A Quote by Karen Handel

I moved out when I was 17 to get away from a pretty tough and difficult family environment. — © Karen Handel
I moved out when I was 17 to get away from a pretty tough and difficult family environment.
I moved out of my house at 17 and half, I rented an apartment... I pulled all the things off. It was pretty amazing and I lived a pretty good life, I had a car and I was making good money.
When I first moved out to L.A., I was still 17. The deal with my dad was that I would be able to live out there if I were to treat my acting classes like college classes. So when I moved, that's all I did: trained and auditioned.
I got family in the U.K. on my dad's side of the family. My grandfather's brother moved to the U.K. from Jamaica. It's a pretty big family I'll have there.
Playing in the NBA is more than just tough competition. It is very difficult being away from my family when we're on the road. I'm always grateful to come home to them.
You know, I used to say that it's really tough to get out of the top 100, you know? So I proved to everybody that it's not so tough, it's pretty easy.
When I grab guys in the clinch, it's very tough for them to get away and I'm pretty good with my Greco takedown.
I moved away when I was 17. It's been a mad journey, but I've met and made some incredible friends.
I was born there and I moved away in 1990 when I was seven years old. After that my family moved away from there to Delhi and Mumbai. Now, only a handful of relatives live in Kashmir and we are constantly worried about them. It pains me to see that my birth-place is not a safe place to be in anymore.
My family didn't have much. You know, we didn't have much and everything. From when I was 17, I moved to London, you know, and I - obviously, it's bettered my family, and I'm just grateful, really.
I was 17, and all I wanted to do was to get away from England and the awful, boring boarding schools I'd been going to there. The last one was taught by monks, and I couldn't wait to get out.
The computer environment is radically different today. In the 1980s, it was like the Wild West, with a lot of open territory. Now, the cowboys have moved out and the farmers have moved in.
After I came out to my mother at 17, I ran away from home and lived with a friend. We come from a highly religious family, and she could not accept it. It was devastating, and I was depressed.
Bringing 17 crore people to the doors of the bank is a huge task and I commend all the bank officials for the same. It is not difficult to open a bank branch, it is difficult to get 17 crore people to open bank accounts.
Between the fundraising, being away from family, the environment of hyperpartisanship, Washington is really stressing people out.
When you are 17, you don't know what pressure is, because you play with the best team in big stadiums with big players. But when I look back now, it's difficult for a 17-year-old to get by and deal with the whole situation.
I moved out to L.A. when I was 17, dropped out of high school, and pursued a career in music.
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