“I had to do what I had to do to keep my family alive. Period.” AlivePeriodsMy Family Author:Art Modell
“Because of my age and what I do for a living and the amount of time that I've spent away from my family and loved ones, I'm starting to relate more to the late-period Kerouac stuff in the way that I once related to the fun and excitement of the early material. There's a darkness inside of me that I'm only now starting to come to grips with and accept. And it's starting to scare me.” WayAgeFunStuffAcceptingDarknessMaterialsAmountPeriodsLateMy FamilyStartingRelateExcitementRelatedScareLoved OnesDarkness Inside Author:Ben Gibbard
“My family is very musical, I was surrounded by it. And from four years old I was the one that asked my mother could I take piano lessons... It wasn't forced on me. It was something I wanted to do. And ever since, I've never stopped, I've never stopped playing music. I never went through a period where I didn't want to do it.” WantYearsWantedMotherFourPeriodsLessonsMy FamilyMusicalPianoFour YearsPlaying MusicPiano Lesson Author:John Legend
“After a short period spent in Brussels as a guest of a neurological institute, I returned to Turin on the verge of the invasion of Belgium by the German army, Spring 1940, to join my family. The two alternatives left then to us were either to emigrate to the United States, or to pursue some activity that needed neither support nor connection with the outside Aryan world where we lived. My family chose this second alternative. I then decided to build a small research unit at home and installed it in my bedroom.” WorldTwoStatesHomeLeftUnitedUnited StatesSupportNeededPeriodsActivitySpringResearchMy FamilyConnectionsDecidedArmyPursueAlternativesGuestsBedroomUnitsAutobiographyInvasionInstituteVergeBelgiumBrussels Author:Rita Levi-Montalcini
“First of all there is always that artistic challenge of creating something. Or the particular experience to take slum life in that period and make something out of it in the form of a book. And then I felt some kind of responsibility to my family.” FirstsKindBookFormFeltChallengesResponsibilityParticularPeriodsCreatingMy FamilyArtisticSlumsCreating Something Author:Frank McCourt
“My grandfather died in the war, my family went through the war, and it affected my parents in really profound ways. I've always wanted to write about that period - in some ways to digest it for myself, something that defined me but that I didn't go through.” WayWritingWarWantedParentPeriodsMy FamilyDiedProfoundDefinedAffectedGrandfatherMy GrandfatherFather DiedGrandfather Died Author:Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
“Education helps you to be a well-rounded person, period. It teaches you how to take in information and data, process it, and use it for life building. Education was key in my family. You were going to college.” WellsPersonsHelpingUseProcessTeachInformationBuildingCollegeKeysPeriodsMy FamilyDataWell RoundedGoing To College Author:Yolanda Adams
“I think the fame aspect, there was definitely a period when I had to get used to it. My family had to get used to it, too. It's exciting.” ThinkingUsedPeriodsFameAspectMy FamilyExciting Author:Kate Upton