#teenager

Until the rise of American advertising, it never occurred to anyone anywhere in the world that the teenager was a captive in a hostile world of adults. ↗

— Gore Vidal

#american #anyone #anywhere #captive #hostile

When I was a teenager I was a total romantic escapist. My world was books. ↗

— Colin Wilson

#escapist #i #romantic #teenager #total

Patrick Kenzie asking a bemused waitress for a newspaper in smalltown USA. 'It’s like a homepage without a scroll button? ↗

— Dennis Lehane

#lifestyle #teenagers #lifestyle

My first hero, as a teenager, was James Connolly. I remember discovering that he was a feminist, and that was an eye-opener, coming from a man of such poverty. ↗

— Frances O'Grady

#discovering #feminist #first #hero #i

I don't live with people, that's why my relationships last. I'm not romantic. Even when I was a teenager if somebody asked if they could hold my hand I'd say, - no, it's not heavy, I can hold it myself, thank you'. ↗

— Paul O'Grady

#could #even #hand #heavy #hold

We've been together since we've been teenagers. I can go away and disappear for two years, and when we get back together, it's like nothing ever has changed. ↗

— John Oates

#back #been #changed #disappear #ever

The vampire underworld is much larger than most people could imagine. It exists in all the cities mentioned in the book, but also in many, many more. Teenagers, especially, seem to like to act out vampire fantasies. ↗

— James Patterson

#also #book #cities #could #especially

Teenagers did not have, before rock 'n' roll and rhythm-and-blues - they did not have any type of music they could call their own once they got over 4 or 5 years old until they were well into their 20's and considered adults. ↗

— Sam Phillips

#before #call #considered #could #did

I felt there needed to be a show for teenagers that didn't make them feel judged. 'Skins' never tried to preach. It allowed young people to make their own decisions about what to do and whether it was right or wrong. Young people really respond to that, and that's what sets 'Skins' apart. ↗

— Kaya Scodelario

#allowed #apart #decisions #feel #felt

As a teenager I had no idea that I had the potential to win an Olympic gold medal and my athletic career developed only by lucky circumstances. ↗

— Peter Snell

#career #circumstances #developed #gold #gold medal