“I grew up poor and used to look at people in big houses and thought they had everything. Then later on I looked at models in magazines and thought they had it all.” PeopleLooksBigsUsedHousePoorGrewGrew UpModelsMagazinesBig Houses Author:Alana Stewart
“The Indian economy grew at 5.5 percent, but if you look at the last 30 years - for example, 1960 to 1985 - the progress made by East Asian countries was phenomenal. In a single generation they had been able to transform the character of their economy. They were able to get rid of chronic poverty.” IfsYearsLooksMadeCountryCharacterAbleLastsPovertyEconomyProgressGenerationsExampleGrewPercentEastIndianAsian1960sPhenomenalAsian Countries Author:Manmohan Singh
“I grew up in South Africa and I would look at maps and we were at the bottom of the world. There was this whole thing up there. I was always reading encyclopedias about the world. So travel was something I was always attracted to.” WorldLooksWholeReadingGrewTravelGrew UpSouthBottomMapsSouth AfricaEncyclopedia Author:Charlize Theron
“When I got to Hollywood, at first I couldn't get a lot of jobs. So I grew a beard and look like a really bad Arab, and I started to get a lot of work because that's what they want.” WantFirstsLooksJobsGrewHollywoodBeard Author:Sayed Badreya
“Teenagers talk about the idea of having each other's 'full attention.' They grew up in a culture of distraction. They remember their parents were on cell phones when they were pushed on swings as toddlers. Now, their parents text at the dinner table and don't look up from their BlackBerry when they come for end-of-school day pickup.” LooksIdeasEndsSchoolRememberCultureParentAttentionGrewGrew UpTablesPhonesDinnerCellsTeenagerLook UpDistractionSwingsCell PhoneToddlerDinner TableBlackberriesPickupsSchool Days Author:Sherry Turkle
“Let me look upward into the branches of the flowering oak and know that it grew great and strong because it grew slowly and well.” KnowsWellsLooksStrongGrewLet MePatienceBranchesLook UpOaksFlowering Author:Bill Vaughan
“If you're in the heyday of rock and roll and movies, and that's where I grew up. We didn't have to look for it. We didn't have to create angst. We didn't have to create desire. We didn't have to say, see we were screwed, my generation, because we wanted to be The Beatles or Elvis Presley. That ain't going to happen. So we always had this thing to reach for.” IfsLooksHappensWantedDesireGenerationsRocksGrewGrew UpRock And RollAngstMy GenerationHeyday Author:Billy Bob Thornton
“When I did TV shows and movies, the studios did demographic research. They were shocked to find that my audience isn't just men who are too drunk to turn off the TV after football. It's women, too. I don't know exactly why, other than that I've tried to remain true to myself for all these years. I have gone through a lot, and I've been open about it. Maybe they look at me and can see how you can grow up, have children, continue to be sexy, get married and divorced and, though you grew up poor, live the American dream. I'm very blessed. I'm happy for it all.” KnowsMenYearsLooksChildrenShowsDreamTurnsGrowsPoorAudienceGoneGrowing UpFootballTvsGrewMarriedGrew UpResearchBlessedStudiosSexyDrunkAmerican DreamTv ShowsShockedLook At MeDivorcedDemographicsTurn OffTrue To Myself Author:Pamela Anderson