Marlee Matlin Quotes
I guess not being able to hear just made me adventurous and daring. And in most cases, that didn't make my parents very happy with me.Marlee Matlin
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I'm happy to sacrifice a big pay cheque for my happiness, if that's not too corny a thing to say. It's probably more naive than mature to say that, maybe, but that's how I feel.
Jack Gleeson -
Every child needs to have for itself not only its loving parents and siblings and friends of its own age, but a grown-up friend.
P. L. Travers -
The good news is that parents are the leading influence on kids' decision not to drink alcohol.
Xavier Becerra -
Middle school was probably my hardest time. I was trying to fit in for so long, until about junior year of high school when I realized that trying to fit into this one image of perfection was never going to make me happy.
Maiara Walsh -
My parents owned a plants nursery. We all grew up growing things and planting things and selling things, and I also managed landscape crews.
Jack Dangermond -
More and more parents and voters have rejected the teachers' union antiquated, top down, one-size-fits-all approach to education and continue to elect candidates who embrace reform that celebrates students and empowers parents.
Brown Campbell
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I was attending the University of Alberta. I was going to be a high school teacher, like my parents. I failed - no, I didn't fail a class, I just barely passed. I really didn't try. It was Canadian history, through the plays of the time. My God, those were boring plays.
Nathan Fillion -
The childhood poverty of both my parents and their minimal education did much to influence me and my two younger brothers in our education and career choices. One brother became a dentist and the other, a professor of anthropology with a Ph.D. degree.
Ferid Murad -
When I was in high school, my parents had this power over me - if I ever lied or got caught doing something that I shouldn't be doing, then I would no longer be able to go to L.A. and continue to pursue the acting thing.
Dan Byrd -
My life has been a whole series of accidents, some of them happy, some not.
Randy Bachman The Guess Who -
I was taught as a young child by my parents and family to love myself.
Zendaya -
Our parents were really, really grounded people but also really ambitious people, meaning they saw our ambition and were willing to help us chase it.
Isaac Hanson Hanson
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I majored in political science and English, but starting from the age of 17, I've paid for everything that I've had in my life. It was a personal choice. My parents would have helped me in any way whatsoever, but for me, you know what? I can make my own way.
Gary Johnson -
It was really really neat to make the movie because there were mentally challenged actors in the movie. So that was really really cool to work with them and they were always really happy, and they made everybody really happy on the set too.
Dakota Fanning -
I take so much pleasure at seeing customers who are happy: happy with what they eat, but happy with their friends and sharing a great moment together, and I think that is more important in life than the endless pursuit of perfection.
Daniel Boulud -
My childhood was a happy one. I was captain of the school sports team and played cricket after class. I had five younger siblings and a large loving family that lived together. We are still very close.
Naeem Khan -
I grew up being terrified of my parents, particularly my father figures.
Flea Red Hot Chili Peppers -
I was a very imaginative child, and my parents were very encouraging of that. My sister and I would put on plays; I would write my own stories.
Hannah Kent
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Wisin is my brother. He always will be my brother. We are very happy as solo artists. We had a great musical trajectory together, which will be there forever. And for the future, we won't discard reuniting and making something new.
Yandel Wisin & Yandel -
Our parents treated all three of us - two sisters and a brother - equally. When it came to education, or our future plans, there was no discrimination between us based on our gender.
Chanda Kochhar -
I don't always have the best eating habits. I like butter and ice cream. There are days when I should work out and I don't. But it's never too late to change old habits.
Florence Griffith Joyner -
The more understanding we have about what's going on in our own brain will just make us more capable in our own jobs, in telling our kids we love them, and living a fulfilling life.
Sam Jaeger -
'I can't get no satisfaction,' in political terms, has haunted Hungarian politics for 20 years.
Viktor Orban -
I guess not being able to hear just made me adventurous and daring. And in most cases, that didn't make my parents very happy with me.
Marlee Matlin