“There were some super-lean years, yeah. I'm six feet four. And I entered into this period all of a sudden when I was too big to play a kid and I was too young to play an adult. Like, I couldn't play the lawyer, but I couldn't play the high school kid anymore.” YearsPlayBigsKidsSchoolYoungFourFeetPeriodsSixHigh SchoolAdultsYeahLawyer Author:Jason Segel
“The 1st period is won by the best technician. The 2nd period is won by the kid in the best shape. The 3rd period is won by the kid with the biggest heart.” InspirationalHeartMotivationalKidsSuccessWinningPeriodsShapesWrestlingTechnicians Author:Dan Gable
“Obese kids watch no more television than kids who aren't obese. All the thin kids watch massive amounts of television, too. There is no statistical correlation between obesity and media use, period.” ChildrenUseKidsWatchesMediaTelevisionAmountPeriodsMassiveObesityCorrelationObese Book:Nurtureshock: Why Everything We Thought About Children is Wrong Source: Nurtureshock: Why Everything We Thought About Children is Wrong
“I've had a period of drawing on canvas in black - with some of my early images coming thru -, think the non-objectivists will find them disturbing - and the kids who think it simple to splash a 'Pollock' out.” ThinkingKidsBlackSimplePeriodsDrawingCanvasDisturbingPollock Book:Jackson Pollock: the black pourings, 1951-1953 Source: Jackson Pollock: the black pourings, 1951-1953
“I loved doing school musicals [as a kid], I even started at an early age to write little plays for the school to perform. I was not just keen on that, it was during that time, during the school period then from an early age, that I began to dream about acting.” WritingLittlesPlayDreamKidsAgeSchoolActingPeriods Author:George Ogilvie
“Intensive mothering is the ultimate female Olympics: We are all in powerful competition with each other, in constant danger of being trumped by the mom down the street, or in the magazine we're reading. The competition isn't just over who's a good mother--it's over who's the best. We compete with each other; we compete with ourselves. The best mothers always put their kids' needs before their own, period.” NeedsKidsMotherReadingPowerfulStreetsDangerMomPeriodsFemaleUltimateConstantCompetitionMotherhoodMagazinesOlympicsMotheringGood MotherBest Mother Author:Susan J. Douglas
“There are about 360,000 churches in America, so we could mentor a million kids within a short period of time if everyone signed on, which, of course, is a pipedream, but we're going to reach toward that.” IfsKidsAmericaCoursesChurchMillionsPeriodsMentor Author:Donald Miller
“Every kid has a bug period, I like to say, and I just got so fascinated and I had that experience, that wonderful life of being able to go out on my own without really any supervision at all. I just lucked out that way. I was trusted as a kid.” WayKidsAbleMy OwnWonderfulPeriodsFascinatedTrustedBugsSupervisionWonderful Life Author:E. O. Wilson
“The transitional period was tough, I won't kid you. You go from a certain family dynamic to adjusting to a completely new one. It took a few months for us all to fi nd our feet.” KidsCertainFeetMonthsPeriodsToughAdjusting Author:Donna Air
“We're living in a time period where if a kid is on a plastic scooter that's one inch off the ground, mom and dad think he should have a helmet on. I don't think they should have a helmet on. They should break their leg and have an imagination. Otherwise, we're going to have a nation of accountants.” IfsThinkingShouldKidsNationsImaginationBreakMomDadPeriodsShould HaveLegsInchesPlasticAccountantsHelmetMom And DadTime PeriodsScooters Author:Ramin Bahrani
“I looked at the rap community like street kids wanting their own brand. But now I look at that period with the rappers in the 90s as a trend of the moment. What it taught me was never to follow a trend, because trends move on.” LooksMomentsKidsMovingCommunityStreetsTaughtPeriodsRapBrandsTrendsRapper Author:Tommy Hilfiger
“What I know is that if I was asked to teach mathematics in French for a week to young kids, I would do my homework and I think I could do a decent job. I don't think a degree in education would make me a better teacher. I sometimes teach in college. I don't teach for long periods of time, but I give workshops and I think I can communicate stuff. So, it's about communicating.” IfsThinkingKnowsGivingLongI CanSometimesKidsJobsYoungStuffTeachTeacherWeekCollegePeriodsDegreesMathematicsCommunicateDecentHomeworkWorkshopsLong Periods Of Time Author:Philippe Falardeau
“I would say my greatest achievement in life right now - my greatest achievement period is - and I'm still trying to achieve it - is to be a wonderful father to my kids.” TryingStillsKidsFatherSportsWonderfulAchievePeriodsRight NowAchievementFathers DayGreatest AchievementHappy Fathers DayHappy Fathers Day God Author:Bo Jackson
“I support a total ban on handgun ownership for anyone under eighteen. Uzis should be absolutely banned from entering this country. Automatic weapons of any kind should not be for sale in America. For that matter, toy Uzis should not be available for kids, either. There would be a minimum seven-day waiting period between applying for a gun permit and obtaining a gun.” ShouldKindCountryMatterWould BeKidsAmericaWaitingSupportPeriodsWeaponsGunSevenAvailablePermitToysOwnershipMinimumEnteringEighteenBansBannedObtainingSeven DaysHandgunsAutomatic Weapons Author:Joycelyn Elders
“As a sick kid, I always looked out the window. The objects of my observation were the sun, the seasons, the wind, crazy people, and my grandfather's death. During my long period of observation, I felt that something like poems were filling up my body.” PeopleLongBodyKidsFeltSunCrazyObjectsWindPeriodsWindowSeasonsSickObservationGrandfatherFillingMy GrandfatherCrazy PeopleFilling UpSick Kids Author:Kim Hyesoon
“I just didn't want any order in anything. I have to leave an ordered life for them - the kids - and my job. I have to be at my desk at a certain time, and I have to answer e-mails within a certain time period.” WantKidsJobsCertainOrderAnswersPeriodsMailDesksTime Periods Author:Victoria Chang
“I'm working from home a lot. That's very unusual because I'm away a lot, sometimes working on the other side of the world for long periods of time. So, it's hard to manage in the sense that I want to be the best dad I can be but it's almost harder when you have your kids outside the door.” WorldWantLongI CanSometimesHardHomeKidsSidesDoorsDadPeriodsHarderManageBeing The BestUnusualLong Periods Of TimeBest Dad Author:Andy Serkis
“You got to miss class to do it. Like, many periods of school. And then they took us to an elementary or middle school, and we told kids that they could be cool when they grew up even if they didn't do drugs.” IfsKidsSchoolClassMiddleMissingGrewPeriodsDrugGrew UpBeing CoolMiddle School Author:Ilana Glazer
“Gay, straight - whatever - adolescents in high school and coming out of junior high, that's such a difficult, awkward period and kids can be so cruel and mean.” MeanKidsSchoolDifficultPeriodsGayHigh SchoolComing OutAwkwardJuniorsJunior High Author:Mahershala Ali