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		Growing up, I felt like I couldn't talk about certain things until I had the outlets to do so. Once you're able to be honest and say things as they are, it removes this crazy stigma and fear around it.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Miles Heizer 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		When I went to university in Colorado, I was encouraged to write very innovative, experimental things, and some of the short stories in 'Bearded Ladies' are a little bit experimental. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kate Grenville 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Growing up, I liked all the stuff that everyone else was listening to, like Motown, but the biggest group of all was The Beatles. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Eddie Murphy 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I didn't do the typical things that young kids do. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Balthazar Getty 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Of all the things I've lost I miss my mind the most. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ozzy Osbourne 
			 
			
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		When you were growing up in the 30s, 20s, of course the 40s, all black people at least in the Washington, D.C., area were required to live among themselves. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ed Smith 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I was always very aware of the nature of the place where I was growing up in Gulfport, Mississippi, how that place was shaping my experience of the world. I had to go to the Northeast for graduate school because I felt like I had to get far away from my South, be outside it, to understand it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Natasha Trethewey 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		What happened I think on Sept. 11 was we were given graphic and clear evidence that things had changed. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Iain Duncan Smith 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I love sci-fi. Growing up, I was a big fan of the 'Alien' series, 'Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,' etcetera. Plus, anything apocalyptic - 'I Am Legend,' '1984,' 'Battlestar Galactica.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sam Heughan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think it's really cool, but Jimmy Eat World and Gin Blossoms did it better than anyone. People don't realize just how awesome the Arizona history is, especially for alternative music. Growing up, that's all I ever wanted to be was those two bands. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Nate Ruess 
			 
			
				Fun.  
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I did keep detailed journals from about fifth grade on, and every so often as I was growing up, I would re-read them and reflect on the previous years of my life. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Raina Telgemeier 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Mick Jagger has been an idol of mine since I was 10 years old. Through his music, he has taught me so much about rock n' roll, but also about the blues and about the experience of live music, going to several Rolling Stones shows, growing up. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Olivia Wilde 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The world is not growing worse and it is not growing better - it is just turning around as usual. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Finley Peter Dunne