A Quote by Darius Milhaud

I had a marvelously happy childhood.

Darius Milhaud

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Childhood Had Happy Happy Childhood

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Darius Milhaud
French - Composer
September 4, 1892 - June 22, 1974

They say that childhood forms us, that those early influences are the key to everything. Is the peace of the soul so easily won? Simply the inevitable result of a happy childhood. What makes childhood happy? Parental harmony? Good health? Security? Might not a happy childhood be the worst possible preparation for life? Like leading a lamb to the slaughter.

Josephine Hart

I was quite shy when I was younger, but I'm not one of those people who can complain of a bad childhood or any trauma. There was none in my life. I had a wonderfully happy childhood.

Emilia Fox

I was such a sullen, angry, sad kid. I'm sure there are writers who have had happy childhoods, but what are you going to write about? No ghosts, no fear. I'm very happy that I had an unhappy and uncomfortable childhood.

Isabel Allende

When I look back on my childhood I wonder how I survived at all. It was, of course, a miserable childhood: the happy childhood is hardly worth your while. Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood, and worse yet is the miserable Irish Catholic childhood.

Frank McCourt

I had a very happy childhood, happy teenage years and I was famous by the time I was 22. A charmed life.

Rik Mayall

I had a happy childhood.

Alastair Campbell

We had an immensely happy childhood.

David Linley

I had a very happy childhood.

Juan Antonio Bayona

I had a really happy childhood.

Tom Fletcher

John could write a mean song. He had a lot of venom in him. Whereas I had a happy childhood.

Paul McCartney

Nobody writes if they have had a happy childhood.

Joseph Hergesheimer

I had a pretty happy, loved childhood.

Tana French

I had a happy childhood and acceptance in the community.

W. E. B. Du Bois

I wrote poetry, journals, and, especially, plays for the neighborhood kids to perform. I had an ordinary, happy childhood. Nothing much was going on, but I had fun.