Samir Nasri Quotes

Looking back, I realise I had to grow up and be responsible at a very tender age.

I had to believe in myself from quite a young age. And I had to grow up pretty early.

Experiencing difficult things, even as a very young kid, means you grow up quickly. I think that enables everyone to choose their own path and not just accept the one others have taken before you, and I went my own way.

It definitely toughens you up. It makes you mature from a young age, living away from home.

I had to grow up, but I think I've grown up a lot. I think I'm handling myself well.

Grow up and let anyone try to contend with the adult you.

Those of us who were 12 or 13 when the war started were absolutely thrown into the mainstream. We had to grow up instantly and take care of ourselves.

Going to London at 18 to study drama and theatre made me grow up really fast.

I moved to L.A. at 17, and for the fist time, I had to realize that if I run out of money, I'm moving back to Ohio - and I didn't want to do that at all.

I had to grow up very quickly.

Hargrave made me mature. It made me grow up, and I needed that.

Not having my father around has made me a better person.

I had to grow up quite quickly.

You want to be in control of a lot. You grow up. You sink or swim. I suppose I swam.

Kenya, being a third world country, from a young age your eyes are open to the real world. I'd like to think growing up there taught me to stand on my own two feet, make my own decisions about what I wanted to be.

The first few years in L.A. were really tough and scary, but I had to figure things out for myself.

I think men, growing up, you have to go through some form of hardship. You've got to harden the metal.

I have to thank my mum for kicking me out at 16 and making me stand on my own two feet - that's how I got here.

Potomac School proved to be my first big adjustment - one that helped me with a basic lesson of growing up: learning to get along in whatever world one is deposited.

Every child is going to grow up. You can see it happen in the books: They get older and older and belong to themselves to a greater and greater extent.

My advice would be not to write until after 35. You need some experience, and for life to knock you about a bit. Growing up is so hard you probably won't have much emotion to spare anyway.

Generally, I like making my own mistakes and learning from them because that's what I think life is about.

Is life so wretched? Isn't it rather your hands which are too small, your vision which is muddled? You are the one who must grow up.

Life does throw some hard stuff at you as you get older, much harder. But you are more able to deal with things.

I've grown up a lot, I'm on my own, and I've learned some valuable life lessons.