My siblings and I were raised to honor and cherish those who serve. They are, as my father said, America's most precious… — Kerry Kennedy Copy Share Image
My own dear mother was a martyr indeed, and it is not to everybody that God grants so easy a way to… — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
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“Jesus said to her, “Stop holding on to me,* for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my… — United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB Copy Share Image
Has a philosopher like you failed to discover that our country is more to be valued and higher and holier far than… — Socrates Copy Share Image
Grissom comes from a place where we know he had a deaf mother, he was raised in a silent household, on some… — William Petersen Copy Share Image
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“Lord Peter Wimsey: Facts, Bunter, must have facts. When I was a small boy, I always hated facts. Thought they were nasty,… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
I grew up around so many beautiful things. My mother's jewelry and purses - they're very much statement pieces. Again, that sort… — Natasha Gregson Wagner Copy Share Image
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Boxing kept me out of the streets, by giving me something to do. And it gave me a father figure in the… — Martin Lawrence Copy Share Image
“Those with a dismissive-avoidant attachment style tend to show higher levels of self-reliance, a reduced signaling of need for others, and a… — Glenn Geher Copy Share Image
I ate Bengali food after my parents married and Dad started living with us, in both Willesden and in Delhi for three… — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share Image
My curveball is a blessing. My father taught it to me. He felt that it was a pitch he wanted me to… — Gio Gonzalez Copy Share Image
My parents wanted me to protect myself and have something to fall back on. I even remember reading a quote from Razor… — Beth Phoenix Copy Share Image
All these people keep waxing sentimental about how fabulously well I am doing as a mother, how competent I am, but I… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
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“Her father, indulgent in his concern, had opened his library to her, and at last she could read to her heart's content.… — Helene Wecker Copy Share Image
My father was into politics. After his death things got slow. We were meeting different parties and everywhere I heard people grumbling… — Vishwajeet Pradhan Copy Share Image
It's for personal reasons," I say stiffly, which is what my mother had always told me to say about things that had… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
My parents liked to go dancing, and they encouraged all of us to bring our friends home. My brother had a skiffle… — Diana Quick Copy Share Image
Over its 40 years, Muppets on 'Sesame Street' have addressed AIDS, divorce, a parent's deployment overseas, and a death in the family.… — Elizabeth Flock Copy Share Image
“There is yet another reason why peer-oriented kids are insatiable. In order to reach the turning point, a child must not only… — Gabor Maté Copy Share Image
[Her] work taught me that you could be all the traditional feminine things -- a mother, a lover, a listener, a nurturer… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“Smalls, my parents' house is pretty big. The odds are more in favor of a burglar sneaking around than your boy-boy. I… — Cole Gibsen Copy Share Image
“Now, here's the real beauty of this contorting contradiction. Both working mothers and stay-at-home mothers get to be failures. The ethos of… — Susan J. Douglas Copy Share Image
I was rejected in school because I didn't look like the big-breasted, beautiful girls. I was awkward and sad. My mother always… — Sandra Bullock Copy Share Image
“Oh, she missed herself. It felt like she used to miss Abe, when he was at Harvard and then after they broke… — Katharine Noel Copy Share Image
Twenty years ago my parents wouldn't know who the X-Men were, and now everybody knows that stuff. It means that deconstruction of… — Zack Snyder Copy Share Image
“Dear Mothers Everywhere! First and foremost - enjoy your children! Rediscover the world with them, as they revel in the mundane and… — Connie Kerbs Copy Share Image
Let me tell you about Australia. It's really, really, really, far from wherever you live on Earth. You fly and you fly… — Greg Proops Copy Share Image
“How could I forget. I was her ghost daughter, sitting at empty tables with crayons and pens while she worked on a… — Janet Fitch Copy Share Image
My father taught me, in boxing, that when you - particularly when you get hit in the face for the first time… — Rudy Giuliani Copy Share Image
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Something that was instilled in me by my parents at a very young age is that there is no happy life without… — Keke Palmer Copy Share Image
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I grew up thrifting with my mother, it's in my blood. I love mixing something cool with something that has a history… — Taylor Russell Copy Share Image
Fathers who compete hard with their kids are monstrous. The father, for a throw-away victory, is sacrificing the very heart of hischild's… — Frank Pittman Copy Share Image
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My parents divorced when I was very, very young, but they maintained an incredibly amicable relationship. They were great partners, they were… — Natalie Zea Copy Share Image
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