Owen King Quotes

My parents and my brother root for me.

Owen King

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Growing up, my birthday was always Confederate Memorial Day. It helped to create this profound sense of awareness about the Civil War and the 100 years between the Civil War and the civil rights movement and my parents' then-illegal and interracial marriage.

Natasha Trethewey
- Up
- War
- Parents
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
- Up
- Friends
- Age
Something like your parents divorcing never quite leaves you. What you thought was real isn't real anymore, and that changes your perspective. It makes you more wary but also means you are better equipped to deal with challenges.

Hannah Ware
- Real
- Parents
- Perspective
The good news is that parents are the leading influence on kids' decision not to drink alcohol.

Xavier Becerra
- Good
- Kids
- Parents
I know theater can improve the quality of people's lives, and I know theater can heal. I've worked as a doctor clown in a hospital for two years. I have seen sick kids and sad parents and doctors be lifted and transported in moments of pure joy. I know theater unites us.

Natasha Tsakos
- People
- Kids
- Parents
My father had a lot of allergies, and he just didn't like the cold of Chicago, and his father - his parents had broken up when he was young, and his father had lived in Pasadena for a while, and he kind of fell in love with Southern California.

Larry Wilmore
- Father
- Parents
- Young