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My father was brought up in an orphanage in the Catskills. He was a factory worker. And because his family wasn't there… — Harvey Fierstein Copy Share Image
“So now she was trying her best to make conversation, but a parent can't leave a child alone for so long and… — Anthony Breznican Copy Share Image
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My father was king of the guidebooks and our holidays were always planned, taking us from a great gallery to an ace… — Olivia Williams Copy Share Image
My father was a low-budget monster movie maker, so he made classics like 'The Crater Lake Monster.' There were always creatures around.… — Robert Stromberg Copy Share Image
“What about me?" I whisper. "Where do I belong?" "With me," my mother and Galen say in unison. They exchange hard glares.… — Anna Banks Copy Share Image
“I am who I am firstly because of genetics, and, running a very close second, because of choices: ones my parents made,… — John Barrowman Copy Share Image
We got Arbitron diaries at my house in the 1980s, when the family was down to just my mother and me, and… — Hank Stuever Copy Share Image
“When I was a child, I always hated being used in my father's sermons, shrunk to a symbol to illustrate some larger… — Patricia Lockwood Copy Share Image
“I know what’s coming you see. I know no one beats these odds and I know it’s a matter of getting used… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Though he avoided outright endorsement of the view, fifth-century Church Father Saint Augustine was clearly familiar with the theory of the spherical… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
In terms of my peer group, nobody's parents were dying of old age. There was no dialogue to have among friends. I… — Tamara Jenkins Copy Share Image
The ideal situation for a parent is one that no one has - having a fulfilling job that requires you to work… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
My parents would dress us up in traditional Vietnamese clothing to go to school for heritage day. We have a Vietnamese nanny… — Lana Condor Copy Share Image
Two guys are sitting on a bar stool. One starts to insult the other one. He screams, I slept with your mother!… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I've known a lot of very religious people. My mother is very religious, but she was also very - is very private… — Michael Shannon Copy Share Image
“I used to cringe when people said I looked like him—my father, because I was a girl and girls aren’t supposed to… — Bianca Scardoni Copy Share Image
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I had to go on without my mother, even though I was suffering terribly, grieving her. My whole life sort of ended… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
My mother is practical and my father is fun, hes kind of free spirited and my mother is still fun but she… — Florence And The Machine Copy Share Image
I am all the time talking about you, and bragging, to one person or another. I am like the Ancient Mariner, who… — Edna St. Vincent Millay Copy Share Image
“While part of my mind puzzled that out, I watched my mother with fascination. I'd listened to her tell her stories. I'd… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
You were born to lead as mothers and fathers because nowhere is righteous leadership more crucial than in the family. You were… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I went on to spend an inordinate amount of my childhood bashfully attached to my mother's pelvis, mostly out of social anxiety,… — Matt Bellassai Copy Share Image
“I turn to our father, searching for an ally. "So Dad, is it legal for Bronte to date out of her species?"… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
What we have seen in the way of adaptation and adjustment seems to indicate that families are adjusting parenting to the world… — Sheila Kamerman Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, pregnancy and caregiving are far too often key triggers for workplace discrimination. This bias cuts across class lines and impacts all… — Randi Zuckerberg Copy Share Image
Not only my parents but the whole family was involved in the resistance - my grandfather and grandmother, my uncles and aunts,… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
“His father in law, who was as old as the century, had just retired and was living in a country house in… — Harry Mulisch Copy Share Image
“Ours is a joint family. We live in the same house - my wife and I, my parents, my uncle and Malati.… — Vivek Shanbhag Copy Share Image
A mystic sees beyond the illusion of separateness into the intricate web of life in which all things are expressions of a… — Joan Z. Borysenko Copy Share Image
Even when I was a grown woman, he [Father] would leave me on the edge of hysteria in all our arguments: though… — Maureen Howard Copy Share Image
“hawk, he would have been bankrupt years ago. I like to build cars and make movies. If you ask me, we would… — Sheldon Siegel Copy Share Image
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Because our generation has waited so long to have babies, we feel we've 'discovered' something that women have been doing for thousands… — Jane Pauley Copy Share Image
I'm lucky that I've never been bullied personally. There are always going to be kids who are mean and say stuff, but… — Kendall Jenner Copy Share Image
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