Parents Quotes
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I'm not doing this because I want to be famous and not because I want any power. In this country, the power is always with the people; the people we govern on borrowed time. I want to serve. My parents taught me to give back to the community.
Lynn Swann
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My parents couldn't give me a whole lot of financial support, but they gave me good genes. My dad is a handsome son-of-a-gun, and my mom is beautiful. And I've definitely been the lucky recipient. So, thank you, Mom and Dad.
Ashton Kutcher
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I've always loved playing tennis. When I was 12, my parents decided that I should try to do it seriously. My father started to travel with me, and as a family, we tried to make it work.
Dominika Cibulkova
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When I wrote 'Runaways,' I was a naive kid who thought that all parents were evil. Now that I'm a wise old man with children of my own, I am certain that all parents are evil.
Brian K. Vaughan
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My parents not only did it for a living, but they were really good at it.
Kiefer Sutherland
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I was a late child from my parents, so I grew up surrounded by people a lot older than me. I think even when I was 21, I felt like I was a 70-year-old man.
Jonathan Franzen
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I have the happiest, most confident babies, and I know it's because they feel that strong love from their parents.
Jessie James Decker
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I grew up in Texas City, Texas. I didn't know anybody who was a director or whose parents or grandparents were directors. I met somebody from a nearby town one time whose father had been to the moon - it was far more likely to be an astronaut than it was to be a writer or a director.
John Lee Hancock
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Also I just think I've been lucky enough to have great parents, and I've had good people around me who have always been honest with me, who would give me a purely metaphorical slap if I ever got too big for my boots.
Daniel Radcliffe
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My real name's Rakim - my parents named me after the god MC himself.
ASAP Rocky
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My parents live right down the street from the house I grew up in.
Miranda Lambert
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I grew up as an only child. My parents weren't great conversationalists. We had a quiet house. I'm not very verbal.
Matthew Morrison
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I'm Cuban. Both my parents are Cuban. My grandparents are, too. Although I have no idea where Fit comes from.
Chrissie Fit
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It's been ingrained in me, from my parents and others, this idea of making a difference in the world.
Lawrence Bender
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My parents were not formally educated. Both were cognizant of the importance of education. The teachers and ministers were the role models, and they would say, you should want to be like Miss Gardiner, you should want to be like Mr. Freeman, or be like your dad. Shun the people who don't value education.
David C. Driskell
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It is long overdue for parents to realize they have the right and duty to protect our children against the intolerant evolutionists.
Phyllis Schlafly
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"A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone."
Nancy Chodorow
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Thanks to my parents, who had me traveling around the world mouth-first, I knew from a young age I wanted a career in food.
Andrew Zimmern
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I think happiness comes from self-acceptance. We all try different things, and we find some comfortable sense of who we are. We look at our parents and learn and grow and move on. We change.
Jamie Lee Curtis
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I grew up without a lot of money and my parents grew up with far less money. And that's kept me in line. Really in line.
Adrien Brody
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It's great to be able to connect parents with children both emotionally and through humor. I look forward to exploring family entertainment once again and examining the specifics of our day-to-day lives against the backdrop of an extraordinary adventure.
Jon Favreau
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I came to this country when I was 12 years old because my parents wanted to give me new opportunities to succeed. President Obama wants everyone to have the chances I had.
Cristina Saralegui
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I refrain from blaming anything on my parents.
Sia LSD
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I spent the first seven years of my life in a caravan traveling around Europe and the United States because my parents were just obsessed with traveling.
Alex Sharp