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		I was born in Somerville, but I don't remember very much about it because we moved from there to Arlington when I was five years old, and it was in Arlington that I spent most of my childhood.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Alan Hovhaness 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		Remember that life's big changes rarely give advance warning. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				H. Jackson Brown, Jr. 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		For the first two weeks of filming, I remember bristling at some of the occurrences on the set, none of which directly involved me. Then I surrendered to the environment, to Michael's method, and became much happier, even though no one knew what to expect. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Madeleine Stowe 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I read books. Remember those? I read them, on paper. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Frances McDormand 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The tension between the essence of spiritual teachings and the harmful fundamentalism that often arises in the name of religion is an issue that has engaged my mind practically as far back as I can remember. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Radhanath Swami 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Before I liked to write, I liked to type. I remember visiting my grandmother Adele in Ponce Inlet, Florida, when I was three years old, and she had an IBM electric typewriter. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gabrielle Zevin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		People may remember something I did on the field for a couple of days, maybe a week. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				LaDainian Tomlinson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Downstairs in my house, I have a museum room. I keep all of my awards down there, and childhood photos, and even all the clothes I've worn on tour, in videos and on album covers. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				R. Kelly 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Being in this fine mood, I spoke to a little boy, whom I saw playing alone in the road, asking him what he was going to be when he grew up. Of course I expected to hear him say a sailor, a soldier, a hunter, or something else that seems heroic to childhood, and I was very much surprised when he answered innocently, 'A man.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				W. H. Davies 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Looking at acting, in the movies or the theater, and the way I like to look at it, it's just an extension of childhood play... Kids play and imagine in a very intense fashion and they don't need any director telling them, 'You really have to believe in it.' They believe in it completely. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Viggo Mortensen 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've been working on the screen right from childhood and am completely in love with my work. And this experience has taught me that ultimately, it's a good script, good work that matters, whether in Bollywood or in the South. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Hansika Motwani 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I remember we would get young, aspiring actors to come on '77 Sunset Strip' - I remember George Kennedy was one of those - and they would do a big guest star part, a lead, and they'd be paid maybe $850. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Edd Byrnes 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		During the 1960s, the Shanghai of my childhood seemed a portent of the media cities of the future, dominated by advertising and mass circulation newspapers and swept by unpredictable violence. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				J. G. Ballard 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		We should remember that there was once a discipline called natural philosophy. Unfortunately, this discipline seems not to exist today. It has been renamed science, but science of today is in danger of losing much of the natural philosophy aspect. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Hannes Alfven 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I had always wanted to be on SNL, it's not always great, but it's this leftover childhood dream. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Rachel Dratch 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Honest people remember stories in the order of emotional prominence, but liars will recount a story in chronological order. Memory rarely works that way. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Pamela Meyer 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		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. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Rachel Kushner 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm old enough to remember when the air over American cities was a lot dirtier than it is now. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				P. J. O'Rourke 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Spontaneity, the hallmark of childhood, is well worth cultivating to counteract the rigidity that may otherwise set in as we grow older. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gail Sheehy 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		History will remember the inhabitants of this century as the people who went from Kitty Hawk to the moon in 66 years, only to languish for the next 30 in low Earth orbit. At the core of the risk-free society is a self-indulgent failure of nerve. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Buzz Aldrin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I liked wrestling a lot better than boxing. I remember thinking at that time that wrestling was a pure demonstration of strength, which I was interested in, while boxing was just hitting somebody or getting hit, which didn't appeal to me. But a demonstration of strength was okay, so I chose wrestling. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Scott Carpenter 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		CrossFit is all about constantly-varied, high-intensity movements. And to do these movements, you have to have a certified coach to take you through this - or any type of physical activity. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Bob Harper 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I started playing the guitar when we started filming the pilot to 'Lost in Space,' which was way back in December of 1964, and there's a little bit in the pilot that was used in the first season where Will Robinson is sitting around some bad foam rubber rock playing and singing 'Greensleeves.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Bill Mumy 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Foreign policy will require a strategic agility that, whenever possible, gets ahead of problems, strengthens U.S. security and alliances, and promotes American interests and credibility. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Chuck Hagel 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I was born in Somerville, but I don't remember very much about it because we moved from there to Arlington when I was five years old, and it was in Arlington that I spent most of my childhood. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Alan Hovhaness