Well, You Know What Grown-ups Are,' Said Dinah. 'they Don't Think The Same Way As We Do. I Expect When We Grow Up, We Shall Think Like Them - But Let's Hope We Remember What It Was Like To Think In The Way Children Do, And Understand The Boys And The Girls That Are Growing Up When We're Men And Women.
I Have To Go With What Comes Naturally To Me. Fantasy Isn't My Thing. I Did Enjoy The Oz Books When I Was Growing Up And Certainly My Grandson And I Read Harry Potter Together. You Write What You Can As Well As You Can.
When I Was Growing Up, I Dreamed About Becoming A Cowgirl, A Detective, A Spy, A Great Actress, Or A Ballerina. Not A Dentist, Like My Father, Or A Homemaker, Like My Mother - And Certainly Not A Writer, Although I Always Loved To Read.
I Didn't Know Anything About Writers. It Never Occurred To Me They Were Regular People And That I Could Grow Up To Become One, Even Though I Loved To Make Up Stories Inside My Head.
Something Awful Happens To A Person Who Grows Up As A Creative Kid And Suddenly Finds No Creative Outlet As An Adult.
We're Growing Up With A Very Illiterate Bunch Of Children Who Have Somehow Been Taught That Film Is Fact When, In Fact, It's Invention. Hopefully, An Historical Film Will Inspire People To Go And Read About The History But In The End It Is A Work Of Fiction And Selection. As For The Armour Itself, No It Wasn't Particularly Comfortable.
When I Was Growing Up, My Dad Would Encourage My Brother And I To Fail. We Would Be Sitting At The Dinner Table And He Would Ask, 'so What Did You Guys Fail At This Week?' If We Didn't Have Something To Contribute, He Would Be Disappointed. When I Did Fail At Something, He'd High-five Me. What I Didn't Realize At The Time Was That He Was Completely Reframing My Definition Of Failure At A Young Age. To Me, Failure Means Not Trying; Failure Isn't The Outcome. If I Have To Look At Myself In The Mirror And Say, 'i Didn't Try That Because I Was Scared,' That Is Failure.
My Dad Encouraged Us To Fail. Growing Up, He Would Ask Us What We Failed At That Week. If We Didn't Have Something, He Would Be Disappointed. It Changed My Mindset At An Early Age That Failure Is Not The Outcome, Failure Is Not Trying. Don't Be Afraid To Fail.
When My Parents Were Growing Up The World's Population Was Under Three Billion. During My Children's Lifetime, It Is Likely To Exceed Nine Billion. You Don't Need To Be An Expert To Realise That Sustainable Development Is Going To Become The Greatest Challenge We Face This Century
I Want My Son To Grow Up In A Place Where The People Are More Powerful Than The Government And Not The Other Way Around.
