“Celebrity life and media culture are probably the most overbearing pop-cultural conditions that we as young people have to deal with, because it forces us to judge ourselves.” PeopleYoungCultureForceDealsConditionsMediaJudgingPopsOverbearingCelebrity Life Author:Lady Gaga
“What can I do to make sure that middle-class families are feeling more secure, that more young people are able to access opportunity, that we are safe, that we are working with our international partners to try to create more order at a time when there's a lot of chaos? How do we deal with terrorism in a way that's consistent with our values? As long as I stay focused on those north stars, then I tend not to get too rattled.” PeopleWayTryingLongFeelingsAbleYoungValuesOrderOpportunityStarsDealsClassMiddleSafeChaosInternationalTerrorismFocusedAccessPartnersSecureConsistentMiddle ClassStay FocusedMiddle Class FamilyNorth Star Author:Barack Obama
“I grew up in Sierra Leone, in a small village where as a boy my imagination was sparked by the oral tradition of storytelling. At a very young age I learned the importance of telling stories - I saw that stories are the most potent way of seeing anything we encounter in our lives, and how we can deal with living.” WayStoriesAgeYoungImaginationDealsBoysSawsOur LivesSeeingGrewGrew UpTraditionImportanceStorytellingEncountersVillageMy ImaginationYoung AgeTelling StoriesSierraOral TraditionSierra LeoneSmall Villages Author:Ishmael Beah
“In recent years, you've probably read the articles about major recording artists who have decided to practically give their music away, for this promotion or that exclusive deal. My hope for the future, not just in the music industry, but in every young girl I meet...is that they all realize their worth and ask for it.” GivingYearsYoungArtistGirlAsksRealizingDealsIndustryMajorsDecidedArticlesPromotionExclusiveMusic IndustryHope For The Future Author:Taylor Swift
“The best thing we can do for a young person is to expect a great deal from them.” PersonsYoungCan DoDealsBest Things Author:Gerald Chertavian
“It hurt me a great deal. It put a lot of pressure on me because I was at a young age and the writers around here and throughout the league starting comparing me to Cobb. It put a lot of pressure on me.” AgeYoungSportsHurtDealsPressureStartingCompareLeagueIt HurtsYoung AgeHurt Me Author:Al Kaline
“There are so many numerical financial flaws in ObamaCare. Young people realize I'll take the penalty. I'll deal with whatever it takes for the next couple of years. Maybe a couple years down the road, they will start to pay.” PeopleYearsYoungNextRealizingDealsPayCoupleFinancialFlawsPenaltiesObamacareDown The RoadWhatever It Takes Author:Eric Bolling
“I deal with my sons like young men. If they have a problem with something, they come to me. I am the type of dad that will drop everything I am doing for them, and always tell them to talk to me about it.” IfsMenProblemYoungDealsSonLike YouTypeDadYoung ManMy SonTalk To Me Author:Tracy Morgan
“When I was young I trained a lot. I trained my mind, I trained my eyes, trained my thinking, how to help people. And it trained me how to deal with pressure.” PeopleThinkingMindHelpingEyeYoungDealsPressure Author:Jackie Chan
“For almost a quarter of a century, Teen Ink has been encouraging young people to write - and then has published those pieces. These heartfelt essays and poems explore the issues faced by teenagers today. I applaud their efforts because they not only help young people deal with their own lives but also encourage the budding authors of the next generation.” PeopleWritingHas BeensHelpingTodayYoungNextDealsEffortIssuesPiecesGenerationsCenturyTeenagerQuartersEssaysInkNext GenerationHeartfeltQuarter Of A Century Author:Anita Silvey
“In order to bring down the incarceration rate, you've got to start with the beginning of life. You've got to make sure that parents and schools are prepared to prepare young people for success. You've got to deal with the next stage of life. You've got to make sure that people have the opportunity to work at a good job, they have access to good healthcare, and that they have the opportunity to build wealth over time.” PeopleSchoolJobsYoungOrderNextOpportunityParentWealthDealsStagePreparedRateAccessHealthcareGood JobGood HealthIncarcerationStages Of LifeBeginning Of Life Author:Benjamin Jealous
“The biggest dilemma in education today is the differing visions of what an educated person means. To do well on tests is often more important than helping young people really be prepared to deal with the tests of life.” PeopleWellsMeanPersonsImportantHelpingTodayYoungDealsEducationVisionTestsPreparedEducatedBe PreparedDilemmaEducated PersonEducation Today Author:Linda Lantieri
“The artist is the lowest form of life on the rung of the ladder. The publishers are usually businessmen who deal with businessmen. They deal with promotional people. They deal with financial people. They deal with accountants. They deal with people who work on higher levels. They deal with tax people, but have absolutely no interest in artists, in individual artists, especially very young artists.” PeopleFormYoungArtistIndividualInterestLevelsDealsHigherTaxesFinancialBusinessmanLowestPublishersLaddersHigher LevelAccountantsYoung Artists Author:Jack Kirby
“I found a great deal of relief and excitement watching comics when I was very young. My grandmother was very into them and so was my grandfather. They had a profound effect on me, so I just found myself watching comedians on the after-school shows: Merv Griffin and that kind of stuff.” KindShowsSchoolYoungFoundStuffDealsEffectsProfoundComedianExcitementReliefGrandmotherGrandfatherShow MeMy GrandmotherMy GrandfatherAfter School Author:Marc Maron
“I try to write about complex issues--young people in an adult world-- full of irony and contradiction in a narrative style that relies heavily on suspense with a texture rich in emotion and imagery. I take a great deal of satisfaction in using popular forms-- the adventure, the mystery, the thriller-- so as to hold my reader with the sheer pleasure of a good story. At the same time I try to resolve my books with an ambiguity that compels engagement. In short, I want my readers to feel, to think, sometimes to laugh. But most of all I want them to enjoy a good read.” PeopleThinkingWorldWantFeelsWritingTryingBookSometimesStoriesFormYoungEnjoyPleasureDealsEmotionLaughingIssuesRichMysteryStyleAdventureReaderAdultsComplexesSatisfactionSuspenseNarrativeIronyRelyContradictionResolveEngagementSheerImageryAmbiguityTextureGood StoryThrillersGood Reads Author:Avi
“I had read the criticisms of me and my movies and they were discerning. They said that Crawford needs a new deal, and they asked if I was doomed to explore forever the emotional misfortunes of the super-sexed modern young woman. And so, to break away from the pattern, I wanted to do "The Gorgeous Hussy". Selznick laughed at me. 'You can't do a costume picture. You're too modern.' But I begged and begged and begged, and so they let me do it. I was totally miscast.” IfsNeedsSaidWantedYoungDealsBreakForeverModernEmotionalCriticismLet MePatternsMisfortunesLaughedYoung WomenDoomedThey SaidCostumesGorgeousDiscerningNew DealHussies Author:Joan Crawford
“The civil rights movement didn't deal with the issue of political disenfranchisement in the Northern cities. It didn't deal with the issues that were happening in places like Detroit, where there was a deep process of deindustrialization going on. So you have this response of angry young people, with a war going on in Vietnam, a poverty program that was insufficient, and police brutality. All these things gave rise to the black power movement. The black power movement was not a separation from the civil rights movement, but a continuation of this whole process of democratization.” PeopleWarWholeYoungPoliticalProcessBlackDealsCitiesPovertyIssuesRightsMovementHappeningsProgramPoliceAngryResponseSeparationCivil RightsVietnamPolice BrutalityBrutalityCivil Rights MovementDetroitInsufficientContinuumDemocratizationBlack PowerDisenfranchisement Author:Danny Glover