“I've always been athletic. Growing up in Puerto Rico, and being in the countryside, I was always running around. I also played volleyball, basketball, and I ran track. I was always very conscious of my body.” BodyRunningGrowing UpGrowingBasketballConsciousTrackRanAthleticVolleyballCountrysidePuerto RicoRicoAlways Running Author:Joan Smalls
“I guess it really didn't even dawn on me that you could be a rock critic as a job until I was maybe almost out of college. I knew criticism existed. I read Rolling Stone and Spin. Siskel and Ebert were on television. But I had absolutely no idea how to get that kind of life. And moreover, it didn't interest me that much. I just sort of read normal books growing up. I wasn't that media-conscious. I felt like the one thing I was able to do was to listen to a record and decide whether I liked it.” KindBookIdeasAbleJobsFeltInterestGrowing UpRecordsGrowingOne ThingRocksMediaTelevisionCollegeNormalConsciousStonesCriticismCriticsNo IdeaDawnRollingRolling Stones Author:Chuck Klosterman
“In a way, I feel I have enough tools and knowledge now that when I build it has a very specific agency that's very conscious. It's no longer speculative; it's really constructed. I'm very interested in how that consciousness, about how I am producing, is working within different conditions. It's like growing up.” WayFeelsDifferentEnoughConsciousnessGrowing UpGrowingConditionsConsciousToolsAgency Author:David Adjaye
“I want the marginality to come into the center. This is the thing I was conscious of growing up, when I later lived in England. I saw all these war movies that came out shortly after the war, and they were all about the war being fought by Englishmen or Americans, there were no other "allies" in it - from India or Australia, etc.” WantWarGrowing UpSawsGrowingConsciousIndiaEnglandEtcAustraliaAlliesEnglishmenWar Movie Author:Michael Ondaatje
“The Alzheimer's Association is what I am passionate about. My grandfather had it. My mom has it. It's a horrible disease, and with our aging population, it's a growing problem. It's terrible to lose your brain and your power to be conscious or in the moment.” MomentsProblemLosesBrainGrowingMomTerribleDiseaseConsciousAgingPassionatePopulationMy MomHorribleAssociationGrandfatherMy GrandfatherAlzheimerAlzheimer'sAging Population Author:Graham Shiels
“Growing up in the public spotlight and having insecurities like every other girl, I really know what it's like to feel self-conscious.” KnowsFeelsSelfGirlGrowing UpGrowingConsciousInsecuritySelf ConsciousSpotlightOther Girl Author:Mandy Moore