My sense of injustice about our family's 'weirdness' in not owning a car was amplified by the fact that we did not own a television, either - my parents were unapologetic about this and told me very cheerfully that I would thank them for it when I was older, which was quite true.
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I've had it since I was a kid, and when I look at myself in the... ERIK HASSLE For me, it's about the way I carry myself and the way I treat other people. My relationship and ... BEYONCE KNOWLES All I did from day-to-day is coach. That's what my job was, that's what my passion was, and ... PAT RILEY The worst was relizing that I’d lost him for nothing because he’d been rght about all of it-- va... CLAUDIA GRAY I have very liberal parents. People forget that Fidel Castro was on the cover of 'Time' maga... ROBERT ENGLUND My entire family were Democrats all our lives. But because how furious I was about the previous admi... DANNY AIELLO It's not comfortable for me to write about my family. I'm not comfortable writing about me. KARL ROVE I've always assumed that my parents and my in-laws would live with me when I get older and have ... MINDY KALING I listen to the people. That was a big reason for my life, maybe the main reason, I'm singing be... JULIO IGLESIAS Since my brother died in 1982, my parents and I had formed a shaky tripod of a family; now that I... ANN HOOD When I told my parents I wanted to be an actor, it was like saying I wanted to be an astronaut. Not ... DAVID MORRISSEY My first-ever car, my parents bought me a red Fiat Uno. I was 17 and just so happy to have a car, so... VICTORIA BECKHAM When I was doing 'Family Ties,' I was not quite that mellow as a real father. In fact, my wi... MICHAEL GROSS It's not about hiding your imperfections on a shoot; it's about embracing them and being una... ERIN O'CONNOR I'm just naturally quite toned. My dad was like a body builder, so I've got my dad's bod... REBECCA MADER My dad wanted me to be a professional person, which I was - I was a civil engineer. I graduated from... JAMES HONG When I was in my early twenties, parts would be written for women in their fifties, and I would get ... ANNE HATHAWAY I remember I read this harsh review about my show, and one of my friends told me that this was the e... BRITNEY SPEARS When I was a child I asked my mother what homosexuality was about and she said - and this was 100 ye... KARL LAGERFELD I was raised by my great-great aunt. I was adopted within our family. My mother had me when she was,... ERIC DICKERSON I felt like all of the American people did not believe me because of the things that were said about... PAULA JONES You wouldn't think it would but my parents were really balanced about that. When it came time fo... ELMER BERNSTEIN I don't think that I could ever be a strict dad. I never grew up with anybody strict in my life.... RANDY HOUSER I've often entertained paranoid suspicions about my fridge and what it's been doing to my po... GEORGE MURRAY The only big things I've purchased are my dad's heart valve and a Rolls-Royce for my parents... LADY GAGA My parents' convictions, when it came to discipline, were not very strong. For my bar mitzvah, I... ADAM PALLY I grew up in Kentucky, so we do not have a pro team. My family was split between the Cubs and the Re... MAGGIE LAWSON The battle against cancer has made me strong. It's like winning a war! When I was diagnosed, I w... YUVRAJ SINGH I enjoyed Jonathan Franzen's 'Freedom.' Would I make that into a film? I think it's ... PETER WEIR My dad was a very quiet person, and unbelievably tough. But my grandmother gave me my first look at ... BOBBY KNIGHT Yes, I grew up with guns. For my 16th birthday, in fact, I received a .357 instead of a car. But the... BENJAMIN PERCY My parents are older, and they lead a somewhat sheltered life. It was difficult to talk with them ab... ANITA HILL I knew nothing about my mum's family. Her parents were dead by the time she was 14. She was brou... JASMINE GUINNESS When I was young and it was someone's birthday, I didn't have the money to buy nice presents... DAVID HENRIE When I told my parents that I was starting my transition, my Dad said, 'Well that makes so much ... CANDIS CAYNE When I think about creating abundance, it's not about creating a life of luxury for everybody on... PETER DIAMANDIS My parents never told me about Papa's lung cancer or the desperate nature of the operations he w... BEVERLY SILLS When I was 13 I asked my mother if it was possible for this to end - I'd had enough of it. And t... LINDA BLAIR I remember when I did 'Mrityudand' there was this big hoo-ha, and people were asking me why ... MADHURI DIXIT 'Freaks and Geeks' was my favorite show when it was on, by a wide measure. And that's th... ROB THOMAS My dad listened to a lot of James Taylor when I was growing up. We had a couple of his cassettes in ... JESSIE MUELLER The older I grow the more I see the influence of my family on my life. I didn't always see it. I... KATHERINE DUNHAM Everyone talks about how we're on our phones all the time, but the fact remains that when I'... DOMHNALL GLEESON I was very young, and I was on vacation with my family, and there was a retrospective of old films, ... DARIO ARGENTO I had braces; I was lucky, 'cause I had some snaggle teeth. I always try and keep my retainer on... KREAYSHAWN We're all comedy fans in my family. My parents mainly wouldn't let me watch stuff that was e... TINA FEY My love for cooking began when I was young. Because my parents were in the army, they were both real... TIA MOWRY In my office, we were talking about the fact that they'd announced a remake of 'A Star is Bo... EDWARD ZWICK I look upon The Animals, they were a great band initially, we left our mark, but thing was it was a ... ERIC BURDON I had a vague idea of the song's impact in the '60s, but that was tempered by the hate mail ... JANIS IAN My parents told me from the time I can remember that, 'Yeah, you're adopted. But this is you... COLIN KAEPERNICK I think I was just lucky to be brought up in a very musical family. My two older brothers were, and ... KATE BUSH A misperception about anorexia is that you don't eat. Not true. Maybe you eat just 500 calories ... BRITTANY SNOW I have no tattoos at all - it was a huge undertaking for me in the '80s to let my parents know I... JIMMY SMITS I'm not ashamed of anything that I've done because when I did it, I was passionate about it ... YELAWOLF Jack Palance was my distant uncle - that's the family gossip. Growing up, my family knew everyth... CHUCK PALAHNIUK 'Marley and Me' was a book I was proud of and believed in, but I thought it would just have ... JOHN GROGAN I was studying Francis of Assisi for quite some time, when Benedict was still the pope. And I was st... PATTI SMITH It's rumored that doing well in real estate is to be able to close a deal. 