We were sweet, lovely people who wanted to throw out all the staid institutions who placed money and wars above all else. When you're young you think that's how life works.
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VANESSA KERRY All the characters on 'Girls' are growing and changing, which is how real people behave, esp... ZOSIA MAMET Information helps you to see that you're not alone. That there's somebody in Mississippi and... MAYA ANGELOU Living life at a young age is like being a sponge thrust into the ocean. You absorb what's aroun... FREDDIE PRINZE, JR. When you're young, you wonder what all these old people are droning on about, trying to impart t... HELEN MIRREN Sometimes you trust someone who turns out not to be honest. There are a lot of things that happen in... SIGOURNEY WEAVER You're right on the money with that. We're all like detectives in life. There's somethin... DAVID LYNCH It's very important that you focus on winning games and being consistent down the stretch. I thi... MIKE SINGLETARY When you're seventeen to early twenties, that's the time you're trying to work out who y... DANIEL RADCLIFFE The trick is not to become somebody else. 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NIKKI REED You can't be afraid to not have everything figured out. There's too much pressure on young p... CHARLIE TROTTER When you get bullied, you automatically think that you're the reason why you're getting bull... KAT GRAHAM You'd never look at a Rembrandt and say, 'That's just wood and canvas and paint - how mu... DAMIEN HIRST People are always judging you based on where you're from, where you went to school, how you look... ANDRE CARSON You gotta remember: we're musicians... we're just crazy people who can't get along somet... COREY TAYLOR Here's how I see obesity: as a symptom. The larger problem is over-consumption. In a society tha... EMILY LEVINE Partying is not a sane way to spend money, but it's fun. When we were young, we did not have a l... MARKUS PERSSON The whole point of being in the Army is wanting to get killed, wanting to test yourself to the limit... RUPERT EVERETT There's people who live life authentically and there's people who live a life of fabrication... MICHAEL MANN Even losing my mother, I wanted my mother. That's who you want instinctually when you're hav... TIG NOTARO When you watch the first 'American Pie' movie, you're like... 'I know that jock who&... HAYDEN SCHLOSSBERG You can make something big when young that will carry you through life. Look at all the big startups... STEVE WOZNIAK I think you live a fuller life with someone else, you know, you're firing on all cylinders. It c... FRANCESCA ANNIS And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think... ISAAC ASIMOV Once you're a football player, you're a football player for life. You always think of yourse... PETE CARROLL People assume I'm out there having this great life, but money doesn't erase the pain. When y... JENNIFER LOPEZ When you're starting off as a young writer, you look at all the stuff that's gone before and... NEIL GAIMAN It's a real pleasure to go to work when you're in the most extraordinary surroundings, and w... HUGO WEAVING All your acts affect all the people, people that you don't even know. So we have to live with re... DIEGO LUNA It's crazy all the dreams you have about what you want to do, how you want to do it, and when yo... BJ THE CHICAGO KID I call all chefs 'cooks.' They're all cooks. That's what we do, we cook. You're ... TOM COLICCHIO It's easy when you're working together to let work things overtake your life, when all you... ST. LUCIA If you're a good Amish girl, you're courting, you have three or four different beaus, and yo... BEVERLY LEWIS I think everything you do, whether it's low budget things when you're first starting out or ... DUNCAN JONES It's interesting how people who were once fairly radical can become, later in life, kind of cons... RICHARD PRINCE You watch stuff like 'The Real Housewives' and you start to think, 'We're all so vac... MIKE WHITE I think it's all about the people who listen to your music, and loving playing and writing. Once... GABRIELLE APLIN I think there is sexy. And then there's tacky sexy. When you're young, you can get away with... ANDIE MACDOWELL I think all actors have a similar deal. You want some people who understand. Although it looks great... EDDIE REDMAYNE When you're successful, there will be friends, people, VIPs rallying around you. When you're... SURESH RAINA We live in such a service-based, globalised economy where very few people actually make anything and... MAX BROOKS Outside football, I just love life, you know. We're lucky to play football, to have all this bod... PAUL POGBA I don't think you get successful to brag and throw what you have in the world's face. That... KEVIN HART 'Who do you think you are?' That's the big one, isn't it? A flourishing life depends... ROBERT FULGHUM A guy's who has all the money he needs and never faced any hard times, he won't have any cha... BOBBY BOWDEN Managing is a tough job. When you're young, you just think it's a natural progression - I... CAROL BARTZ I think it's hard, when you're someone who likes to please people, as I am, to be a boss. I ... RUTH REICHL It's fine when you careen off disasters and terrifyingly bad reviews and rejection and all that ... HAROLD PRINCE I would say it's not as hard as writing, because when you're a writer, you walk right into t... DAVID SELTZER When you're six years old, you do not appreciate that you're living in the Alps. My sisters ... AHNA O'REILLY When you realize who the good people are in your life, you're so lucky. SOPHIA BUSH You know, many people who become famous and enjoy great success when they're young disappear aft... DAVID CASSIDY We all need people who will give us feedback. That's how we improve. BILL GATES As a kid, I always loved serialized books. It's the reason why people love 'Harry Potter.... MINDY KALING I think we all wish we could erase some dark times in our lives. But all of life's experiences, ... LUIS MIGUEL We all in real life put on these masks - we don't swear when we're around certain people... ... MALIN AKERMAN Film has to be reflecting the world that we live in, and that's all you want to be a part of. Ac... ALAN RICKMAN There's so many people who have never heard of us, but I think what we've learned is you can... TYLER JOSEPH I think we've been dulled by capitalism. We're just blobs now - we're so worried about h... RUPERT EVERETT At Oculus, we're now looking at eye specialists, people who really understand how the human eye ... BRENDAN IRIBE We tend to assume that we have a baseline of speech that's going to be normal in all contexts, b... DEBORAH TANNEN Balance is so important. We all have to cut up our clock to find out what works for you. If you'... KIM FIELDS When you're young, you don't have any experience - you're charged up, but you're out... NEIL YOUNG People always lean toward who's the best guitar player, who's the best singer? I don't s... GREGG ALLMAN It's important you think positively not negatively. Think about your loved ones and all the peop... MO FARAH But I think it's more that when you're young, you're invincible, you're immortal - o... DAMIEN HIRST
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