“I was born in 1953, in Paris. But soon after my birth my family (I have one sister) moved into a rent apartment in suburbs of Paris named Romainville. That time my parents were freshly married and it was extremely hard to find an apartment in Paris for a young married couple. To say they found a flat in a blocks of houses which was built after the second World War - and this is the place where I spent my childhood.” WorldWarHardYoungFoundHouseParentBornChildhoodBirthCoupleMarriedBuiltMy FamilyMovedBlockParisWar Of The WorldsFlatsApartmentSuburbsSecond World WarMarried Couples Author:Richard Clayderman
“I want longevity; I love music, being a musician is the greatest gift in the world to me, and if I were to get signed to a label, my family and team around me are always gonna be there to make sure they want the very best for me. My fans are what it's all about.” IfsWorldWantTeamFansMusicianMusic IsMy FamilyLabelsLongevityGreatest GiftsMusic LoveI Love Music Author:Christina Grimmie
“I pray at night, and I believe God has given me the gift to be able to perform in front of millions and millions of fans around the world. My faith in God has given me the opportunity to provide for my family and hopefully for generations to come.” WorldBelieveAbleNightOpportunityGivenI BelieveMillionsGenerationsFansFrontsPrayingMy FamilyAround The WorldHopefullyBelieve In GodFaith In GodI Pray Author:Oscar Gutierrez
“I'm more from a double world where I wasn't part of anything or invested in anything, because I was Irish, and very Irish, but also the other part of my family, not that it had airs, or money, was descended from the first minister on Cape Ann in the 1620s.” WorldFirstsAirMy FamilyMinistersCapes Author:William Monahan
“I almost got my degree so I don't need rap. And my family is the furthest thing in the world from musical.” WorldNeedsDegreesMy FamilyMusicalRap Author:JD Era
“I soak up personalities and energy. I can identify with anything because truthfully everything that makes up the world is characterized in some way in my family I feel, so my empathy is strong for mankind in general.” WorldWayFeelsI CanEnergyStrongMankindPersonalityEmpathyMy Family Author:Aeriel Miranda
“First and foremost comes my family and my life with Brad. We have so much joy in raising our children and teaching them about the world that nothing really compares to that.” WorldFirstsChildrenJoyFamilyTeachingMy FamilyOur ChildrenCompareBrad Author:Angelina Jolie
“The idea that I had anything to do with speaking about Islam or about the Muslim world was just absurd to my family. ... I hadn't been to the mosque in like 10 years.” WorldYearsIdeasMy FamilyIslamAbsurdMosquesMuslim World Author:Aasif Mandvi
“I'm very involved in my business and with my family and my friends. I don't play the social world very much, and not to promote my product. I do it for the philanthropic problems because there I feel that I'm making a difference, and that I'm helping. So I do it in a soulful way.” WorldWayFeelsPlayHelpingProblemSocialDifferencesProductsInvolvedMy FriendsMy FamilyMaking A DifferencePhilanthropicSoulful Author:Donna Karan
“My family didn't go to church. Once when I slept over at the house of a friend, her parents brought me to Sunday school with her. I was given this little pamphlet of tiny poems about the natural world, about butterflies and sunsets. My 7-year-old self was so astounded by how these few words were creating pictures and feelings in me.” WorldYearsLittlesSelfFeelingsSchoolHouseGivenParentNaturalChurchCreatingMy FamilyTinySunsetSundayButterflyNatural WorldFew WordsSunday SchoolOld SelfAstounded Author:Cheryl Strayed
“I have such incredible friends in L.A. that are pretty much my family now - I mean, outside of the family I have back in Canada - but they just supported me so hard and believed in me when I barely believed in myself anymore. I still can't thank them enough. They mean the world to me.” WorldMeanStillsHardEnoughMy FamilyIncrediblesCanadaMean The World To Me Author:Italia Ricci
“The hardest part about what I do, the most vulnerable place is my relationship with my family and Sara, my amazing partner, because I'm leaving a lot. And as a touring artist, I'm constantly coming and going, but also when I'm at home, my studio's at home. I'm leaving to go into a music world in my head.” WorldHomeArtistMy FamilyLeavingStudiosPartnersHardestVulnerableTouring Author:Michael Franti
