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My parents were working performers, so obviously I saw that there wasn't a lot of fairy tale going on there. It was… — Megan Follows Copy Share Image
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I had wanted to be a novelist for so long, but I didn't have a story. That story came from the death… — Robert Crais Copy Share Image
My father and mother always told me to first do work and then they'll get me to training. So in order for… — Joao Felix Copy Share Image
A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
The presence of a grandparent confirms that parents were, indeed, little once, too, and that people who are little can grow to… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
Ideas about mothers have swung historically with the roles of women. When women were needed to work the fields or shops, experts… — Sandra Scarr Copy Share Image
The counterfeit of the spirit is stationed without the soul, watching over it and dogging it, and the rulers bind it to… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
“For the last four years of her life, Mother was in a nursing home called Chateins in St. Louis ... [S]ix months… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
“Tis a ground and principle in the law, said Triptolemus, that things do not ascend, but descend in it; and I make… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If I feel good about my parenting, I have no interest in judging other people's choices. If I feel good about my… — Brene Brown Copy Share Image
“I look at Paris Hilton, think about her parents' fortune and her grandparents' fortune. She thought she had it all together. A… — Archbishop LeRoy Bailey Jr Copy Share Image
As the mother of six, Karen Santorum knows the power of stories to shape and mold the nature of our children. In… — Janet Parshall Copy Share Image
“It says in the Gospel of Matthew, “If you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father also will forgive you; but if… — Larry Richards Copy Share Image
My mother was the only girl in the family. One brother was District Attorney of Odessa or something; another was teaching classical… — George Gamow Copy Share Image
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“Pippi was sure that her mother was now up in Heaven, watching her little girl through a peephole in the sky, and… — Astrid Lindgren Copy Share Image
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“7. ENERGY: The tales of spirited kids I hear from parents are truly amazing, like that of the two-week old baby that… — Mary Sheedy Kurcinka Copy Share Image
“Moving from teaching university students to living with mentally handicapped people was, for me at least, a step toward the platform where… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
We Gentiles owe our life to Israel. It is Israel who has brought us the message that God is one, and that… — Lyman Abbott Copy Share Image
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I love to make soups. My father used to say, 'There's nothing like a nice bowl of soup.' One of my favorites… — Tony Danza Copy Share Image
“Your mother gives birth to you only once and only once do you die,' the witcher said calmly. 'An appropriate philosophy for… — Andrzej Sapkowski Copy Share Image
“Like 90 percent of the television they watch, it comes from the south and is shown dubbed into Yiddish. It concerns the… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
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In my experience on 'New York Undercover,' where I played a dad, I was 26 years old, and I didn't have kids… — Malik Yoba Copy Share Image
Power," Nita heard her father say behind her. "Creation. Forces from before time. This is--this business is for saints, not children!" Even… — Diane Duane Copy Share Image
“My father..." He paused painfully, his voice unsteady. "...thought he was drinking the nectar of the gods, but it turned out to… — Gen LaGreca Copy Share Image
When society is rightly organized, the wife and mother will have time, wish and will to grow intellectually, and will know that… — Susan B. Anthony Copy Share Image
My father was born in Amsterdam in a highly religious family. He was in Amsterdam, and he went into hiding right near… — Josh Pais Copy Share Image
Because the world we live in is more dangerous than our parents' was, and our children are set to inherit a world… — Will Hurd Copy Share Image
“What were you asleep? Helen would say as I opened the door. "I've been up since five." In her hand would be… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
“Consider the lilies of the field; they toil not, neither do they spin; yet Solomon in all of his glory was not… — Joseph Murphy Copy Share Image
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