Yance Ford Quotes
Our blackness and how to survive being black in America was something that our parents instilled in us extraordinarily well.
Yance Ford
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In America, there's a failure to appreciate Europe's leading role in the world.
Barack Obama
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I'm resigned to the fact that the corseted history of America is not as exciting as that of Britain.
Felicia Day
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Around a third of parents still worry that they will look like a bad mother or father if their child has a mental health problem. Parenting is hard enough without letting prejudices stop us from asking for the help we need for ourselves and our children.
Kate Middleton
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If we pulled out of Iraq tomorrow, Islamic jihadism is on the rise. And they continue, as we see in Lebanon, to seek to destroy the State of Israel and seek to drive America back and bring us to our knees. We must stand tall and straight.
Zach Wamp
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One of my brothers, Eric, who is one year older than me, was actually the first one to start boxing, and being the youngest sibling, I wanted to do what he did, so I pushed my parents to let me join.
Mandy Bujold
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My parents were divorced and I would spend weekends with my father.
Laura Linney
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When I was leaving Yemen to come to America, things were tough. My dad had just been laid off, and it was a challenge. When I lived in Yemen, I thought America was a perfect place. Everything was bigger and better. I dreamed big. The American dream, you know? You have to work hard for your dream to come true.
Barkhad Abdi
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I've never tried to find my real parents. I'm very grateful to my mum and dad for adopting me - they're completely incredible people. It was my dad who encouraged me to question everything, to forge my own path, to think, to read. I always felt it was my right to question everything.
Dan Stevens
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My neighborhood was normal. I had a neighborhood where everyone knew everyone. Typical American upbringing. Sometimes we got into trouble, but everyone watched after each other, so if my parents didn't see me making trouble, another family would tell them.
Deontay Wilder
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People express their feelings through crying or anger. We, Big Bang, express it through music.
Daesung
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I wanted to be a tough kid, so I thought, 'I'm going to move to New York, and I'm going to be a thug when I come out of there.'
Jonny Weston
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Our blackness and how to survive being black in America was something that our parents instilled in us extraordinarily well.
Yance Ford
