"I was so young and stupid, I hardly realized it, " chuckles Ms. Mentzelopoulos, as we crunch along the gravel drive with her two Beagles snapping at her heels.
Ms. JAMES: I think probably by me being so young, and I was oversized like I am now, but I mean, I had a real nice figure and I was tall.
Mr. JASPER: Definitely, and I ended up sort of writing about, you know, the underworld and the struggles of young men, so I was choosing, I guess, between the dark and white to be metaphorical because it was those young men, perhaps even more so than myself, who were going through the most difficult times around me.
I've been blessed early in my life with children when I was very young, and I have been blessed at a time when I'm not so young anymore.
CNN: Thompson's October 19, 2007, speech to Value Voters Summit
It was only when I got older (and become a parent myself) that I realised how I'd been so callously used, abused and manipulated when I was still far too young and innocent to handle any kind of sexual relationship.
You know that when I was young, I was physically abused and so I stopped talking.
But I was so impressed not only with the skills that the young people were learning but also with the enthusiasm and excitement of what they see as a potential future.
WHITEHOUSE: Skills for America��s Future Manufacturing Event
"I did this so that people would listen and think about not marrying their daughters off as young as I was, " she said with a shy smile.
These gymnastics folks -- I don't understand how they do what they do. (Laughter.) So I told these young ladies as I was congratulating them, how do you not bust your head -- (laughter) -- every time you're on that little balance beam?
The principal, a Native American dressed in a suit and tie, was out front so I pulled up beside him and told my young FFA state officer to ask him directions to the high school.
Nobody wanted to take me because probably they knew what a slave will be doing, so they need somebody with physical ability, and I was a young child.
And I was young and healthy and ambitious and all that good stuff, so I kind of enjoyed it.
At that particular time he was a young man I wanted to help because (his father) Billy couldn't and had so much wanted to.
When I was young I always watched and was like ah, I mean the camera, the acting is so good, the directing is so good, I was always dreaming one day I will be like Martin.
And so that was part of the reasoning behind it, but at the same time, I want to help young people as well.
Although I was a young nursing student, I had already learned a few important things about older people: touch is so very important, and humor can lift the spirits.
FORBES: Three Secrets of Caring For Aging Parents: Hugs, Humor and Attention
With luck and my feet on the ground I am one of Lord Young's 'Never had it so good' - the last three years was something that happened to somebody else.
应用推荐