My father gave me formal education in raagdari. He died in Lahore in 1964 when I was 13. I was in the… — Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Copy Share Image
They made it to the middle class, my dad working as a bartender and my mother as a cashier and a maid.… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
Because my mother chose life, we know that in this nation, this nation that is based on life, liberty and the pursuit… — Mark Robinson Copy Share Image
Hail, holy Queen, Mother of Mercy, Our life, our sweetness and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
O God and Father, I repent of my sinful preoccupation with visible things. The world has been too much with me. Thou… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Despite the long-term reduction in familial roles and functions, we believe that parents are still the world's greatest experts about the needs… — Kenneth Keniston Copy Share Image
I started acting when I was about nine. I always wanted to get into acting since I was really little but my… — Josh Hutcherson Copy Share Image
When I first became a mother, I didn't want my son to have any extra exposure to what I did. I had… — Renee Elise Goldsberry Copy Share Image
“As soon as Nicholas was born, my mother swore she'd rather see her daughters become Jehovah's Witnesses or pole dancers before she… — Laurie Notaro Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, my grandparents were Greek immigrants on my father's side. My grandfather used to read me Greek myths,… — Laeta Kalogridis Copy Share Image
I know what it felt like to walk into school and have kids say, 'Mr. Spangler's here!' And I thought, what if… — Steve Spangler Copy Share Image
Certainly parents play a crucial role in the lives of individuals who are intellectually gifted or creatively talented. But this role is… — David Elkind Copy Share Image
I would show my jobs to my mother, and she would always say the same thing: "That's nice dear". And then she… — Brian Webb Copy Share Image
“Wherever you are, whatever your circumstances may be, you are not forgotten. No matter how dark your days may seem, no matter… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf Copy Share Image
“i g l o o his name was Eddie and he had a big white dog with a curly tail a huskie… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
My father was a guy who, because of the businesses he was in - the hotel business, the hospitality business - he… — Steve Tisch Copy Share Image
“Ellysetta was sitting at the secretary in Rain's suite, penning a note to her parents, when Bel burst through the doors. The… — C.L. Wilson Copy Share Image
“By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples. As the Father has… — Michael L. Brown Copy Share Image
“Let us fix our eyes on the blood of Christ and understand how precious it is unto His Father, because being shed… — John M. Wiley Copy Share Image
My father was sick when I was little, and we had a woman, a nanny-type, who was from Ireland. Her daughter was… — Annie Wersching Copy Share Image
Do you remember the classic example of chutzpah? It's the young man who kills his parents and then asks the judge for… — William Blum Copy Share Image
“Carefully, the girl skimmed her fingers across her mother's knee. It was smooth; the skin had closed across the tiny wounds like… — Ursula Hegi Copy Share Image
“For two years I've read the scrolls and learned the language, and I know more about magick than anyone here...You ask what… — T.B. McKenzie Copy Share Image
There's not one woman in America who does not care about her hair, but we give it way too much value. We… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
“What pricks me is the discovery of this equivalence. In front of the photograph of my mother as a child, I tell… — Roland Barthes Copy Share Image
There have been some good studies done in California with Hispanic parents where in the course of a year, they have changed… — C. Everett Koop Copy Share Image
Hard to believe that so nearby, just across the Channel, such atrocities could still occur in their supposedly civilized world, that one… — Lauren Willig Copy Share Image
...Generally people don't recomend this type of book at all. It is far too interesting. Perhaps you have had other books recomended… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“On the whole, a woman isn't keen on her mother-in-law if she's controlling, disapproving, or interfering. Mine is a triple major in… — Stephanie Klein Copy Share Image
Miles Davis, his parents migrated from Arkansas to Illinois, where he had the luxury of being able to practice for hours upon… — Isabel Wilkerson Copy Share Image
“My name is Olivia King I am five years old. My mother bought me a balloon. I remember the day she walked… — Colleen Hoover Copy Share Image
“If you tell them, I will pay a social visit to your mother.” “That’s playing dirty,” Merrich said. “Perhaps, but you keep… — K.M. Shea Copy Share Image
My father is a silent cinema freak, so he took me to 1925 silent films that took forever, like 5-hour movies, but… — Carice van Houten Copy Share Image
“I do not know how old I was when I learned to play chess. I could not have been older than eight,… — Aleksandar Hemon Copy Share Image
We're all looking for acceptance and love, beginning with our parents. And then when you find [that] out, you start working with… — Jeppe Hein Copy Share Image
“I have discovered that if I can change the way I think about something, I can change the way I react to… — Lysa TerKeurst Copy Share Image
When quite young I can remember I had no thought or wish of surpassing others. I was rather taken with a liking… — William Stanley Jevons Copy Share Image
“When I am with my mother’s people, I realize I have a lot to unlearn. I look to them to uncomplicated my… — Tsering Wangmo Dhompa Copy Share Image
I came from an educated, upper middle-class family. My mother was a Persian and history teacher at a large high school for… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
I had learned that there were substitutes for a mother who couldn't be a mother. You could find love with other people.… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image