“Growing up I felt like my nose was big. I was always like, 'I'm going to get a nose job one day'. I'm glad I didn't.” BigsJobsFeltGrowing UpGrowingOne DayGladNoses Author:Ashlee Simpson
“Around 80% of Liberians are unemployed and only half of all children go to primary school. Just one in 20 go on to secondary school. Young children are on the streets instead of in the classrooms. We are not giving them the opportunity to learn and they will struggle to get jobs when they grow up.” GivingChildrenSchoolJobsYoungOpportunityGrowsHalfStruggleGrowing UpStreetsGoes OnPrimariesJust OneClassroomUnemployedYoung ChildrenOpportunities To LearnPrimary SchoolSecondary School Author:George Weah
“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
“When I was growing up, my parents told me, 'Finish your dinner. People in China and India are starving.' I tell my daughters, 'Finish your homework. People in India and China are starving for your job.'” PeopleJobsMotherParentEducationGrowing UpGrowingDaughterIndiaChinaDinnerMy DaughterStarvingHomeworkChina And IndiaWorld Is Flat Author:Thomas Friedman
“With me, growing up in a theater family and having them be so supportive, from the jump, and being a part of this theater community where the brass ring is working, wherever that is, and then to play a character where he's not really concerned with that and is really just concerned with the monetary aspect of the job, and then to be identified with someone who is the antithesis of your energy and where you come from, has been a very interesting and surreal ride.” Has BeensPlayCharacterJobsEnergyCommunityInterestingGrowing UpGrowingConcernedAspectTheaterRingsSupportiveVery InterestingSurrealMonetaryBrassAntithesisWhere You ComeTheater Family Author:Jeremy Piven
“Crime is a job. Sex is a job. Growing up is a job. School is a job. Going to parties is a job. Religion is a job. Being creative is a job” SchoolJobsSexPartyCreativeGrowing UpGrowingCrimeBe Creative Author:David Byrne
“Growing up, the most important thing, after taking care of your family and getting a decent job of work, was having a laugh. That was the point to life.” ImportantCareJobsLaughingGrowing UpGrowingImportant ThingsOur FamilyDecent Author:Ricky Gervais
“I don't think I was talking specifically about Steve Jobs. It was just a general philosophy about one person grows up and he's kind of managing companies and every day he's working making sure this is in place and that's in place.” ThinkingKindPersonsPhilosophyJobsGrowsCompanyTalkingGrowing Up Author:Steve Wozniak
“When you grow up with a mother who has to wash dishes and clean hotel rooms, you know the importance of having a job, and you cant be without a job for any length of time, or you will be without anything.” KnowsJobsMotherGrowsRoomsGrowing UpImportanceCleanHotelLengthDishesCantHotel Rooms Author:Edward P. Jones
“Acting helped me as I was growing up. It helped me learn about myself, helped me travel, helped me understand life, express myself, all those wonderful things. So I'm very, very grateful; it's a fun job. It's a luxury.” JobsFunActingGrowing UpGrowingWonderfulGratefulLuxuryWonderful Things Author:Angelina Jolie
“Growing up in Texas, you were either pretty or smart. Smart didnt get you very far, because there werent too many job opportunities for women. I wondered why you couldnt be both.” JobsOpportunityGrowing UpGrowingSmartTexasJob Opportunities Author:Morgan Fairchild