“The modern world is very wealthy, it's full of options. It's not like "This is the land I was born on and I have to make the most of it, and these are the people who are near me, and so they will become my family."” PeopleWorldBornModernLandMy FamilyWealthyModern World Author:Ian Bogost
“Growing up after the Second World War in a Jewish family, I really understand that, and have members of my family who are very committed to this concept. My grandfather's first name was Israel and he thought it was his country. In my own sense of this issue as an American Jew, I have been on both sides of this. At this point I think it is very important for there to be separation of religion and state. It's not good for Jews. It's not good for Muslims. It's not good for Christians. The marriage of state and religion is inherently problematic.” ThinkingWorldFirstsHas BeensImportantWarCountryStatesChristianNamesSidesMy OwnGrowing UpIssuesGrowingMembersConceptsMy FamilyCommittedJewIsraelSeparationWar Of The WorldsWorld War IGrandfatherBoth SidesMy GrandfatherSecond World WarJewish Family Author:Jill Stein
“I did not have any problem with speaking up because my mother, my family, my grandmother, my aunt - I grew up in a family dominated by women - always encouraged me to do so. And if a girl is unafraid, then the world is her oyster.” IfsWorldProblemMotherGirlGrewGrew UpMy FamilyGrandmotherMy GrandmotherAuntOystersUnafraidSpeaking Up Author:Ava DuVernay
“People stopped calling themselves Freethinkers because it was so specifically German and anything German was terribly unpopular because of the two world wars. My family became Unitarians instead - it's the same sort of thing.” PeopleWorldTwoWarCallingMy FamilyWar Of The WorldsFreethinkerTwo WorldsUnitarian Author:Kurt Vonnegut
“My family was very engaged in the world around us. My father was an African Methodist Episcopal minister and an immigrant from Panama. He was deeply involved in civil rights causes, which scared my mother - she was also an immigrant, from Barbados, who had her hands full with six kids, and she worried that my father would get deported. But because of his passion for politics and civil rights, we paid close attention to current events. We would watch political conventions together - for fun!” WorldHandsKidsTogetherPoliticalMotherPassionFatherFunCausesAttentionWatchesRightsEventsInvolvedSixMy FamilyPaidScaredCurrentsCivil RightsWorriedMinistersEngagedImmigrantsConventionsMethodistsCurrent EventsBarbadosPanama Author:Gwen Ifill
“I'm a country girl, raised in Gloucestershire, England. But my family encouraged me to travel, and I wanted to experience the world. Maybe that's not traditional, but my values have stayed strong. Perhaps that's where wanting to have children comes into it: I'll always be making work; I guess when - and if - I have children, I'll have them with me.” IfsWorldChildrenCountryWantedValuesGirlStrongMy FamilyEnglandRaisedTraditionalCountry Girl Author:FKA twigs
“In the past members of my family on both my mother's and father's side have fought in the war, in the first and second World Wars. Unfortunately, they're dead and I wasn't able to speak to them, but that was in our family history too.” WorldFirstsWarAblePastMotherFatherSpeakSidesMembersMy FamilyOur FamilyWar Of The WorldsSecond World WarFamily History Author:PJ Harvey
“When Andrew [Ridgeley] first met my family, he heard my mom calling me "Yorgos." He just abbreviated it to Yog, and unfortunately it stuck. I hated it is a teenager. It was not the most glamorous-sounding name in the world.” WorldFirstsNamesHeardMomCallingMetsMy FamilyMy MomStuckTeenagerHatedGlamorousAndrew Author:George Michael
“Prior to me, no one in my family is in the field of IT, but I can feel that my brothers are following my footsteps very anxiously and enthusiastically. They are posing a constant challenge to my world record.” WorldFeelsI CanChallengesRecordsFieldsBrotherMy FamilyConstantFollowingMy BrotherFootstepsPosingWorld Records Author:Arfa Karim
