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Since my brother died in 1982, my parents and I had formed a shaky tripod of a family; now that I'd lost my father too, it was too easy for me to glimpse a future point where I alone was the keeper of not just my own childhood memories, but of my family lore.

~Ann Hood

Topics: Alone Brother Childhood Childhood Memories Died Easy Family Father Formed Future Glimpse Had Just Keeper Lore Lost Me Memories My Own Now Own Parents Point Since Too Where

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When I was seven years old, I fell in love with a series published by Bobbs-Merrill called 'The Childhood of Famous Americans.' In it, historical figures like Clara Barton, Nancy Hanks, Elias Howe, Patrick Henry, and dozens more came to life for me as children.

~Ann Hood

Topics: American Came Childhood Children Dozens Famous Fell Figures Henry Historical Life Like Love Me More Nancy Old Published Series Seven Years

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In 'The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow,' part of the 'Dear America' series, I took my childhood bravery and stubbornness and put that at the core of the Navajo girl, Sarah Nita. It helped me to identify with her survival and to write about her courageous journey and that of her people.

~Ann Turner

Topics: About America Away Bravery Chased Childhood Core Courageous Dear Girl Helped Her Identify Journey Me Part People Put Sarah Series Sorrow Stubbornness Survival Took Who Write

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Reading was such a formative part of my childhood (along with 'Loony Tunes'), that it is difficult to pin point the most influential book. But, under an interrogation light I would probably have to say 'Jane Eyre' by Charlotte Bronte.

~Ann-Marie Macdonald

Topics: Along Book Charlotte Childhood Difficult Formative Influential Interrogation Jane Light Most Part Pin Point Reading Say Tunes Would

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Childhood sometimes does pay a second visit to man, youth never.

~Anna Jameson

Topics: Childhood Does Man Never Pay Second Sometimes Visit Youth

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As an actress, you're perpetually about to be unemployed. That fear - when you have two parents who worked 9-to-5 jobs and went through periods of being unemployed - is real. Those were not welcome times in my childhood.

~Anna Kendrick

Topics: About Actress Being Childhood Fear Jobs Parents Periods Perpetually Real Those Through Times Two Unemployed Welcome Were Who Worked You

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Ever since childhood, I've been interested in history and myth. Not just the facts and figures of the past, but everything that contributes to shape our perception of an age: architecture, art, literature and so forth.

~Anne Fortier

Topics: Age Architecture Art Been Childhood Ever Everything Facts Figures Forth History Interested Just Literature Myth Our Past Perception Shape Since

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Investing in early childhood nutrition is a surefire strategy. The returns are incredibly high.

~Anne M. Mulcahy

Topics: Childhood Early Early Childhood High Incredibly Investing Nutrition Returns Strategy

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I had a very unusual childhood in that I grew up on the Stanford campus and I never moved.

~Anne Wojcicki

Topics: Campus Childhood Grew Had Moved Never Stanford Unusual Up Very

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It's kind of a mystery to me, as far as my own life experiences and what I've witnessed - why some people can just move on through traumatic experiences, in childhood particularly, and why other people are just paralyzed by it. I just don't know how and why that is.

~Annette Bening

Topics: As Far As Childhood Experiences Far How Just Kind Know Life Life Experiences Me Move Move On My Own Mystery Other Own Paralyzed Particularly People Some Some People Through Traumatic Why Witnessed

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