Parents Quotes
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My parents, I've always said, are two of the hardest working people I know.
Blake Griffin -
It's very hard to describe to people sometimes the way I grew up, because it wasn't like my parents were irresponsible. They weren't necessarily reckless, but they were bringing all types of energy into the house, all kinds of people.
Courtney Love
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I've always been surrounded by many great people and professors, but my family, especially my mom who was a teacher, was the person who encouraged me to study and pushed me to continue. When we're young, we don't understand why our parents bug us so much with school and doing homework, but it's a blessing to have that support at home.
Bad Bunny -
I grew up in Malibu, so it's nice to be back home and be with my parents and sit and drive my car and listen to music and just chill out for a little bit.
Bella Hadid -
When people ask what it's like to be an only child, I say it depends on who your parents are. I was lucky.
Brett Kavanaugh -
My parents didn't like me. For bathtub toys they gave me a blender and a transistor radio.
Jack Roy -
Please spare us the self-pity about how tough it is to look for a job while living with your parents.
Bret Stephens -
I was lucky to have parents who loved me.
Jean Paul Gaultier
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When my parents separated, I was very grateful.
Christopher Durang -
I delivered Chinese food on Long island, which is pretty depressing. I lived with my parents and did that for six months. I got a job a few towns over from mine so I wouldn't have to see people from my high school.
Darin Strauss -
To Western parents that want to adopt a child, I would say to people that money is not everything, wealth does not matter.
Lemn Sissay -
The piano has disappeared from working-class family life, which is a shame. It's associated with the middle classes now. Everyone in my family sang and played piano, but my parents were delighted and amazed when I became the first professional performer in the family - apart from a clog-dancer way back.
Jools Holland -
Vaisey said, "Is it because your parents don't understand you?" Charlie said, "No, it's because our parents understand us very well, and that is why they wanted us to go away.
Louise Rennison -
My parents were always involved in community theatre, and I'd do the tech work and play the child.
Mark Linn-Baker
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The Internet has become a tool to pick on people and ruin someone's life. I don't think parents realize what's going on.
Alexa Vega -
The joys of parents are secret, and so are their grieves and fears.
Francis Bacon -
I started playing soccer when I was 4 because my sister was doing it. It was my first organized sport, and my parents thought this was a great way to get coordinated and be part of a team. I had an array of options but eventually figured out soccer was best for me.
Kelley O'Hara -
I came out to my parents when I was a junior in college. And it was pretty fine. They were more concerned with why I wasn't dating anyone. But now I'm 36, and I still don't date anyone.
Billy Eichner -
It is unfortunately true that our generation and that of your parents have left you with a big mess that will now be yours to clean up: wars, budget challenges, pollution, global warming, battles of health care, natural disasters. They're all there for you. We're willing those to you. Are you ready?
John Morgridge -
My parents do a lot of things behind the scenes that go unnoticed.
Cam Newton
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We both came from families in which parents got married, had children and the whole thing. So we were not the kind of people to live together permanently.
Linda McCartney Paul McCartney and Wings -
I come from a duo, actually, quite literally. My parents are Linda and Eddie, and they had an act in Vegas called 'Love's Way.'
Jenny Lewis -
As a young boy growing up in Rohtak, India, I had no idea what my life's work would be. But my parents instilled in me something that I have never forgotten: that work must have a sense of purpose beyond mere financial gain; that to be meaningful, work should make a positive and lasting difference in the lives of others.
Punit Renjen -
My earliest interest in game design came when I was in primary school, and my parents bought a Commodore 128 computer. I taught myself to write programs in BASIC, and then I made my own games.
Brendan Myers