“My dad was young. He went to work. But he'd been to war. He'd seen some of the world. It wasn't like he was going to be an extensive traveler or something. That didn't seem to be in the nature of - in his nature or in the nature of his parents or many of the folks in my family, really. They were - we had a cousin that went to - off to Brown University. It was like a nuclear explosion took place.” WorldWarSeemsYoungParentDadMy FamilyUniversityMy DadFolksNuclearBrownTravelerCousinExplosionsBrown University Author:Bruce Springsteen
“My life and the life of my family has been completely disrupted in absolutely every way by starting the school-prayer case. But it's been worth it. It's uncovered a vast cesspool of illegitimate economic and political power in which the Church is immersed right up to its ears, and I intend to dive in headfirst and pull it out of there dripping wet for all the world to see -no matter how long it takes, no matter whose feet get stepped on in the process, no matter how much it costs, no matter how great the personal sacrifice.” WorldWayLongHas BeensMatterSchoolPoliticalProcessChurchPrayerCasesSacrificeFeetEconomicCostMy FamilyEarsStartingWetWorth ItPolitical PowerDrippingPersonal Sacrifice Author:Madalyn Murray O'Hair
“I knew that the world was a harsh place, and my family was a mess, and even though I danced as fast as I could, I did not feel welcome, did not feel the great Shalom. THIS WORLD WAS NEVER A GOOD MATCH FOR ME. But my belief was that there was a loving magical energy in the world - seen in Nature's beauty and awesomeness, my best girl and women friends, art, music.” WorldFeelsArtGirlBeliefEnergyThis WorldMy FamilyWelcomeMessHarshArt MusicAwesomenessNature's BeautyShalom Author:Anne Lamott
“When you’re young, your world is pretty limited. My parents, my family, my church dominated my world. And because Birmingham was so segregated, I didn’t really have to encounter the slings and arrows of racism on a daily basis. Obviously, from time to time I did, like when my parents took me to see Santa Claus and he wasn’t letting black children sit on his knee. But my parents tried to insulate me as much as they could.” WorldChildrenParentBlackChurchRacismMy FamilySanta ClausSlings And Arrows Author:Condoleezza Rice
“Latino actors and actresses have had to struggle for decades, but when I came around with Real Women Have Curves, attitudes were starting to change. We screened the film all over the world - in Jewish communities, black communities, Greek communities, German communities - and people across the board said, "That's my family."” PeopleWorldRealFilmBlackCommunityAttitudeStruggleMy FamilyGreekLatinoReal Women Author:America Ferrera
“I don't think I've ever signed onto anything as quickly as I did The Hollars, because I come from a really loving, well-connected family, where we see each other all the time. And when I was done with this script, I was like, "Oh my god, that's my family!" This is obviously a very dysfunctional family, but there was something about it that was sort of universal. And I think that in this day and age in today's world - there's a lot of drama out there. It's nice to tell stories about things as simple and powerful as family.” ThinkingWorldDoneAgeSimplePowerfulNiceDramaMy FamilyThis DayDysfunctional Family Author:John Krasinski
“Writers really do that. We weep over our characters. We are saddened sometimes for days when we say goodbye to a world or a character. They do become our best friends. I've probably spent more time with them over the past 22, 24 years than I have spent with most of the real members of my family.” WorldRealSometimesCharacterPastMy FamilyGoodbyeSaying GoodbyeOver The PastSaddened Author:Robin Hobb
“I was a risk-taker as a young man, and I don't regret it. I'm not adventurous in quite the same way now, but I still love the challenge of testing myself to the limits, flying around the world, or seeing if I can be the first to fly a balloon across the Atlantic, or trying to take people into space at an affordable price in an environmentally friendly way. I'll be going into space with three generations of my family!” PeopleMenWorldTryingChallengesRegretMy FamilyFlyingFriendlyAdventurousAffordable Author:Richard Branson
