#teen

There have been times I almost got a persecution complex. I felt like people wouldn't let me grow up. They always saw me as a smiling kid or goofy teenager, no matter how much I'd changed. ↗

— Rick Schroder

#always #been #changed #complex #felt

Few can contemplate without a sense of exhilaration the splendid achievements of practical energy and technical skill, which, from the latter part of the seventeenth century, were transforming the face of material civilization, and of which England was the daring, if not too scrupulous, pioneer. ↗

— E. F. Schumacher

#century #civilization #contemplate #daring #energy

'Skins' wanted to create a new thing by actually casting real teenagers. I think it was very brave of them. They also wanted to give the opportunity to people who didn't go to drama school. ↗

— Kaya Scodelario

#also #brave #casting #create #drama

We expect teachers to handle teenage pregnancy, substance abuse, and the failings of the family. Then we expect them to educate our children. ↗

— John Sculley

#abuse #children #educate #expect #failings

All I wanted to do when I was a teenager was get dropped off at a radio station - one of the ones I listened to - and watch how the shows worked. After a point it was about showing up and driving people crazy, driving the van to promotions and sneaking on the air. ↗

— Ryan Seacrest

#after #air #crazy #driving #dropped

I started writing when I was twenty, and my first book came out seventeen years later. ↗

— David Sedaris

#came #first #i #later #out

Some of my ancestors were religious dissenters who came to America over three hundred years ago. Others were abolitionists in New England in the eighteen forties and fifties. ↗

— Pete Seeger

#ago #america #ancestors #came #dissenters

When I was a teenager, I was really into hair; I dyed it different colours and had loads of haircuts. I shaved my head when I was 17 - it was pretty radical! ↗

— Chloe Sevigny

#different #different colours #dyed #had #hair

I remember the first time I saw the 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' video. I will never forget that day. I just wanted to see Kurt Cobain's face. I had a feeling he was very cute. But, I couldn't see his face. When I finally did see him, he was even cuter than I imagined! ↗

— Shakira

#cute #day #did #even #face

I once made love for an hour and fifteen minutes, but it was the night the clocks are set ahead. ↗

— Garry Shandling

#clocks #fifteen #fifteen minutes #hour #i