Barry Hughart Quotes
Don't be ashamed of reliving your childhood, Ox, because all of us must do it now and then to maintain our sanity.
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I can't take much pride in my childhood acting. It feels like it happened in another lifetime, and even then, it felt like a hobby.
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The childhood poverty of both my parents and their minimal education did much to influence me and my two younger brothers in our education and career choices. One brother became a dentist and the other, a professor of anthropology with a Ph.D. degree.
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The first album I ever bought with my own money was 'Ten.' Every single song reminds me of my childhood.
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My childhood and adolescence were filled with visiting scientists from both India and abroad, many of whom would stay with us. A life of science struck me as being both interesting and particularly international in its character.
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There's something about girls and unicorns that's deep and meaningful. Something about childhood.
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I like working on stories where I can explore the darker corners of childhood without illustrations but with humor.
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The older I get, the more I appreciate my rural childhood. I spent a lot of time outdoors, unsupervised, which is a blessing.
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My older brother, Jake, and I had a bohemian childhood. My parents are deeply unconventional people from the beatnik generation. They weren't married, and I thought that was normal. We called them by their first names.
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Study is the bane of childhood, the oil of youth, the indulgence of adulthood, and a restorative in old age.
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I missed out on my childhood. I had to work hard, but I was immediately given a place in playback.
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I knew I wanted to become an actor when I was 7 years old. My dad was working with Alfred Hitchcock, my mom was working with Martin Scorsese - and it was the great summer of my childhood.
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The San Gabriel Valley, stretching from Pasadena to Pomona, is especially starved for open space. The valley has a rich array of ethnically diverse communities, but it also has some of the highest rates of childhood obesity and diabetes in the state.
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Fixing obesity is going to require a change in our modern relationship with food. I'm hopeful that we begin to see a turnaround in this childhood obesity epidemic.
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I have never - I have never let go of my childhood contacts. My best friends from childhood are still my best friends.
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I am ashamed of confessing that I have nothing to confess.
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Some people become passionate readers and fans of science fiction during childhood or adolescence. I picked up on SF somewhat later than that; my escape reading of choice during my youth was historical novels, and one of my favorite writers was Mary Renault.
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I try to shield my children as far as possible from the public glare. I want them to have a normal childhood like we had. We went to school by the school bus, had school food... There was no special treatment given to us. The same applies to my children as well.
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The best mistake I ever made was believing that I was stupid. It was a childhood thing, but it played out big-time as an adult. It scorned me the rest of my life - in a good way.
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I am ashamed to admit I watch a lot of reality shows like The Osbournes and The Bachelor.
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I believe every childhood should be magical.
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I'm not saying people shouldn't apply themselves and work hard. You do have to try to make your own luck. But I know people firsthand who worked incredibly hard, who were really smart, who never got into trouble, and still didn't get a break.
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Only one sport can subsume my life at a time.
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It can be difficult to get cast as something that is off-center from you, and my biggest fear is to be typecast.
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Don't be ashamed of reliving your childhood, Ox, because all of us must do it now and then to maintain our sanity.
