“I got my first instrument for Christmas when I was three or four years old. My parents got me a mandolin because it was the only instrument that would fit me because I was so small. I went straight from that into the drums when I was six, and then I started playing guitar when I was seven or eight.” YearsFirstsThreeParentFourFitSixInstrumentsSevenGuitarEightFour YearsPlaying Guitar Author:Chord Overstreet
“Three thousand people died at ground zero. Their families are entitled to a little bit of respect, to respect the memory of those poor people that died there. And how about the families of all those soldiers that died in the two ensuing wars? Aren't they entitled to a little bit of respect - the kids, the wives, the parents?” PeopleLittlesTwoWarKidsThreeBitsParentMemoriesPoorWifeThousandLittle BitDiedSoldierZeroEntitledPoor PeopleGround Zero Author:Carl Paladino
“My parents were devoted. Civic minded. We had family counsels. Three of us children against two of them. We lived a 'Leave It to Beaver' time.” ChildrenTwoThreeParentDevotedCivicsBeaversCivic Minded Author:Sissy Spacek
“I have three older brothers, and each one of them has chosen one of my parents' education. Two of them are actors, and the third is a doctor as my mother is.” TwoMotherThreeActorsParentBrotherDoctorsThirdsChosenOlder BrotherChosen One Author:Bill Skarsgard
“I don't think I made a conscious decision as a career choice. From my school days I had decided, persuaded by my parents, to prepare myself for the law. Then the Japanese occupation came and we went through three and a half years of what I would call the university of life, it was hard, it was harsh.” ThinkingYearsMadeHardSchoolLawChoicesThreeParentDecisionHalfCareersConsciousDecidedUniversityOccupationHarshHalf A YearSchool DaysCareers Choices Author:Lee Kuan Yew
“I decided to pursue music, so I dropped out of school and I told my parents I didn't want any money from them. I got three jobs and I just hit the ground running.” WantRunningSchoolJobsThreeParentDecidedPursue Author:Lady Gaga
“I met my wife [Sukhinder Kaur Gill] in Bombay at an official function. And then we courted for three years. That's a great old term, 'courting’. And we had to do it quietly, of course, because you would know the difficulties one might have with Indian parents. She was advised by her father that people in the West don't take marriage seriously.” PeopleKnowsYearsMightThreeCoursesFatherParentTermWifeMetsFunctionDifficultyWestMy WifeIndianOfficialsThree YearsBombay Author:Glenn Turner
“Only to two or three persons in all the world are the reminiscences of a man's early youth interesting: to the parent who nursed him; to the fond wife or child mayhap afterwards who loves him; to himself always and supremely--whatever may be his actual prosperity or ill fortune, his present age, illness, difficulties, renown, or disappointments--the dawn of his life still shines brightly for him, the early griefs and delights and attachments remain with him ever faithful and dear.” MenWorldMayChildrenPersonsStillsTwoAgeThreeParentInterestingGriefWifeChildhoodYouthDifficultyShiningFortuneDearIllIllnessDisappointmentProsperityDelightDawnFaithfulAttachmentRenown Author:William Makepeace Thackeray
“The ideal situation for a parent is one that no one has - having a fulfilling job that requires you to work three days a week. It's better for the parents, because they get to spend time with the children and also have a source of pride and achievement - and income - outside the home.” ChildrenHomeJobsThreeParentSituationWeekSourcePrideAchievementIdealsIncomeFulfillingEnd TimesSpend Time Author:Tina Fey
“There was zero time for reflection. We had to feed the prisoners three meals a day, deal with the prisoner breakdowns, deal with their parents, run a parole board. By the third day I was sleeping in my office. I had become the superintendent of the Stanford county jail. That was who I was: I'm not the researcher at all. Even my posture changes--when I walk through the prison yard, I'm walking with my hands behind my back, which I never in my life do, the way generals walk when they're inspecting troops.” WayHandsRunningThreeParentSleepWalksDealsBehindsWalkingOfficeReflectionThirdsPrisonBoardsMealsJailZeroPrisonerTroopsYardsCountyBreakdownPostureResearchersSleeping InParoleStanfordBehind My BackSuperintendents Author:Philip Zimbardo
“And last, my mom. I don’t think you know what you did. You had my brother when you were 18 years old. Three years later, I came out. The odds were stacked against us. Single parent with two boys by the time you were 21 years old. Everybody told us we weren’t supposed to be here. We went from apartment to apartment by ourselves. One of the best memories I had was when we moved into our first apartment, no bed, no furniture and we just sat in the living room and just hugged each other. We thought we made it.” ThinkingKnowsYearsFirstsMadeTwoLastsThreeCausesParentMemoriesRoomsBoysBrotherMomBedMovedMy MomMade ItSupposed To BeSatMy BrotherNbaThree YearsOddsApartmentFurnitureEighteenLiving RoomSingle ParentMvpBest MemoriesEighteen Years Old Author:Kevin Durant
