When I grew up in Pittsburgh in my parents' restaurant, I was almost like a country bumpkin. — Ming-Na Wen Copy Share Image
I don't think anyone imagines themselves being a single parent. But I don't have a choice. — Laila Rouass Copy Share Image
It's not the child's responsibility to teach the parent who they are. It's the parent's responsibility to learn who the child is. — Tig Notaro Copy Share Image
My parents were liberal intellectuals but even they expected me to stay at home and look after my younger siblings and do… — Sara Paretsky Copy Share Image
There's a part in every person that has a fake self. We've had this since infancy due to our parents and our… — Benjamin Clementine Copy Share Image
I was embarrassed when I went and told my parents that I was thinking about running for public office. — Bob Corker Copy Share Image
I was missing the opportunity to see my friends' children grow up, to have my son go to his friends' homes and… — Karen Hughes Copy Share Image
To implant fear in the minds of children is a crime. If parents try to rule the child by fear, then fear… — E. Stanley Jones Copy Share Image
There are certain things that we take for granted that simply would not have existed without the great migration. Motown, for example,… — Isabel Wilkerson Copy Share Image
I was raised a Catholic, but with very liberal parents, so I had to find my spirituality. I've been looking for it… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
That children shall be compelled to receive religious instruction which is in antagonism to the wishes of their parents, is what no… — Charles Tupper Copy Share Image
.. All you know is your parents telling you that you're not deserving, you're not worthy, and no one will ever want… — Danielle Steel Copy Share Image
So part of it is we have to break through our kind of private idea that kids belong to their parents, or… — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share Image
I started off when I was seven years old doing musicals. I was in ‘Les Miserables’ and ‘The Sound of Music,’ and… — Alicia Vikander Copy Share Image
Second, we will give our fellow citizens the skills they need for the jobs of today and the careers of tomorrow. When… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
Libraries have a special role to play in our knowledge economy. Your institutions have been and should be a place where parents… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The child knows only that he engages in play because it is enjoyable. He isn't aware of his need to play--a need… — Bruno Bettelheim Copy Share Image
You would think, wouldn’t you, that if you were the child of a happy marriage, then you ought to have a better… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
Lord, with what care hast Thou begirt us round! Parents first season us; then schoolmasters deliver us to laws; they send us… — George Herbert Copy Share Image
I've never had a very closely connected family. My parents split up when I was young and I was living with my… — Ani DiFranco Copy Share Image
I tried to be the greatest boxer in the world and a good parent, too. I had instant feedback on my success… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
Growing up, I was the weird, theatrical kid who always tried to make people be in my plays. I've always loved comedy,… — Wendi McLendon-Covey Copy Share Image
Because people learn from their mistakes, Danger. Pain and failure are a natural part of life. It's kind of like a parent… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
Sometimes ... we find that even when we do our best to serve the Lord, we still suffer. You may know someone… — David E. Sorensen Copy Share Image
Teachers are everything. I mean, you're a poor kid from the ghetto, your parents are busy working 24/7, working like a Mexican. — John Leguizamo Copy Share Image
My parents went through hell and back. They came to America with suitcases and a family of seven and $250, and that's it. — Mila Kunis Copy Share Image
I think you really have to become a parent to understand what you will endure to be there for your kids. — Dwyane Wade Copy Share Image
But as far as the fame goes, my parents make sure they keep me grounded, for sure. They make me wash dishes… — Ashley Greene Copy Share Image
If a parent chooses to go to a school that is not a public school, then that is a decision made and… — Betsy DeVos Copy Share Image
My parents put skates on me at age 2, the way it should be if you're serious, and I've always liked it. — Bonnie Blair Copy Share Image
My view on issues is based on common sense, and my experience as a mother of four children, as a sole parent,… — Pauline Hanson Copy Share Image
Kids need to open up to their parents. And parents should realize that when kids are pushing you away, that's the time… — Alexa Vega Copy Share Image
Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers. — Socrates Copy Share Image
No matter how painful something is, you have to take it. I saw that in both my parents. — Bernard Lagat Copy Share Image
We are programmed by our past beliefs, which we inherited from our parents, our cultural traditions sometimes, and our social conditioning. — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
Between the two [parents], it was a really unique upbringing, I think, especially for where I was from. — Mahershala Ali Copy Share Image
Why did I write? whose sin to me unknown Dipt me in ink, my parents', or my own? As yet a child,… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
If I had been living through the '80s, I probably would've gotten into a lot more trouble than my parents. — Julianne Hough Copy Share Image
My parents divorced when I was one year old so I don't really remember any of the details, but luckily my mom… — Chelsea Peretti Copy Share Image
That's why I get excited over new things, because I didn't have much when I was smaller and my parents could only… — Jc Caylen Copy Share Image
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