“We care if people like what we did. If you're just making records for yourself, why put them out and do all these interviews and do touring? I'm a huge music fan, and this is what I do with my artistic time. It's all I really do, except hang out with my family. I value human relationships, and it's a way for me to interact with the world and feel like I'm part of something.” PeopleWorldCareValuesMy FamilyArtisticHanging OutHuman RelationsHuman Relationships Author:Stephen Malkmus
“I came to the realization that I had failed in some respects because I had been more of a benevolent narrator than the world I saw reflected around me, and in the lives of the people in my community, and in my family. There was no benevolent God sparing us pain and loss and grief and struggle. If I was going to continue to write about the place where I am from, and the kind of people who live in my community and who are in my family, I owed it to them to be honest with what our lives are like.” PeopleWorldWritingKindPainCommunityLossGriefStruggleHonestMy FamilyRealizationBeing HonestBenevolent Author:Jesmyn Ward
“I hope that if the people who read my work encounter people in the real world who are like the characters that I write about, that maybe that might make them feel empathy for those people. I know it sounds idealistic in a way, but I do hope that my work maybe changes some minds, and that my work makes readers see people as human that maybe before they read my work they might not have seen as humans, and those people include me and my family and my kids, people in my community.” PeopleWorldWritingMindRealCharacterKidsCommunityEmpathyMy FamilyReal World Author:Jesmyn Ward
“I'm incredibly close to my family. I have two younger brothers, they're both artists and actors; and their work and the way they see the world inspires me. We've been making films together since we were kids, in our backyard.” WorldKidsTogetherFilmArtistInspireBrotherMy FamilyYounger Brother Author:Tatiana Maslany
“I got out of Las Vegas after high school. I knew that if I stayed there, I wouldn't have been able to pursue my dreams as an actor or dancer. My family always told me to dream big, so I made sure that I got out of there and explored new places, because the world is huge. And I'm still learning new things every day in this business and in my life.” WorldDreamSchoolHigh SchoolMy FamilyDancerAfter High School Author:Rutina Wesley
“I was very fortunate at a young age to learn what goal setting is and how to take time and spend it the right way. I have a lot going on now, but I want my family to have everything I had growing up and more, and yeah, for me to do that there are times when I need to jump on a plane and travel around the world in a week. But also, it's like, if I start getting burnt out, I know when I need to take a break. Your body tells you; just listen to what your heart is saying.” WorldHeartAgeGoalBreakGrowing UpWeekMy FamilyTake TimeSetting GoalsJust Listen Author:Michael Phelps
“It's fun right now, and I love it right now, but I don't know where I'm going to be tomorrow, 'cause I'm not psychic. But I know that over the last 10 years, acting has been the only joy, this has been - it's strange to say, 'cause the thinking is off. But this is more important than my hobbies, my family, my love, my friends. It's the most important thing in the world to me.” ThinkingWorldImportantJoyFunActingStrangeTomorrowMy Family Author:Shia LaBeouf
“The most profound question is, "What would I risk dying for?" The natural answer is "for my family." But for most of history, we didn't live in families. We lived in small communities that gave us our sense of safety and place in the world, so the natural answer would be "for my people." The blessing and the tragedy of modern life is that we don't need our community to survive anymore. When we lose that idea, we lose a sense of who we are.” PeopleWorldCommunityNaturalRiskModernDyingBlessingMy FamilyTragedySafetyProfound Author:Sebastian Junger
“Portland has influenced me in that it is very much where I feel most "at home" in the world. I grew up there. My family is there, my closest friends are there; my favorite bookstore, record store and coffee joint are there. Portland changed a lot during the eight years I lived in Bellingham but, every time I went back, it always felt like home.” WorldHomeChangedMy FamilyMy FavoriteCoffeeFavorite Book Author:Kasey Anderson
