“We need only in cold blood to act as if the thing in question were real and it will infallibly end by growing into such a connection with our life that it will become real.” IfsNeedsRealEndsRealityOur LivesGrowingBloodColdConnectionsStrangest Secret Book:The Principles of Psychology Source: The Principles of Psychology
“All the fabulous and fearless writers gathered here, whether they are living in Manila, the US, or elsewhere in the ever-growing Philippine diaspora, have a deep connection and abiding love for this crazy-making, intoxicating city. There's nothing like it in the world, and they know it.” KnowsWorldCitiesGrowingCrazyConnectionsFearlessElsewhereFabulousAbidingPhilippinesDiasporaManilaDeep ConnectionsAbiding Love Author:Jessica Hagedorn
“Growing older is an opportunity for you to increase your value and competence as the neural connections in your hippocampus and throughout your brain increase, weaving into your brain and body the wisdom of a life well lived, which allows you to stop living out of fear of disappointing others and being imperfect. Ageless living is courageous living. It means being undistracted by the petty dramas of life because you have enough experience to know what’s not worth worrying about and what ought to be your priorities.” KnowsWellsMeanEnoughBodyValuesOpportunityBrainWorryGrowingOughtDramaConnectionsIncreasePrioritiesCourageousImperfectPettyCompetenceGrowing OldDisappointingGrowing OlderWeavingLife Well LivedAgelessBeing Imperfect Author:Christiane Northrup
“I think I always felt a connection to music and to movement. Growing up, I was surrounded by R&B and Hip-Hop, and the closest thing I could find to dance was gymnastics which I watched on TV.” ThinkingFeltGrowing UpGrowingMovementTvsConnectionsHip HopHipsHopsClosestGymnastics Author:Misty Copeland
“Because I see my own boys growing, and I see other children growing and I just have such a connection.” ChildrenMy OwnBoysGrowingConnectionsGrowing Children Author:Sam Trammell
“When we were visiting New York City, I took my kids to the same playground where I went growing up. It was fun to feel that connection of having gone there as a kid and being there as a parent.” FeelsKidsFunParentCitiesGoneGrowing UpGrowingNew YorkConnectionsNew York CityVisitingBeing TherePlaygrounds Author:Ben Stiller
“I believe the connection is growing stronger. Just to think that 40-plus years ago, service members would return from combat to get spit on by so many civilians. Regardless of what we think about a conflict, we must always honor and be grateful for those men and women who serve.” ThinkingMenYearsBelieveI BelieveGrowingReturnHonorConflictMembersMen And WomenYears AgoConnectionsStrongerGratefulPlusCombatBe GratefulCiviliansSpitGrowing Stronger Author:Lee Zeldin
“All I know about 1970s New York City is that it's where I grew up, and you always have an umbilical connection to the time and place of your growing up. It was cheap, didn't have too many people in it, you could go to the movies or whatever on the spur of the moment, you could get by without working too much and especially without involving yourself in the corporate world.” PeopleKnowsWorldMomentsCitiesGrowing UpToo MuchGrowingNew YorkGrewGrew UpConnectionsCorporateNew York CityInvolvingSpursCorporate WorldToo Much WorkSpur Of The Moment Author:Luc Sante
“You’ve got to fight for that connection with God all the time no matter what you're going through in life. I'm growing up. I'm maturing. But I definitely think that the backbone of this is the freedom and creativity I have without the fear of failing. If I fail, what's going to happen? Nothing. I'm not looking for my self-worth in the sport.” IfsThinkingSelfMatterHappensFightingSportsCreativityGrowing UpGrowingFailingConnectionsNo Matter WhatSelf WorthMatureBackboneMy Self WorthFear Of Failing Author:Kelly Clark
“I was very, very into animation when I was growing up. The Simpsons is still my favorite show. I have a really strong connection to it.” StillsShowsStrongGrowing UpGrowingConnectionsMy FavoriteAnimationStrong Connection Author:Ben Schwartz
“Growing up, music was an important part of my childhood. I see it being just as important in my children and all children's growth and development, and in a parent's connection with their children.” ChildrenImportantParentGrowthGrowing UpGrowingChildhoodDevelopmentConnectionsMy Children Author:Ziggy Marley
“I guess...on one hand, I spent way too much time watching science fiction and reading science fiction when I was growing up. But a part of it is I also never felt much of a connection to the world in which I lived while I was growing up, and so, oddly enough, I think I felt a lot more connected to the worlds that I read about in science fiction.” ThinkingWorldWayEnoughHandsReadingFeltFictionGrowing UpToo MuchGrowingConnectionsScience FictionConnected Author:Moby
“I've always said that growing up in postwar Japan, I never felt any connection to my work through those experiences. The work I do really comes from inside myself. For me, being born in Japan was an accident.” SaidFeltBornGrowing UpGrowingConnectionsAccidentsJapan Author:Rei Kawakubo
“I think there's a huge parallel that affects my musical taste, and connections that have to do with my ethnic diversity and my musical tastes and the diversity of that. And it's interesting that, growing up on the circuit, it posed such a challenge, not only to me deciding what my identity was amongst my peers, but then on the music side, it was like trying to explain or convince people especially in the music industry that there was a place for what I was trying to do. But at the same time, I think it has a lot to do with timing and even me, like, understanding it.” PeopleThinkingTryingUnderstandingSidesChallengesInterestingGrowing UpGrowingIdentityHugeIndustryTasteDiversityConnectionsMusicalConvinceTimingPeersParallelsMusic IndustryCircuitsMusical TasteEthnic Diversity Author:Miguel
“My mother was raised very, very strict Catholic in the Midwest. There was so much fear and intimidation [in the faith]. So, growing up, I was always looking for my connection. I've found myself praying before meals, before bed; there's always been this gratitude for things that are bigger than me.” MotherFoundGrowing UpGrowingPrayingGratitudeBedConnectionsBiggerCatholicRaisedMealsStrictIntimidationMidwest Author:Alicia Keys
“There was sort of a negative association with the military. Maybe growing up in the South or being in a family with members of the military, I didn't have that negative connotation, but I did have this 'separate' connotation. I was ashamed to realize I had it and did not realize I had it until I was [in Iraq]. I was so impressed by the people I met over there and there was just a sense of connection and gratitude towards those people.” PeopleRealizingGrowing UpGrowingMilitaryGratitudeMetsMembersNegativeConnectionsSouthIraqAshamedAssociationImpressedConnotation Author:Stephen Colbert
“But he cannot see a connection between the end of yearning and the end of poetry. Is that what growing up amounts to: growing out of yearning, of passion, of all intensities of the soul?” SoulEndsPassionGrowing UpGrowingAmountConnectionsPoetry IsIntensityYearning Book:Youth Source: Youth
“Growing up means letting go of the dearest megalomaniacal dreams of our childhood. Growing up means knowing they can't be fulfilled. Growing up means gaining the wisdom and the skills to get what we want within the limitations imposed by reality - a reality which consists of diminished powers, restricted freedoms and, with the people we love, imperfect connections.” PeopleWantMeanDreamRealityGrowing UpKnowingGrowingChildhoodSkillsLetting GoConnectionsOur ChildrenAgingLimitationImperfectFulfilled Author:Judith Viorst