Almost forty-five years after my parents first became Americans, I stand before you and them tonight as the proud governor of the… — Nikki Haley Copy Share Image
My parents taught me: Do not rely on a man. Not rely on it that you get married and it pays for… — Bette Midler Copy Share Image
If there's anything worse than being 16, it's having parents visibly reliving their own teenage years in your anguished presence. — Rachel Johnson Copy Share Image
My parents taught me to believe that through the creative act, we're able to transcend and give a response to desecration. — Atom Egoyan Copy Share Image
My parents are aging and there are difficult issues. It's strange to have children at the beginning of life and parents nearing… — Amy Waldman Copy Share Image
Any parent wants the best for their children. I am not going to make a choice for my child on the basis… — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
My humor came from seeing my parents have sex, smoke weed, my mom being naked - just weird hippie stuff, twisted R-rated… — Shia LaBeouf Copy Share Image
My parents were gardeners themselves, and perforce they used environmental techniques because it was during the war, and you didn't have the… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Sometimes in someone's gestures you can notice how a parent is somehow inhabiting that person without there being any awareness of that.… — Sam Shepard Copy Share Image
Every word, facial expression, gesture, or action on the part of a parent gives the child some message about self-worth. It is… — Virginia Satir Copy Share Image
The singer who really opened the door for me was Sarah Vaughan. But I listen to so much music, especially when I… — Dianne Reeves Copy Share Image
I'm white. I have privileges as a parent that many others don't. Of not only teaching but expecting my daughter to stand… — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
My parents were extraordinarily focused on education. It was the topic of every dinner conversation, is are you number one, are you… — Michelle Rhee Copy Share Image
On the Russian revolutionaries:To leave your parents, faithful and loyal subjects of the Emperor, to leave your profession, to desist from having… — Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy Copy Share Image
I think as a child you know when it's time for your parents to split. You realise they love each other, but… — Abbie Cornish Copy Share Image
“To a parent, your child wasn't just a person: your child was a place, a kind of Narnia, a vast eternal place… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
The English language lacks the words 'to mourn an absence.' For the loss of a parent, grandparent, spouse, child or friend we… — Laura Bush Copy Share Image
I love the complication of the kids in the characters' lives. I love that these two people are very capable in all… — Keri Russell Copy Share Image
I'm going to be working the next 25 or 30 years. People like me, if we want, number one, for no benefit… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
Philip Galanes makes his debut with a novel that is both heartbreaking and deftly comic, the story of a young man struggling… — A.M. Homes Copy Share Image
Dear God, I trust that no matter what happens in my life, it is for my highest good. And no matter what… — Susan Jeffers Copy Share Image
Virtue is the highest reward. Virtue truly goes before all things. Liberty, safety, life, property, parents, country, and children are protected and… — Plautus Copy Share Image
My parents, God bless 'em, were very supportive of me and my decision to pursue acting. Their dream for me and my… — Michael Ealy Copy Share Image
We want our children to become who they are- and a developed person is, above all, free. But freedom as we define… — Gregory Millman Copy Share Image
All men know their children Mean more than life. If childless people sneer- Well, they've less sorrow. But what lonesome luck! — Euripides Copy Share Image
...one of the worst things about being a parent, for me, is the self-discovery, the being face to face with one's secret… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
I think, a lot of times, people don't want to do what their parents do because they want to be their own… — Margaret Qualley Copy Share Image
The greatest gift a parent can give a child during all the ups and downs of life is love. — Doc Childre Copy Share Image
Losing close relatives doesnt get any easier, really, but losing your parents is the big deal. — Rick Stein Copy Share Image
I'm moved by contraries, by opposites, the strength that was my mother's eyes, the beauty of my father's hands. — Judith Jamison Copy Share Image
I don't blame the players, I don't blame the parents, I blame programs and I blame the coaches. — Tony DiCicco Copy Share Image
My first priority is my children. If at any moment I put aside something that I want to do to be a… — Monica Denise Brown Copy Share Image
I still frequent my parents' house. I go there to escape, back to the bedroom that I grew up in. Just to… — Robert Smith Copy Share Image
I have this blanket thing about giving parenting advice to parents, and that's: 'Don't take other people's advice on parenting.' — Drew Lachey Copy Share Image
Parents should not smoke in order to discourage their kids from smoking. A child is more likely to smoke when they have… — Christy Turlington Copy Share Image
Coaches know that a parent publicly scolding his kid after a race will not help the athlete perform better. — Don Kardong Copy Share Image
A parent can seem very kind and gentle, but as any child knows, as soon as that parent gets stressed, they can… — Michael Sheen Copy Share Image
I hadn’t been in proper school in three years. My parents were my two best friends. My third best friend was an… — John Green Copy Share Image
My parents were quite liberal with us, always encouraging us to be our own person and be creative. — Sienna Miller Copy Share Image
I was the third parent, growing up, and it did make me a very overly responsible adult. — Rashida Tlaib Copy Share Image
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