“If you asked my kids to describe me, they'd go through a whole list of words before even thinking about Parkinson's. And honestly, I don't think about it that much either. I talk about it because it's there, but it's not my totality.” IfsThinkingWholeKidsListsHonestlyTotalityParkinsonParkinson'sDescribe Me Author:Michael J. Fox
“As a child, recognizing my difference from other kids, I went to the local public library to try to better understand my reality. Back then, many library card catalogues didn't even list 'homosexuality' as a topic.” TryingChildrenRealityKidsDifferencesLibraryListsLocalsCardsHomosexualityTopicsRecognizingPublic LibraryCataloguesLibrary Cards Author:James McGreevey
“When I was a kid, among the other embarrassing things I would do, and there's a list of stupid things, but I would make these dumb comedy tapes. I would often make prank phone calls, but I would also do it with friends.” KidsComedyStupidPhonesListsDumbTapeEmbarrassingPhone CallsStupid ThingsPranks Author:J. J. Abrams
“We are now considering legislation based on statistics that include name-calling at public rallies as crimes. Are we going on to the school yards of this country and when two kids get angry with each other and call each other names -- what are we going to do, cart them over to the reformatory or add them to the list of 'hate crimes' perpetrators? This is ridiculous.” TwoCountryKidsSchoolHateNamesCrimeCallingSpeechAngryAddCorruptionListsRidiculousDeceptionStatisticsConsideringYardsLegislationHate CrimeCartsPerpetratorsName Calling Author:Jesse Helms
“No matter how successful, beloved, influential her work was, when a woman author dies, nine times out of ten, she gets dropped from the lists, the courses, the anthologies, while the men get kept. ... If she had the nerve to have children, her chances of getting dropped are higher still. ... So if you want your writing to be taken seriously, don't marry and have kids, and above all, don't die. But if you have to die, commit suicide. They approve of that.” IfsMenWantWritingChildrenStillsMatterKidsDiesCoursesChanceSuccessfulTakenHe ManHigherTenSuicideListsNineCommitBelovedNervesInfluentialAnthology Author:Ursula K. Le Guin