Parents Quotes
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If I were to give advice, I would say to parents that they ought to be very careful whom they allow to mix with their children when young; for much mischief thence ensues, and our natural inclinations are unto evil rather than unto good.
Saint Teresa of Avila
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My parents owned a soul food diner. It inspired me to go to culinary school.
Flavor Flav
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I was very much a product of the public-school system. There was only one other kid in my class who had parents not involved in the stock market or law.
Daniel Radcliffe
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My parents didn't exercise, so it was not something I saw was good for you or fun. I wish I had grown up knowing to do that.
Christina Hendricks
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As a child, I remember I always wanted to make my parents happy and give them everything in their lives.
Rani Mukerji
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I was never the girl that grew up saying I want to get married. I actually told my parents to not expect me to get married.
Camila Alves
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I'm still trying to figure out how to have an adult relationship with my parents.
Kumail Nanjiani
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Unlike most divorced parents, whose interactions are confined to the topic of the kids, people still sharing a house have to talk about clogged sinks and moth infestations.
Katie Hafner
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I happily went on holiday with my parents until I was 18, because we always had such a good time that I didn't want to venture off and do my own thing. I have very fond memories of those holidays with my brother, mum, and dad.
Penny Lancaster
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When I was five years old, my parents gave me a drum set for Christmas. My mom played the piano, and Dad played the saxophone badly. But that Christmas morning, I remember we all played together, and I thought it was the greatest day ever.
Garry Marshall
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The economic sense of possibility was so great when I was growing up that my parents had no question that I could do anything I wanted to do, even as a girl. I've always believed that the economics of a story intersects with the women's story - that stuff often happens at the time it happens because of the economy.
Gail Collins
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Of all the subjects on this planet, I think my parents would have been hard put to name one less useful than Greek mythology to securing the keys to an executive bathroom.
Joanne Rowling
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I was broke from 19 to 26, borrowing money from my parents or my brothers or sisters every week to pay the bills.
Chelsea Handler
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At 12, turned 13, made a movie with Sex Pistols and The Clash. Learned about a lot of things I never knew and hope will never know again. Don't know how my parents let me do that.
Laura Dern
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We certainly grew up and had opportunities. But it's not like our parents are aristocratic blue bloods.
Cameron Winklevoss
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My sister was always supportive. When I first moved to L.A., she was like 'I know you can do it!' But my parents, in the beginning, not so much. They were kinda like, 'I'll believe it when I see it.' But when I actually started booking things, my dad was like, 'Oh, I knew it all along.'
Anjelah Johnson
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Margaret had close links with Geneva where she had spent some years as a student while her parents had been wardens of the Quaker Hostel there and where she had gone back as secretary to Gilbert Murray.
James Meade Kutless
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If there be any thing in my style or thought to be commended, the credit is due to my kind parents in instilling into my mind an early love of the Scriptures.
Daniel Webster
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My father came by himself across the North Korean border when he was seventeen. And hasn't seen his brothers or sisters or parents since then. And he died some time ago, but never saw any of his relatives. My mother was a refugee in war-torn Korea.
Jim Yong Kim
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My parents instilled in me a sense of self that I was more than just a diagnosis or a condition.
Zach Anner
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There were always questions about my parents; I got so fed up with that.
Charlotte Gainsbourg
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The bottom line is we believe that parents are the best equipped to make choices for their children's schooling and education decisions.
Betsy DeVos
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God blessed me with two unbelievable parents, and I am just like both of them. I have the smile and charisma of my mother and the big heart of my mom, because she wants to save the world and help the world, so I am just like her.
Magic Johnson
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I was little there were times I wanted my parents to be normal. I wanted them to have a religion. I wanted them to have a job, like the parents of every other kid I went to school with.
Gael Garcia Bernal