Joe Meno When I was growing up in the ’70s and ’80s, by the time you were 16, you were kind of expected to be an adult. By the time we were 16 and able to drive, certainly by 17 or 18 and into college, you just had very little interaction with your parents. – Joe Meno Adult Quotes College Quotes Drive Quotes Expected Quotes Growing Quotes Interaction Quotes Parents Quotes Time Quotes There’s slowly been a kind of shift in how we think about childhood. It’s like childhood almost extends to 20 or 22 even after the end of college. When I was growing up, there was this expectation that you were on your own now. When you’re reading, like, a character’s thoughts, or when it’s in first person, you’re reading kind of their own story, so you have the opportunity to see what makes that character complex or complicated. And to me, that’s what the whole point of fiction is.
Anne Tyler It seems to me that since I’ve had children, I’ve grown richer and deeper. They may have slowed down my writing for a while, but when I did write, I had more of a self to speak from. – Anne Tyler
Doug McMillon Helping other people develops your leadership skills, and people start to see you as a natural leader. – Doug McMillon
Les Baxter I was working all the time I was in college. I was working so much that I could hardly do my college work. – Les Baxter
Emmanuel Lubezki The more tools we have directors and cinematographers will be able to express more and create different worlds and feelings. It’s like having more instruments in an orchestra. – Emmanuel Lubezki
Hope Solo When I did ‘Dancing With the Stars,’ everyone in Hollywood was saying I had too much muscle. – Hope Solo
Isabella Bird The Malays can hardly be said to have an indigenous literature, for it is almost entirely derived from Persia, Siam, Arabia, and Java. Arabic is their sacred language. – Isabella Bird
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