When I was 13, I began relaxing my hair, and that meant when I turned 18 it began to crack and fall off, and when I began anchoring, I had short, stubbly pieces of hair. And trying to report in San Francisco with fog meant my hair swelled.
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Related My worst hair experience was when I was trying to relax my hair and my grandmother did it. It went a... JAMIE FOXX I always had short hair, and I hated my short hair. I was always mistaken for a boy, but my mom woul... DOROTHY HAMILL When I was in my early 20s, I had my hair permed. Bad idea! It turned into total frizz. My advice to... MARISKA HARGITAY Honestly, what I think set everything off is when I cut my hair off when I was 16 and dyed it blue. ... KYLIE JENNER When I was younger, I went through a phase when I didn't like my hair. Because the school I went... ZENDAYA I have kept a diary, WITHNAIL AND I I didn't fall into the category of the 'classic Bond girl.' I had short hair - and no Bo... CAREY LOWELL I think I am at my best when my hair is short. It's easier to take care of and more of who I am.... HALLE BERRY I started wearing wigs when I was younger and had a thyroid disease that made my hair fall out. It w... ANGELA ROBINSON When I was younger, I had pink underneath my hair, and I got detention. I went to an all-girls schoo... GIA COPPOLA When I got [my] library card, that was when my life began. RITA MAE BROWN But when I cut off my hair I even had friends not recognize me. DAVEY HAVOK Like when I had long hair, you kind of got male attention from everything. But when you had short ha... ASHLEY SCOTT She began to curl her hair and long for balls JANE AUSTEN It is so expensive to take care of my hair and keep it looking like I was born with it, when my real... SAMANTHA BEE I've had long hair, I've had short hair, and I've had in between hair... and its all goo... MORENA BACCARIN I was somebody who never loved my hair. I had curly hair and wished it was straight. JENNIFER ANISTON I dyed my hair pink when I was fifteen. KAREN GILLAN It's a compulsion. I'm always changing parts of me. Even when I was young, I wanted to chang... RACHEL MCADAMS I think the '90s is the reason why I recently had to find natural haircare products to allow my ... DREW SIDORA When I first cut my hair short, I was trying for a mix of Mia Farrow and Jean Seberg. The photo I to... MORENA BACCARIN I've had watermelon hair where I had pink with green tips. From the age of 13 to about 19 or 20,... NATALIA TENA I have had every hair color. I joke with my hair colorist. She keeps sheets of paper on every hair c... BRITTANY SNOW I was slicking my hair back when I was in sixth grade. G-EAZY I was four when I announced my ambition to write, eight when I began publishing such claims. TAIYE SELASI I generally like to wear my hair down, preferably with soft curls. But when I'm having a bad hai... YAMI GAUTAM When I was a teenager, I was really into hair; I dyed it different colours and had loads of haircuts... CHLOE SEVIGNY When I began my political career, I identified with Malcolm X. AYMAN ODEH I've hidden behind my hair more than clothes. Sometimes having long hair with a fringe is very u... BAT FOR LASHES I can't live without mousse. When my hair is damp I put it at the roots. When I blow dry my hair... SHAY MITCHELL As long as I kept moving, my grief streamed out behind me like a swimmer's long hair in water. I kne... BARBARA KINGSOLVER My hair was so much a part of my personality and all my photo shoots. I hid behind my hair. And then... PAMELA ANDERSON I feel like I've been known for having long black hair, so when I took all my extensions out and... KEKE PALMER I like to swing my hair when I dance. HALEEMA FORD Since I sometimes won the race between my fancy and nature’s reality, the deception was bearable. ... VLADIMIR NABOKOV As a young girl, I definitely struggled with knowing what to do with my hair. I was just in a neighb... JILLIAN HERVEY It really wasn't until I was in college when I began to write more and more, and I realized I wa... RITA DOVE I dyed my hair red when I was ten and when I was 11 - in my goth period - I dyed it black and I was ... FLORENCE WELCH When I was 18, I began attending college for art and design, and I designed all sorts of things from... ALDIS HODGE When I was sixteen I was pretending to be Charlie Musselwhite. I had a long raincoat on, my hair sli... DAN AYKROYD I just love when girls rock short hair, because they can't hide behind anything. I feel more emp... MAREN MORRIS I had looked for happiness in fast living, but it was not there. I tried to find it in money, but it... EDWARD YOUNG I don't know about the hair. I've had it since I was a kid, and when I look at myself in the... ERIK HASSLE When I began to listen to poetry, it's when I began to listen to the stones, and I began to list... JOY HARJO Elizabeth called it my mane of hair; I called it my bane of hair. However, it was far worse looking ... PENNY REID The first important movie that I did, I shaved my head for the movie. When the hair grew back, I had... VINCENT CASSEL My life really began when I married my husband. NANCY REAGAN When I first began, the technicians, camera and makeup men made me feel so self-conscious that I beg... JESSIE MATTHEWS When I was 13, I entered the seminary in the hope of becoming a priest. But I often found myself hel... JOEL ROBUCHON And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head an... BIBLE My intellectual development