“My family originally lived in Brooklyn. Our first apartment was a little place above my father and uncle's hardware store in Coney Island. Now, don't get the impression that we were surrounded by merry-go-rounds, roller coasters and Ferris wheels. Nope, this was a little side street.” FirstsLittlesFatherSidesStreetsMy FamilyRoundsStoresImpressionIslandsWheelsApartmentUnclesMerryBrooklynHardwareRoller CoasterCoastersMerry Go RoundFerris WheelsConey Island Author:Gilbert Gottfried
“In my family, my fat family, none of us ever say the word 'fat.' 'Fat' is the word you hear shouted on the playground or in the street - it's never allowed over the threshold of the house. My mum won't have that filth in her house. At home together, we are safe. ... There will be no harm to our feelings here because we never acknowledge fat exists. We never refer to our size. We are the elephants in the room.” FeelingsHomeTogetherHouseRoomsStreetsSafeMy FamilyWeightSizeHarmFatsAcknowledgeMumElephantsThresholdPlaygroundsFilthElephant In The Room Author:Caitlin Moran
“I live on the same street as my family, actually. I live across the road. I'm a real family person!” PersonsRealStreetsMy FamilyReal Family Author:Naomie Harris
“When somebody meets me in the street, they say, 'Hello, how you doing?' And I say the same back. It's just two minutes of your time and it's alright. I don't like people taking liberties when I'm with my family, but mostly people are really polite and that's lovely.” PeopleTwoLibertyStreetsMinutesMy FamilyLovelyPoliteHelloAlright Author:Ray Winstone
“I'm not a showbiz person. I just enjoy talking nonsense on the radio. I'm not bothered about going to clubs or the paparazzi, I genuinely prefer my neighbours. Spending time with my family and watching Coronation Street are what I love best. People are just people, aren't they?” PeoplePersonsEnjoyLove IsTalkingStreetsMy FamilyRadioClubsSpendingNonsenseNeighbourBotheredSpending TimePaparazziShowbizCoronationNot BotheredTalking Nonsense Author:Tony Blackburn
“I'm a warrior if you try to hurt my family. And anybody I see getting it in the neck out there, I'm right there to protect them. I'm a big, strong guy who knows what he's doing. I've stopped a lot of things in the street, stopped a lot of people from getting hurt.” PeopleIfsKnowsTryingBigsGuyStrongHurtStreetsProtectMy FamilyWarriorNecksGetting Hurt Author:Paul Sorvino
“But where was I to start? The world is so vast, I shall start with the country I knew best, my own. But my country is so very large. I had better start with my town. But my town, too, is large. I had best start with my street. No, my home. No, my family. Never mind, I shall start with myself.” WorldMindCountryHomeMy OwnStreetsMy FamilyTowns Book:Souls on Fire Source: Souls on Fire
“I come from making money in the streets. The streets all I know. All my family is still in the streets. So, it's going to be hard to pull me right back into that. When I ain't doing no shows four days out of the week, I may be in my hood or at my grandma's house in the hood. But yes, I got a kid. I got to get more serious about the music so he don't get dragged into that life.” KnowsMayStillsHardShowsKidsHouseFourWeekStreetsSeriousMy FamilyMaking MoneyGrandmaHoodMy GrandmaGrandma's House Author:Shy Glizzy
“The thing my father was proudest of was the Ayres clock at the intersection of Washington Street and Meridian. That made him so happy. Ayres complained because he wouldn't send them a bill. There was stuff my family had done there - particularly my father and grandfather - that was quite permanent and wonderful.” MadeDoneFatherStuffWonderfulStreetsMy FamilyBillsClockPermanentGrandfatherIntersectionsFathers And Grandfathers Author:Kurt Vonnegut
“Because I didn't have brothers, I was always interested in the kids down the street that had four brothers in their family, so I became one of them - but it was not my family. I've always been attracted to temporary families. They tend to be lost characters.” CharacterKidsLostFourStreetsBrotherMy FamilyTemporaryFour Brothers Author:Gus Van Sant
“My family, the support of my friends, the amount of people that have written and come up to me on the street and said, 'Thank you for representing us,' and Adam Lambert, and Lady Gaga, that's been amazing.” PeopleSaidSupportWrittenStreetsAmountMy FriendsMy FamilyCome UpAdamRepresentingGaga Author:Johnny Weir
“Until a man is twenty-five, he still thinks, every so often, that under the right circumstances he could be the baddest motherfucker in the world. If I moved to a martial-arts monastery in China and studied real hard for ten years. If my family was wiped out by Colombian drug dealers and I swore myself to revenge. If I got a fatal disease, had one year to live, and devoted it to wiping out street crime. If I just dropped out and devoted my life to being bad.” IfsThinkingMenWorldYearsArtStillsRealHardFiveStreetsCrimeCircumstancesDrugTenDiseaseMy FamilyTwentiesMovedChinaRevengeMartial ArtsDevotedDealerTwenty FiveMonasteriesDrug DealersBeing BadWiping Out Author:Neal Stephenson
“Becky! Love!" Mum has pushed her way through her dancing guests to reach me. "What's wrong? Has labor started?" Honestly. My family has no idea about contemporary urban street dance trends.” WayIdeasStreetsLaborMy FamilyDancingHonestlyContemporaryNo IdeaTrendsGuestsMumUrbanBecky Book:Shopaholic & Baby Source: Shopaholic & Baby