Faith Ford Quotes
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I had parents in the business and they made sure that the art was the biggest concern.
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I'm worried about parents who aren't parenting.
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Our parents came home one day and heard us, and they thought it was the radio, but our grandfather told them it was us.
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After 'The Poisonwood Bible' was published, several people believed that my parents were missionaries, which could not be further from the truth.
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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.
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My parents were divorced and I would spend weekends with my father.
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I told my parents that I will marry any girl they choose for me. They also told me that they are open to considering any girl I choose. We were very open about it throughout.
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My parents would always say, 'It doesnt' matter if it's a guy picking up the garbage or the President of the United States, treat everybody as you would want to be treated.
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The rivalry between the Montague and the Capulet kids seems very modern to me. Juliet is a free spirit, full of untapped love and passion. I think a lot of girls can relate to her. And it's very relevant in terms of kids defying their parents.
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Kids can't build a marble statue at home. But I've had parents tell me that, after an exhibit, their kids immediately dug out their Lego kits and disappeared for three days.
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I always wrote. My parents are writers. It just seemed like something people did.
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My parents were very loving, but disciplinarians.
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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.
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My parents were quite strict; we couldn't just listen to whatever music we wanted. It was very much like they monitored what we listened to.
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I was lucky enough to have an older brother who shared the splatter flicks with me, and I had parents who were cool and involved enough in my life to allow me to see them. I think my folks appreciated that I looked at these movies as a creative outlet... almost like magic shows, if you will.
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Though I made my share of mistakes, as all parents do, I was devoted to my kids. I walked them to school every morning and walked back to pick them up at 3.
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My parents said, Oh, he's going to be a director someday. I wanted to be an actor.
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My parents are opposites who balance each other out.
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I have often repented of having spoken, but never of having been silent.
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We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.
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I'm really Americanized. The only real Latina thing I do is cook rice and beans with chuletas and tostones. I do the healthier version of what my grandmother would have made: a lot less salt, a lot less fat, a lot more vegetables. Sometimes I serve it with brown rice, which is, like, sacrilegious.
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Things began to pick up for me record-wise when in 1971 I wrote 'She's a Lady' for Tom Jones.
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Sometimes the only way you could look at a person, and love them exactly the way you did before is to look at them with Brand New Eyes.
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I haven't actually spoken to my parents since the hurricane.
