James A. Michener
“To go back to my childhood, I experienced lots of different family cultures, all the while feeling like none of them were mine.” DifferentFeelingsCultureChildhoodMinesDifferent Families Author:Lily King
“My mother's brother was killed while clearing mines in 1945. Those are things that mark your childhood and they help explain why we are so devoted to European unity.” HelpingMotherChildhoodMinesBrotherMarkUnityYour ChildrenDevotedClearing Author:Martin Schulz
“Everyone has a childhood, everyone had awkward years and weird stages. Mine were broadcast for eight years.” YearsChildhoodStageMinesEightAwkwardFatherhood Author:Tina Yothers
“Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a childhood summer beside a lake in the mountains; another, a moonlit beach; a third, a family dinner of pot roast and sweet potatoes during a myrtle-mad August in a Midwestern town. Smells detonate softly in our memory like poignant land mines hidden under the weedy mass of years. Hit a tripwire of smell and memories explode all at once. A complex vision leaps out of the undergrowth.” LoveYearsMemoriesVisionLandChildhoodMinesSweetMountainSummerMassThirdsTownsMadComplexesDinnerSmellBeachMemorableUnexpectedLakesLeapPotScentFleetingPotatoesOur MemoriesAugustMomentaryPoignantMyrtleFamily DinnerSweet PotatoesSweet Memories Author:Diane Ackerman
“That beautiful sister of mine was an overwhelming and volatile mixture. One had the feeling that she'd been shot from a canon and showered her sparks over an incredulous world with no thought or care where they fell, a carbon copy of father. She was like some silvery comet who streaked through life with daring speed, the wellspring of which was an inner confidence that I deeply admired. At times, particularly in childhood, I was intimidated by her but she dictated from an aura of affection for me that was never threatening.” WorldFeelingsCareBeautifulFatherChildhoodMinesShotsAffectionSpeedCopiesOverwhelmingSparksDaringCarbonThreateningMixturesIntimidatedAurasCanonCometsWellspringBeautiful Sister Author:Joan Bennett
“Occasionally, on screen, Barbara [Stanwyck] had a wary, watchful quality about her that I've noticed in other people who had bad childhoods; they tend to keep an eye on life because they don't think it can be trusted. After her mother was killed by a streetcar, she had been raised in Brooklyn by her sisters, and from things she said, I believe she had been abused as a child. She had lived an entirely different life than mine, that's for sure, which is one reason I found her so fascinating. I think her early life was one reason she had such authenticity as an actress, and as a person.” PeopleThinkingBelieveChildrenPersonsSaidDifferentReasonEyeMotherFoundI BelieveQualityChildhoodMinesRaisedActressesScreensAuthenticityFascinatingTrustedBrooklynBarbaraDifferent LifeEarly Life Author:Robert Wagner