There was no one around called ‘Val’ when I was young, so I wanted to be John or Bill. Now I like it. – Val Kilmer
The British who arrived in the United States in the eighteen-thirties and forties had imagined the young republic as a wide-eyed adolescent, socially ungainly and politically gauche, but with some hint of promise. – Simon Schama
Tully was the first young, handsome, cocky, well-dressed bad guy. He was our version of Ric Flair before I knew who Ric Flair was. This was before cable TV or any of that, and Tully was our Ric Flair. – Shawn Michaels
At this point I was strongly advised that I was too young socially to go to college so I took a second senior year at Andover, another boarding school. – William Standish Knowles
In February 1969, 25 years ago, I arrived as a young, terrified PFC on this lonely little hill in Quang Ngai Province. Back then, the place seemed huge and imposing and permanent. – Tim O’Brien
Young Evangelicals, especially, are breaking ranks with older Evangelicals (over 40) and are more and more leaning towards voting Democratic. – Tony Campolo
You feel you can pretend to be young until you’re 50, but after that, what happens and how do you approach it? – Sharon Horgan
I learned early on in teaching how easy it is to hurt a young person and that’s never my intention. – Tim Gunn
Two of my grandfathers had been artists, lifelong oil painters, so I was exposed to art very young. I’ve always been interested in it, although I never pursued it as a career or even as an avocation. – Susan Vreeland