“I want here to make three suggestions: first, that the doubts the ordinary man feels about religion are justified, and need not be stifled or concealed; second, that there is no ground for the view that Christianity is the only alternative to communism, or that there can be no sound character training that is not based on religion; and, third, I want to make some practical suggestions to the parents who are not believers, on what they should tell the children about God, and what sort of moral training they should give them.” MenWantNeedsGivingFeelsShouldFirstsChildrenCharacterThreeParentSoundViewsMoralChristianityDoubtAtheismTrainingOrdinaryThirdsPositive AtheismBelieverPracticalsCommunismAlternativesSuggestionsJustifiedConcealedOrdinary Man Author:Margaret E. Knight
“I grew up in a remarkable home, the middle of seven children. My parents raised us well. They loved us well. We laughed hard growing up. But being the middle child, I couldn't figure out where I fit in the home, whether I was the youngest of the older three or the oldest of the younger three. When you don't know where you fit inside the home and you're young and you're desperate to fit in somewhere, I'd figured where I would fit outside the home. So I made some bad decisions about who I hung out with, I dropped out of high school, got kicked out of the house.” KnowsWellsChildrenMadeHardHomeSchoolYoungThreeHouseParentDecisionGrowing UpGrowingMiddleFiguresGrewFitGrew UpHigh SchoolRaisedSevenDesperateRemarkableLaughedHungBad DecisionMiddle Child Author:Tullian Tchividjian
“I signed schoolboy forms for Watford when I was 12, but then my parents got divorced, and I never kicked a ball for three years. I rebelled, I left home, but getting back into football sorted me out. It was the second chance I needed.” YearsHomeFormThreeLeftParentChanceFootballNeededBallsThree YearsDivorcedSecond Chance Author:Vinnie Jones
“I was raised by my mom. My dad was always traveling, but she allowed me and encouraged me to be close to my dad. So I grew up with three parents: my mom, my dad and my stepmom. Ninety percent of the time I was with my mom, and 10 percent was with my dad.” ThreeParentGrewMomDadGrew UpPercentRaisedMy DadMy MomNinety Author:Brian J. White
“My parents enrolled me in a gymnastics class when I was three years old, and I just was drawn to gymnastics. I loved it. It was my playground, and I could run around and be free there.” YearsRunningThreeParentClassThree YearsGymnasticsPlaygroundsThree Year Olds Author:Dominique Moceanu
“When your parents are Middle Eastern immigrants, you have three choices. You can become a doctor, a lawyer or an engineer.” ChoicesThreeParentMiddleDoctorsLawyerImmigrantsEngineersEastern Author:Michael Mina
“For the best part of my childhood I visited the local library three or four times a week, hunching in the stacks on a foam rubber stool and devouring children's fiction, classics, salacious thrillers, horror and sci-fi, books about cinema and origami and natural history, to the point where my parents encouraged me to read a little less.” ChildrenLittlesBookThreeParentNaturalFictionFourWeekChildhoodHorrorLibraryLocalsCinemaSci FiThrillersRubberFoamStoolsNatural HistoryDevouringOrigami Author:David Nicholls
“Our audience is young and vibrant; we retain our previous following; we are three generations into it. Unlike other bands that are very demographically specific, who they appeal to and who their fans are, we're the antithesis of that. If you see your younger brother or a parent of yours or a neighbor at most rock concerts, that's not cool but with us and kids, it's a tribal gathering. Whether it's kids or neighbors - they're all part of a secret society.” IfsKidsYoungThreeParentSecretAudienceGenerationsFansRocksBrotherBandFollowingNeighborAppealsConcertsGatheringAntithesisSecret SocietyYounger BrotherThree GenerationsRock Concerts Author:Paul Stanley
“When you're a parent, then you still have to commit to this concept of, "Okay, I'm basically out of action now for three months."” StillsActionThreeParentMonthsConceptsOkayCommitThree Months Author:Thom Yorke
“I think the only thing harder for a parent is having to sit down and watch you do a dying scene. I've died in three films, and my mom begs me, "Just tell me you don't die at the end."” ThinkingEndsFilmDiesThreeParentWatchesDyingMomSceneHarderDiedDown AndMy Mom Author:Garrett Hedlund