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I think I've had to work my entire life at reacting to bad news, 'cause my first tendency whenever bad news comes… — Robert Meeropol Copy Share Image
“Kate lost a mother," I said, "but I lost a nothing." Kate doesn't feel that way," Jack assured me. But what about… — Hilary Thayer Hamann Copy Share Image
“Conscious Parenting on Children's Happiness and matrix of influences: 'We live surrounded by an increasingly complex matrix of impulses allowing strangers of… — Natasa Pantovic Nuit Copy Share Image
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If you are a good person, you will probably be a good father. Try not to worry too much. If you don't… — Clyde Edgerton Copy Share Image
I am just sorry my own mother had to live under that regime for most of her life. I was lucky. I… — Martina Navratilova Copy Share Image
“It wasn’t the first time he’d run for his life. And it most likely would not be the last. In the past… — G.A. Aiken Copy Share Image
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If you think about it seriously, all the questions about the soul and the immortality of the soul and paradise and hell… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My father is a gypsy. He traveled in caravans and was branded by the Ku Klux Klan. You know I have a… — Amber Hollibaugh Copy Share Image
Let me say for now that we knew once the Creation was broken, true fathering would be much more lacking than mothering.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The Father loved the Son by giving the Son His life, His nature, His fullness, and His glory that the Son might… — Living Stream Ministry Copy Share Image
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My parents allowed their two sons to be individuals. My family was a wild and wonderful place, with lots of friends and… — John Cassavetes Copy Share Image
I remember my mother saying to me on one occasion, 'Mel, I know that I can count on you.' I resolved that… — F. Melvin Hammond Copy Share Image
My worst memory is of my first dance lesson as a 14-year old in Prague. My mother put me in this silver… — Martina Navratilova Copy Share Image
It's such a stress always trying to get bigger houses and larger cars and better schools. Of course, parents want to give… — Shirley Henderson Copy Share Image
If it is to be done well, child-rearing requires, more than most activities of life, a good deal of decentering from one's… — David Elkind Copy Share Image
I have so many peers who say, 'I need to get away from my parents,' because even though they love the business… — Dove Cameron Copy Share Image
A lot of people say, 'Wow, you're a single father of twin boys, that's crazy!' Two toddlers can get hectic, but I… — Ricky Martin Copy Share Image
“[A woman's] education should be as varied and perfect as possible. If for no other reason to enable her properly to educate… — Karen Andreola Copy Share Image
“We're family," Alyss said. Redd snorted. "Is that supposed to mean something?" Family," Alyss said again, trying to convince herself more than… — Frank Beddor Copy Share Image
“One of the immediate questions new parents face is who will provide primary care for a child. The historical choice has been… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
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Though I technically come from a film family, my father had stopped making films even before my brother and I were born.… — Rani Mukerji Copy Share Image
I was raised by a strong mother who always taught me to speak up, I never had difficulty leaving an uncomfortable situation… — Toni Garrn Copy Share Image
Whatever anybody eats is their business. I'm just a vegetarian because I personally want to be. If my sons want to go… — Lindsay Wagner Copy Share Image
That came from my mother. She was the biggest influence on my life. I remember once refusing to get on a bus… — Tony Wilson Copy Share Image
That beautiful sister of mine was an overwhelming and volatile mixture. One had the feeling that she'd been shot from a canon… — Joan Bennett Copy Share Image
“Mother says that people like me just become intellectual old maids,' I told him. 'I don't see why,' he protested. 'Oh, well,… — Vera Brittain Copy Share Image
“Sancho, when a man knows not how to read, or is left-handed, it argues one of two things; either that he was… — Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Copy Share Image
I think my performance in 'What's Love Got to Do With It' was powerful. I was so unafraid and confident. You know,… — Jenifer Lewis Copy Share Image
“Families are only a means of exploitation,' he declared. 'Parents treat children as capital assests and children wait for parents to die… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
And how high is Christ's cross? As high as the highest heaven, and the throne of God, and the bosom of the… — Charles Kingsley Copy Share Image
My theory as to why I first became a comedian is that my mother was always keenest on my younger brother, Dan.… — David Baddiel Copy Share Image
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