Mariella Frostrup Quotes

I was raised a socialist by two very socialist parents, and I still feel very animated about socialist principles.

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• 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

• Today's kids aren't taking up arms against their parents; they're too busy texting them.

  

  Nancy Gibbs
  • Up
  • Kids
  • Today

• I have the most supportive parents and family in the entire world.

  

  Taylor Spreitler
  • World
  • Family
  • Parents

• Emotions come first, and in the most direct sense: you first have an emotion and then have a feeling. But also first in the history of the human race, for the ability to have emotions long preceded the ability to have feelings.

  

  Ian Hacking
  • Long
  • History
  • Feeling

• Our family is very tight. Just like any family, we have our ups and downs, but the love is always going to be there. I try to go to my parents' house as much as I can.

  

  Tahj Mowry
  • Family
  • Love
  • House

• Today's accent may be on youth, but the stress is still on the parents.

  

  Earl Wilson
  • May
  • Today
  • Parents

• 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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  • Year
  • Boxing

• Music rhythms are mathematical patterns. When you hear a song and your body starts moving with it, your body is doing math. The kids in their parents' garage practicing to be a band may not realize it, but they're also practicing math.

  

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
  • Music
  • May
  • Kids

• We have global interests, potential threats from elsewhere, North Korea, Iran, Taiwan Straits and the like. We must be prepared for any future threat. That is why it is important that this be a transition year, 2006.

  

  Ike Skelton
  • Important
  • Why
  • Future

• Because my parents are Indian, everybody speaks Hindi to me, and I have no idea what they are saying.

  

  Rajiv Ouseph
  • Parents
  • Idea
  • Saying

• 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.

  

  Nathan Sawaya
  • Home
  • Kids
  • Parents

• Under HB 2655, the state is responsible to ensure parents are aware of the purpose and value of assessments and receive notice from their local school districts about their rights and obligations. Educators must engage with parents about the value of assessment and the potential consequences if parents opt out and student participation diminishes.

  

  Kate Brown
  • School
  • Parents
  • Purpose

• I grew up being terrified of my parents, particularly my father figures.

  

  Flea Red Hot Chili Peppers
  • Up
  • Father
  • Parents

• Our parents provided us with the essentials, then got on with their own lives. Which makes me realise that my parents were brilliant, not for what they did, but more for what they didn't do.

  

  Rachel Johnson
  • Parents
  • Lives
  • Brilliant

• 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
  • Parents
  • Child
  • Sister

• I'm not a divorce monger by any means, but if you're not happy in a relationship, and you've grown apart, it's not healthy for a couple to stay together. It's better for kids to see two happy parents than two miserable parents.

  

  Laura Wasser
  • Kids
  • Together
  • Happy

• There are a lot of things that you don't realize that your parents are going through when you're a kid.

  

  Vanessa Williams
  • Parents
  • Kid
  • Realize

• It was clear to my parents that I had the gift of voice, and they encouraged me to pursue it.

  

  Rain Phoenix
  • Parents
  • Voice
  • Gift

• When I was 17 or 18 I wanted to become a wine expert, and my parents wouldn't let me drink. So I was devastated. All I could do was read, and I read and I read. And I'd read something like, you know, 'Subtle hints of cassis.'

  

  Gary Vaynerchuk
  • Parents
  • Know
  • Wine

• She had called in the debt that parents owe a child for bringing her, unasked, into a strange world. One should never make an offer without knowing full well what will happen if it is accepted.

  

  David Brin
  • World
  • She
  • Parents

• My life is not that glamorous. I actually live a pretty simple life, really. I just work. I don't have time to do all these glamorous things. I just do my thing, just work.

  

  Olga Kurylenko
  • Life
  • Time
  • Work

• It is not things in themselves which trouble us, but our opinions of things.

  

  Jacques Pepin
  • Things
  • Trouble
  • Opinions

• I believe in a progressive tax structure that fairly distributes the costs of government in a way that those of us fortunate to have more, carry more of the burden.

  

  Brad Schneider
  • Believe

• I was raised a socialist by two very socialist parents, and I still feel very animated about socialist principles.

  

  Mariella Frostrup
  • Parents