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		It's difficult to parent one kid, let alone five! It's insane. It's this strange, overwhelming mess that I would not trade for anything. I think it's more difficult in New York City. It's not like we can hop in the minivan and go somewhere. I don't own a car. It's chaos anywhere. Being a parent is difficult. Being a son and a daughter is difficult. It's a human relationship.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Jim Gaffigan
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Thank you to everyone who has embraced the gifts and talents of my beloved and amazing daughter. I am grateful for your thoughts and prayers that are now guiding her to her next stop. Love Carries Mother
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Debbie Reynolds
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		The labor part wasn't so great, but seeing my daughter for the first time was pretty awesome. I mean, how does it get better than another actual person popping out of your stomach, you know?
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Cassandra Peterson
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		If someone should ask, "how should an Opposition function?" the best answer would be, "in the manner of a traditional mother-in-law who watches the performance of household work by a daughter-in-law and follows her about with her comments.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				R.K. Narayan
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Being Sting's daughter hasn't kicked any doors open for me - he has had absolutely nothing to do with my career. It's all been down to me so far, and that's how I want to keep it.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Eliot Sumner
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I love dancing to the radio every morning, to start the day with such passion. Otherwise, life is too sad. My little daughter and I like dancing to classical music: Bach and Schubert.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Anna Mouglalis
			
		
	
	
  
	 
	
		
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		Truth is the daughter of time.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Aulus Gellius
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		The weekend break had begun with the usual resentment and had continued with half-repressed ill humour. It was, of course, his fault. He had been more ready to hurt his wife's feelings and deprive his daughter than inconvenience a pub bar full of strangers. He wished there could be one memory of his dead child which wasn't tainted with guilt and regret.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				P. D. James
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Sends Nature forth the daughter of the skies... To dance on earth, and charm all human eyes.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				William Cowper
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Well, I was named after Mick Jagger's daughter, Jade Jagger. How emasculating is it to be named after a girl! But I think I handled it well, it's not like I ended up wearing makeup and girl's pants.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Jade Puget
			
			
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		I hope my daughter, and one day my granddaughters, will be at Dodgers Opening Day.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Mark Walter
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I was in Girls' Generation because of luck, and fortunately, Girls' Generation received a lot of love. I would want to help my daughter walk a different career path.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Jessica Jung
			
		
	
	
  
	 
	
		
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		That's one of the main things I've learned: honesty is paramount. The biggest thing I try and instil in my daughter. My deepest regrets have been to do with times that I've been dishonest. There's nothing worse than getting caught out in a lie. It's excruciatingly embarrassing.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				David Thewlis
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Thank God I have four sons. The mother/daughter relationship is one of mankind's great mysteries, and for womankind, it can be hellaciously complicated. My mother and I are quintessential examples of the rewards and frustrations, and the joys and infuriations it can yield.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Melissa Gilbert
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I fully support the efforts of Mr. & Mrs. Schindler to save their daughter, Terri Schiavo, from a cruel starvation. Terri's husband should sign the care of his wife over to her parents so she can be properly cared for.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Mel Gibson
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I want everybody to think I'm a hard worker as an aunt, a sister, a friend, a daughter, a niece, everything. I want to be great at every role, because every role in my life is as important as being Jessie J.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Jessie J
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I had an experience that probably is shared by many parents. When my daughter was born, I felt viscerally connected to generations before and after me in a way that took me by surprise.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Marianne Williamson
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I didn't know love until I had my daughter. I didn't know its bounds.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Chance The Rapper
			
		
	
	
  
	 
	
		
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		But the biggest beauty advice I've given my daughter is every morning I say, "Genesis, what are the two best parts of you?" And she says "my brain and my heart." And I say, "You've gotta remember that, Genesis. You've gotta remember that you're not what you look like," you know? I think that's the best beauty advice I could give her.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Viola Davis
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		We've never had nannies. We've had great grandparents, great support from family, and the kids have been on every set: they've seen me play Gollum, King Kong, Captain Haddock, the lot. They totally get it, and they want to go into the business. Ruby, my daughter, is very keen to become an actress.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Andy Serkis
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		My daughter, the Butterfly Girl, is 21 years old. She is not married. That third verse, in Butterfly Kisses, where I marry her off is only an "artists projection" to when she's 85 and out of the convent!
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Bob Carlisle
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Where the daughter sees power, the mother feels powerless. Daughters and mothers, I found, both overestimate the other's power - and underestimate their own.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Deborah Tannen