was retarded, as a result of which I began to wonder about space and tim... ALBERT EINSTEIN I scheduled a hair appointment yesterday. I'm getting my hair cut Tuesday when I get home. JAMIE KORAB The short hair fits my personality more. I think maybe, with long hair, it was a role - I was playin... NATALIE MAINES I'm sure that my compulsive eating habits began when I was a baby. JEAN NIDETCH Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven. BIBLE I love my hair. When I was young it had weird kinks and cowlicks in it, but I just grew into it. You... SANDRA OH Before we left home, my hair had already started to fall apart. I decided to pull it into a bun high... MOLLIE GROSS I feel old when I see mousse in my opponent's hair. ANDRE AGASSI I had the most expensive haircut you can get, and I was walking around with my hair in rollers backs... KELLY CUTRONE When I was 16, I started to spend a lot of time in Soho and downtown New York and noticed everyone... JUSTINE SKYE When I began to wait to live I really began to wait to die. WILLIAM SAROYAN Failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. I stopped pretending to myself that I was anythin... J. K. ROWLING Things could be worse for San Francisco itself with a rupture that begins south of the city, than it... BRAD AAGAARD When I had dark hair I definitely felt that I was more anonymous. NAOMI WATTS I made my own assessment of my life, and I began to live it. That was freedom. FERNANDO FLORES That was in Crescent City, California, up near the Oregon border. I left soon after. But today I was... RAYMOND CARVER I began playing the flute during the summer before my sixth grade year when I was 11 years old, and ... AMBER CUNNINGHAM I had that hunger to work and keep growing. So I started to cut hair. When I started getting better,... YANDEL When I'm at school, I usually put my hair up. High pony, side pony, or a bun, I like my hair out... LAURA MARANO When I grew up in the '60s, your hair had to be straight and you had to be skinny and have no boobs,... BERNADETTE PETERS When I was a young actor in Vienna, already my hair was falling out at a rapid rate. I went to a doc... OTTO PREMINGER I can't stand quitters. My mother is a very strong, determined woman. I was peeling onions when ... ESTELLE When I was 12, every little girl in Russia was trying to wear her hair like mine and playing tennis. ANNA KOURNIKOVA I think I'm more approachable with long hair. When it's short, I come across as being artsy ... SELMA BLAIR I had just come to accept that my life would be ordinary when extraordinary things began to happen. RANSOM RIGGS Patch stood over me, and a drop of rain slid from his hair, landing like ice on my collarbone. I fel... BECCA FITZPATRICK When I was modeling in Japan, I could blend in a little because of my hair, but my roommates with bl... EMMANUELLE VAUGIER In 'Thor,' that was my own hair. I grew it out. But I have naturally curly, blonde hair, so ... TOM HIDDLESTON All in the wild March-morning I heard the angels call;
It was when the moon was setting, and the d... LORD ALFRED TENNYSON And so we remained till the red of the dawn began to fall through the snow gloom. I was desolate and... BRAM STOKER When I was a teenager, I was fat. I was shy. I wore glasses. I had a big eyebrow and hair all over m... GLORIA ESTEFAN I grew up in a predominantly Caucasian community, and most of my friends had blonde hair and blue ey... SHAY MITCHELL Forty-five years ago, when I was 18, I came to San Francisco by boat and took two weeks to get here.... TADASHI YANAI I was just trying to put one foot in front of the other when the week began. I can't explain what ha... BEN CRENSHAW When I was a young girl, I wasn't always trying to have curly hair. JILLIAN HERVEY I think when I first straightened my hair, I was a teenager. I don't believe that I was consciou... TAMRON HALL But, when the wit began to wheeze,
And wine had warm'd the politician,
Cur'd yesterday of my d... MATTHEW PRIOR When I was six, I entered a talent contest. I dyed my hair blond, had a chainsaw and pretended I was... NICO MIRALLEGRO My journey began when I found out about YouTube on how do you make music, and from that, people star... ALAN WALKER Whenever something went wrong when I was young - if I had a pimple or if my hair broke - my mom woul... MAYA ANGELOU I had hair down to my shoulders, a beard and mustache. I was crude and rude. MARTIN LANDAU I was diagnosed with dyslexia when I was seven, and it was a bit of a struggle to begin with. It was... PRINCESS BEATRICE OF YORK I was 7 years old when I began composing. I began composing, improvising at the piano, the usual sto... SAMUEL BARBER God has opened up the door for me to preach and teach the gospel of Jesus Christ. I began attending ... BISHOP MARCELL WRIGHT JR When I write, I tend to twist my hair. Something for my small mind to do, I guess. MAYA ANGELOU I was a sickly child and couldn't digest food. Preparing food for me was a challenge for my mother, ... KARLA LOPEZ I love my grey hair and wrinkles. I love the fact that my face has more of an edge and more characte... GEORGE CLOONEY I have really long hair, so I don't cut it all that often. Sometimes, when I'm working, I ju... ZHU ZHU When I was fifteen years old, my dad won a video camera in a corporate golf tournament. I snatched i... STEVE-O Since I first fell in love with choral music when I was 18 and began composing at 21, I've been ... ERIC WHITACRE
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