“My father was a writer, so I grew up writing and reading and I was really encouraged by him. I had some sort of gift and when it came time to try to find a publisher I had a little bit of an "in" because I had his agent I could turn to, to at least read my initial offerings when I was about 20. But the only problem was that they were just awful, they were just terrible stories and my agent, who ended up being my agent, was very, very sweet about it, but it took about four years until I actually had something worth trying to sell.” WritingTryingYearsLittlesStoriesProblemTurnsReadingFatherBitsFourSweetGrewTerribleLittle BitGrew UpSellsAwfulAgentsFour YearsOfferingPublishersInitialsWriting And ReadingVery Sweet Author:Anne Lamott
“I'm a hybrid-genre person, which a lot of people find confusing. I grew up listening to American country music and rock n' roll made between 1955 and 1959. The Everly Brothers and Chuck Berry were my first musical loves and are still what I am most moved by. Roy Orbison came a little bit later.” PeopleFirstsLittlesPersonsMadeStillsCountryBitsRocksBrotherListeningGrewLittle BitGrew UpMovedMusicalGenreRock N RollConfusingChuckBerriesHybridEverly Brothers Author:Teddy Thompson
“You know what's fun about basketball? It keeps evolving, and it keeps changing a little bit. And the older guys want to try to hold it back to how they grew up, and it's not the same. You've got to change with the times, and some of the guys you've got to drag across the finish line.” KnowsWantTryingLittlesGuyFunBitsLinesGrewBasketballLittle BitGrew UpEvolveDragFinish LineOlder Guys Author:Mike D'Antoni
“I am quite international. My background, born in Turkey. My family is a Jewish family from Iran, so I went from Turkey to Iran to Israel, and then grew up in Italy and ended up in U.S. for graduate school. So I tend to look at things from an international perspective, and I think that gives you a little bit of a broader view of what's going on.” ThinkingGivingLooksLittlesSchoolBitsBornViewsPerspectiveGrewLittle BitGrew UpMy FamilyInternationalIsraelBackgroundsIranGraduatesTurkeysGraduate SchoolJewish Family Author:Nouriel Roubini
“Baseball is like cricket, and I grew up in a country where they had cricket. So I understand cricket, soccer and basketball. I played basketball at the club level and a little bit in college, so thats why Im a basketball fanatic.” LittlesCountryBitsLevelsCollegeGrewBasketballLittle BitGrew UpBaseballClubsSoccerCricketFanatics Author:Patrick Soon-Shiong
“I grew up in Douglasville, Georgia. My father played football for the Atlanta Falcons. We lived a bunch of places when I was younger. I was born in California. We lived in Chicago for a little bit and finally we ended up in Georgia. I grew up playing softball and at the age of nine I decided I was going to be an Olympian.” LittlesAgeFatherBitsBornFootballGrewLittle BitGrew UpDecidedNineBunchCaliforniaChicagoGeorgiaSoftballAtlantaOlympianFalcon Author:Elana Meyers
“Basketball has always been a sport I loved and grew up playing. For me, it was one of those things that... I guess baseball was just in my genes a little bit. I have a lot of cousins that played baseball. Basketball is not an easy sport - you definitely got to be gifted to play that game. I felt like I was pretty good at it, but my ability was better in baseball.” LittlesPlayGamesFeltEasyBitsSportsAbilityGrewBasketballLittle BitGrew UpBaseballGenesGiftedCousin Author:Dellin Betances
“Capricorn was one of the homes of the Southern rock movement with the Allman Brothers and Charlie Daniels and the Marshall Tucker Band. I don't think you can come from that area and not be influenced by that stuff a little bit, no matter what generation you grew up in.” ThinkingLittlesMatterHomeStuffBitsGenerationsRocksMovementBrotherGrewBandLittle BitGrew UpAreasNo Matter WhatSouthernCharlieCapricorns Author:Jason Aldean
“I grew up, especially as an actor thinking that I had to move to New York to be a good actor. But after a while you start to live the world a little bit and you start to appreciate where you're from.” ThinkingWorldLittlesMovingActorsBitsNew YorkGrewLittle BitGrew UpAppreciateGood Actors Author:Josh Brolin
“I grew up around a lot of boys - all my friends on my street were boys, so I was the only girl for a while hanging out with them. I have a little bit of a tomboy aspect; I love to be comfortable. But, I do have a sexy girly side as well - I just love sportswear.” WellsLittlesGirlBitsSidesBoysStreetsGrewComfortableLittle BitGrew UpMy FriendsAspectSexyHanging OutGirly Author:LIZ
“Our whole intention was to make a record of songs that we grew up with and change them up a little bit, but we kind of stumbled on writing "Joseph's Lullaby." The irony is when I originally wrote the song, it was called "Mary's Lullaby." I wrote it from Mary's standpoint and it was in a higher key, a real falsetto, and it just wasn't right. One day, the producer's wife said, "Well, it's kind of odd that you're singing from Mary's perspective, being the guy. Why don't you do Joseph?” WritingWellsKindLittlesSaidRealWholeGuySongBitsRecordsWifePerspectiveKeysGrewHigherOne DayLittle BitGrew UpSingingIntentionProducersIronyOddMaryStandpointLullabyFalsetto Author:Bart Millard
“I grew up in Texas, and people love their American-made muscle cars there. I grew up around people who loved cars and took care of cars and my dad's a big car nut, so I learned a little bit about cars - how to love them, most importantly. I think that from the time I could remember, I've always envisioned myself in a vintage muscle car.” PeopleThinkingLittlesMadeBigsCareRememberBitsCarGrewDadLittle BitGrew UpMy DadMusclesTexasNutsVintageHow To LoveBig CarsMuscle Car Author:Amber Heard
“I think that my IQ level grew as a player. I think that I [run] the game a little bit better. I'm waiting for the game to come to me, and I'm picking and choosing my spots instead of just going out there and just doing whatever because I don't have to do that with this team?” ThinkingLittlesRunningGamesBitsWaitingLevelsPlayerTeamGrewLittle BitSpotsGoing OutPicking And Choosing Author:Derrick Rose
“I grew up around fashion - my mom was an editor for Vogue. Compared to the music industry, though, I'd say [fashion] is a little bit more disorganized. But it's exciting for me because, when you're a performer, there is a fashion element.” LittlesBitsFashionGrewMomIndustryElementsLittle BitGrew UpExcitingMy MomEditorsPerformersMusic IndustryVogueDisorganized Author:Zachary Cole Smith
“I think I kind of grew up with that a little bit and have great admiration for people who do [medical practice] for a living and who are real empaths. So I suppose I drew on - , from my mom a bit.” PeopleThinkingKindLittlesRealBitsPracticeGrewMomLittle BitGrew UpMy MomMedicalAdmirationEmpaths Author:Rachel McAdams
“I'd already rehearsed it [ Don't Kill It script ] for the first time it was supposed to happen and the second time. That was a blessing in disguise because the character [Jebediah Woodley] grew a little bit in me.” FirstsLittlesCharacterHappensBitsGrewBlessingLittle BitFirst TimeScriptsDisguiseBlessings In Disguise Author:Dolph Lundgren
“As I grew a little bit older and got interested in law, I read that Clarence Darrow didn't believe in the Bible either. So I read everything he had ever written, all of his trials, everything - to search out the philosophy of his disbelief.But I couldn't find it.” BelieveLittlesPhilosophyLawBitsWrittenGrewLittle BitTrialsIn-lawsDisbelief Author:Madalyn Murray O'Hair