“I'm a deeply privileged person. I have a safe, comfortable life, and there's very little at risk for me. I'm not going to get disowned by my family for talking about having an abortion, and I'm not risking my job or homelessness by saying something controversial that my employer might not like. I have this gift of stability and it feels obligatory to use that to make the world better in whatever small ways I can. It's incredibly fulfilling. Even helping one person feel a little bit better is really important to me and makes me feel like my life means something.” WorldMeanImportantHelpingRiskMy FamilyAbortionStabilityFulfillingHomelessnessControversialLife Means Author:Lindy West
“I have the best friends in the world. I miss my friends, I miss my family but they always come out and visit me. I went to boarding school in the country so there's no real differentiation between family and friends. I went there from when I was 8 until I was 17 - it was insane.” WorldRealCountrySchoolMissingMy FamilyInsaneFamily And Friends Author:Jamie Campbell Bower
“Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.” MenWorldInspirationalFamilyColdMy FamilyCriminal MindFamily LoveAbout FamilyInspirational Family LoveFamily ManBest FamilyLoving FamilyImportance Of FamilyUsed In Criminal Minds Author:Andre Maurois
“My goals have changed throughout my life. At one time it was winning awards, selling out concert dates, selling more albums than anyone else. Now, my goals are to see my grandchildren grown, live a long and healthy life with my family and friends and travel the world.” WorldLongWinningGoalChangedHealthyMy FamilyAlbumsSellingAwardsConcertsOne TimeFamily And FriendsGrandchildrenSetting GoalsTravel The WorldHealthy LifeMy GrandchildrenSelling OutWinning AwardsSelling More Author:Reba McEntire
“I'm thinking of a legacy that I can be proud of and wealth that my grandchildren can use to go to college. So world domination - in terms of providing for my family - is absolutely my goal.” ThinkingWorldI CanUseGoalTermWealthCollegeProudMy FamilyLegacyProvidingBe ProudGrandchildrenDominationMy GrandchildrenWorld Domination Author:Nicki Minaj
“I just want to be healthy and stay alive and keep my family going and everything and keep my friends going and try to do something so that this world will be peaceful. That is the most ambitious and the most difficult thing, but I'm there trying to do it.” WorldWantTryingDifficultAliveThis WorldHealthyMy FriendsMy FamilyPeacefulAmbitiousDifficult ThingsStaying Alive Author:Yoko Ono
“Though I had come into the world on 16 November 1922, my official documents show that I was born two days later, on the 18th. It was thanks to this petty fraud that my family escaped from paying the fine for not having registered my birth at the proper legal time.” WorldTwoShowsBornFineBirthMy FamilyThanksOfficialsFraudDocumentsPettyNovemberTwo Days Author:Jose Saramago
“I love art more than anything in the world except for my family.” WorldArtMy Family Author:Sylvester Stallone
“I love being around my friends and my family and spending time with my husband. I like being normal and recharging my batteries, and I feel like I have the coolest job in the world where I get to get on stage and perform and get to do a lot of really amazing things.” WorldFeelsJobsStageHusbandNormalMy FriendsMy FamilySpendingMy HusbandAmazing ThingsBatteriesSpending TimeReally AmazingRecharging Author:Carrie Underwood
“Apparently, one in five people in the world are Chinese. And there are five people in my family, so it must be one of them. It's either my mum or my dad. Or my older brother, Colin. Or my younger brother, Ho-Chan-Chu. But I think it's Colin.” PeopleThinkingWorldHumorFunnyFatherFiveBrotherDadMy FamilyMy DadChineseMumOlder BrotherDysfunctional FamilyYounger BrotherMy Little BrotherYoung Brother Author:Tim Vine
“I'm still very connected to my family, to the world I grew up in. I understand what it means to be afraid that you can't pay a doctor's bill. Or to have to make the choice between buying a band uniform for a seventh-grader and making the insurance payment on time. That will never leave me. It was how I lived until I was well into my adult years.” WorldYearsWellsMeanStillsChoicesPayGrewBandGrew UpAdultsMy FamilyDoctorsBillsConnectedBuyingUniformsLeaving MePaymentNever Leave Me Author:Elizabeth Warren
“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