I had a very tough childhood. I came here from Italy in the '70s and didn't speak a word of English, so the kids at school tormented me. Truly, it was horrifying the names they called me, and the teachers never really did a thing to stop it. Giada De Laurentiis 70scallchildhood share on social
I had a very turbulent and painful childhood, like many people. I left for college when I was 16 years old and up until that point I'd lived in five different family configurations. Each one ended or changed through a death or some terrible loss. Sharon Salzberg changechildhoodcollege share on social
I had a very unusual childhood in that I grew up on the Stanford campus and I never moved. Anne Wojcicki campuschildhoodgrow Change image and share on social
I had a very unusual contract. Most artists actually pay for their record dates and it comes out of their royalties. I paid for nothing. Jo Stafford artistcontractdate Change image and share on social
I had a very, very difficult relationship with my mother, who was supremely self-centred. She was hilariously self-centred. She did not really take interest in anything that didn't immediately affect her. John Cleese affectcentredifficult share on social
I had a very vivid, almost hallucinatory moment in which I was engaged in a dialogue with my father. Daniel Day-Lewis dialogueengagefather Change image and share on social
I had a very wise mother. She always kept books that were my grade level in our house. Beverly Cleary bookgradehouse Change image and share on social
I had a very wise person tell me that he thinks marriage, when you're younger, you keep thinking you can fix things. That's what people do. And you can't really fix anything. It shouldn't be a massive difficult thing every day. Life's difficult enough. Albert Brooks daydifficultfix share on social
I had a vision how it should sound and I put all my knowledge into this product and it is a fantastic product. People still tell me that I have the best musical thing there. Miroslav Vitous fantasticknowledgemusical Change image and share on social
I had a vision of how basketball should be played. And the vision was the Knicks teams that won the championship in 1970 and 1973. I wanted a team that emphasized defense. I wanted a team that on offense had a system where players moved off the ball, and the ball moved. Jerry Reinsdorf ballbasketballchampionship share on social