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ELEANOR ROOSEVELT You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with the best you... ELEANOR ROOSEVELT To save the theatre, the theatre must be destroyed, the actors and actresses must all die of the pla... ELEANOR DUSE Both men and women are fallible. The difference is, women know it. ELEANOR BRON Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Perhaps nature is our best assurance of immortality. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT What one has to do usually can be done. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT I have spent many years of my life in opposition and I like the role. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT You always admire what you really don't understand. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Alcohol removes inhibitions - like that scared little mouse who got drunk and shook his whiskers and... ELEANOR EARLY You always admire what you really don't understand. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT A mature person is one who is does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even whe... ELEANOR ROOSEVELT The kind of man who thinks that helping with the dishes is beneath him will also think that helping ... ELEANOR ROOSEVELT I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the descrip... ELEANOR ROOSEVELT It is better to light 1 candle
than to curse the darkness. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes ... and th... ELEANOR ROOSEVELT I hope your dreams take you... to the corners of your smiles, to the highest of your hopes, to the w... ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Good friends are like stars.... You don't always see them, but you know they are always there ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Sometimes I wonder if we shall ever grow up in our politics and say definite things which mean somet... ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people ELEANOR ROOSEVELT So much attention is paid to the aggressive sins, such as violence and cruelty and greed with all th... ELEANOR ROOSEVELT It was a wife's duty to be interested in whatever interested her husband, whether it was politics, b... ELEANOR ROOSEVELT I used to tell my husband that, if he could make me 'understand' something, it would be clear to all... ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Hate and force cannot be in just a part of the world without having an effect on the rest of it. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT The battle for the individual rights of women is one of long standing and none of us should countena... ELEANOR ROOSEVELT You must do the thing you think you cannot do ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Whatever come we have to meet it. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT A woman is like a teabag, you never know how strong she is until she gets into hot water. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Both men and women are fallible. The difference is, women know it. ELEANOR BRON You must do the thing you think you cannot do. -Eleanor Roosevelt. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Remember, no one can make you feel inferior without your consent. -Eleanor Roosevelt. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT What we are is God's gift to us. What we become is our gift to God. ELEANOR POWELL Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual you have an obligation to be on... ELEANOR ROOSEVELT A compliment is a gift, not to be thrown away carelessly, unless you want to hurt the giver. ELEANOR HAMILTON Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn't have the power to say yes. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Don't forget to vote for Bill Clinton and Al Gore. Stay home if you're voting for Dole. ELEANOR MONDALE As for accomplishments, I just did what I had to do as things came along. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes... and... ELEANOR ROOSEVELT People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is... ELEANOR ROOSEVELT You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear... ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT People want change but not too much change. Finding that balance is tricky for every politician. ELEANOR CLIFT The giving of love is an education in itself. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most u... ELEANOR ROOSEVELT You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and ... ELEANOR ROOSEVELT You must do the things you think you cannot do. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Justice cannot be for one side alone, but must be for both. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT A stumbling block to the pessimist is a stepping-stone to the optimist. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Probably the happiest period in life most frequently is in middle age, when the eager passions of yo... ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Autobiographies are only useful as the lives you read about and analyze may suggest to you something... ELEANOR ROOSEVELT