My father worked as an upholsterer at home and one day this client showed up to get his car seats fixed, and… — Gilbert Burns Copy Share Image
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I enjoyed playing with my mother. This was something she was good at. There were plenty of things she couldn't do, had… — Christopher Robin Milne Copy Share Image
For my 21st birthday, I think my mother wanted to give me a watch, or something, you know, some kind of traditional… — Chrissie Hynde Copy Share Image
I endeavored to give thanks to our Heavenly Father for all his mercies to me, for his preservation of me through all… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
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I could never call myself an atheist; my parents could, quite happily. I always felt like there was a little bit more… — Alex Clare Copy Share Image
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The mother must set the example in holding out the shrine as the heart of the house hold! She must enforce discipline… — Sathya Sai Baba Copy Share Image
Why did the Articles [of Confederation] fail so completely? Most historians believe the founding fathers spent a great deal of their first… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
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The all American work ethic, destructive enough by itself, also packs a gender double standard that strip-mines the natural resources of both… — Letty Cottin Pogrebin Copy Share Image
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Dance. Dance for the joy and breath of childhood. Dance for all children, including that child who is still somewhere entombed beneath… — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
I had a very good sexual education. My mother was very advanced in that regard. She conveyed to me the sense of… — Gioconda Belli Copy Share Image
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I'm so grateful that I was raised by a mother who really instilled in me that my moral compass and achievements all… — Kristen Stewart Copy Share Image
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My mom wasn't so much such a great cook. But I don't know, I think I have a very strong mother, and… — April Bloomfield Copy Share Image
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children need truly evolved people - not other, larger children - as parents. Therefore, don't have a child until you've forged your… — Phyllis Chesler Copy Share Image
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Neither man nor woman is perfect or complete without the other. Thus, no marriage or family, no ward or stake is likely… — Sheri L. Dew Copy Share Image
In one family, all goes by two and two. If a member of it has any interest, he or she will confide… — Charles Buxton Copy Share Image
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I thank the Father that His Only Begotten Son did not say in defiant protest at Calvary, "My body is my own!"… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
I was really strict about my daughter sleeping in her own room, and now she's really independent and likes it that way.… — Kim Kardashian Copy Share Image
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People do not give it credence that a fourteen-year-old girl could leave home and go off in the wintertime to avenge her… — Charles Portis Copy Share Image
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My parents could have told me, when I was 12 years old and telling them I wanted to be a wrestler, that… — Kevin Owens Copy Share Image