“Like so many other kids with special needs, I have been bullied. Kids in elementary school made me eat sand, and those same boys would walk behind me, teasing me. Finally I had enough, and I told them to grow up.” NeedsHas BeensMadeEnoughKidsSchoolGrowsWalksBehindsBoysGrowing UpSpecialSandTeaseHad EnoughBulliedElementary SchoolSpecial Needs Author:Lauren Potter
“I was a dancer, and it's not really cool for a boy to dance, so it was inspiring to see a movie like 'Footloose' where a guy is dancing masculine and had a proper reason behind it. It made me feel cool, and when these kids would make fun of me, I'd be like, 'Oh, didn't you see 'Footloose,' man?” MenFeelsMadeReasonKidsGuyFunBehindsBoysDancingDancerMasculineReally CoolFootloose Author:Kenny Wormald
“One kid said to me, he said, Mr. Lloyd, we really owe you. And I explained to him, man, you owe me absolutely nothing. I said, whatever kind of career I had, it has served me well, but you do owe some people. And the people you owe are the folks who are going to come behind you. It's incumbent upon each watch — when you play your 10, 11 years and you're in your group — when you leave, I truly hope that you've done all you can possibly do to leave it a better place for the folks who come behind you.” PeopleMenYearsWellsKindSaidDonePlayKidsBehindsCareersWatchesGroupsFolksBetter PlaceBehind YouAbsolutely NothingIncumbents Author:Earl Lloyd
“I really was kind of like a musical nerd. I would watch VH1's 'Behind The Music.' That was heavy when I was a kid. I would sit up and want to watch that all day instead of going outside sometimes.” WantKindSometimesKidsBehindsWatchesMusicalHeavyNerdRico Author:Rico Love
“There's a perception that's been put out into the marketplace by No Child Left Behind that schools aren't doing enough for kids.” ChildrenEnoughKidsSchoolLeftBehindsPerceptionLeft BehindMarketplaceNo Child Left Behind Author:Mark Jackson
“I'm a very private person. I don't go out much. I'm home with kids. I go to work. I don't really like being the focus of attention, which is why I like being behind the camera more.” PersonsHomeKidsBehindsAttentionFocusCameras Author:Angelina Jolie
“It's odd but even when I was a kid, I would write about 'old and other times' as though I had a lot of years behind me. Now I do, so there is a difference in the weight of memory.” WritingYearsKidsDifferencesMemoriesBehindsWeightOdd Author:David Bowie
“I want to fully fund education, No Child Left Behind, special-needs education. And that's how we're going to be more competitive, by making sure our kids are graduating from school and college.” WantNeedsChildrenKidsSchoolLeftBehindsSpecialCollegeFundGraduatesLeft BehindSpecial NeedsNo Child Left Behind Author:John F. Kerry
“Back when I was in high school, I came out onstage with my guitar and had four guys playing behind me. We were just playing a dance, but I was standing in front of an audience rocking out. I'm still rocking out like when I was a kid. I haven't changed.” StillsKidsSchoolGuyBehindsAudienceFourFrontsHavensChangedHigh SchoolStandingGuitarBack WhenI Haven't ChangedRocking Out Author:Dion DiMucci
“There are many people writing songs. That is absolutely wonderful. Who knows, there may be some kid in diapers and he or she might succeed in capturing in a few dozen words what great writers have spent years trying to say. Just the right word in the right place with the right melody behind it and the right rhythm. It might get around the world inch by inch, and people realize that this world is in danger, that we're in danger. That's the way "This Land Is Your Land" got to be so well known.” PeopleKnowsWorldWayWritingTryingYearsWellsMayMightKidsSongRealizingBehindsKnownWonderfulLandDangerThis WorldSucceedRhythmAround The WorldMelodyDozenInchesWell KnownRight PlaceWriting SongsGreat WritersRight WordsDiapers Author:Pete Seeger
“Due to budget crunches, Bush has had to scale some of the programs. He has a new program, 'Leave A Couple of Kids Behind.'” KidsBehindsCoupleProgramDuesScalesBudgetsCrunch Author:David Letterman
“When you grow up in a city like Boston, where I grew up, a lot of kids became criminals or cops. I never really had a bad take on cops other than I hate when there's one behind me on the highway.” KidsHateGrowsCitiesBehindsGrowing UpGrewGrew UpI HateCriminalsCopHighwaysBoston Author:Donnie Wahlberg
“I remember kind of doing early acting and thinking, "God, they don't paint behind the sets." It's a bit of a shame, really - "Oh, what's on the other side of this wall? Oh, you can see the plywood." I was really disappointed. I just thought that these things were real, from watching things as a kid.” ThinkingKindRealKidsRememberBitsSidesActingBehindsWallShamePaintDisappointedThinking God Author:Andy Serkis
“So one time for my disillusioned artists, I hear ya Two times for the kid that air-guitars in the mirror Three times for the 9-to-5-in' bus ridin' dudes And four times for my dreamers, yo I'm just like you That's why I sing for my queens with their own pair of wings My brothers flyin' beside me, drama behind me Mama tried to find me, she inquired emphatically I was in the sky with all these other ghetto kids, defying gravity, uh” TwoKidsArtistThreeBehindsFourAirSkyBrotherLike YouDramaMirrorsWingsGuitarQueensMy BrotherPairsBusDreamerOne TimeGravityThree TimesFind MeMamaGhettoDisillusionedDefyingDefying GravityAir Guitar Author:Danny Denzongpa