Both my parents are working class and filled me with the things you need to get along; not giving up, working hard,… — Jude Bellingham Copy Share Image
I know other people who have started their kids in tackle football for, like, four- and five-year-olds. So I think it's up… — Marc Veasey Copy Share Image
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When young Mark Robarts was leaving college, his father might well declare that all men began to say all good things to… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
“As at the Annunciation, so in the extension of Christ's Incarnation at the Eucharist, the Father sends down the Holy Spirit, to… — Kallistos Ware Copy Share Image
I never saw my mother happy with me and proud of me for doing something: She only knew me as being a… — Mike Tyson Copy Share Image
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I've been singing since I was 5 years old. Not in-the-church-thing kind of way. I always made up music. Since I was… — Cassandra Wilson Copy Share Image
“No. You stop. Stop thinking you're the son your father disowned. You're not who he expected you to be; that doesn't mean… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
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“Christians do not believe that there is one God and three Gods. Nor do we believe that God is one person and… — Evan Minton Copy Share Image
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I knew Sinatra for 38 years. He was like my father. Frank Sinatra was my 'dad.' He treated me like his son.… — Trini Lopez Copy Share Image
One of the reasons we experience so much difficulty with our gifts is that parents have thought their chief function in life… — Elizabeth O'Connor Copy Share Image
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“The love a parent had for a child, there is nothing else like it. No other love so consuming. No father-not even… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
I don't view it as mystic. I believe that God is our father. He created us. He is powerful because he knows… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My father was the role model I looked up. My dad was an entertainer, too. I patterned my life after him. He… — Tracy Morgan Copy Share Image
Whether were parents, carers, teachers or anyone working with young children, we know that children move easily and often between free play… — Michael Rosen Copy Share Image
Jesus Christ has now done all He can do, and He waits at the right hand of the His Father, until you… — Earl Paulk Copy Share Image
I think there was something started under my father that I appreciate that it's time to end, and I like the symmetry… — Justin Trudeau Copy Share Image
“Here is the life of holiness as the Thrice Holy gives it: the Father, the first, the Holy One, making holy; the… — Andrew Murray Copy Share Image
Parents rarely let go of their children, so children let go of them. They move on. They move away. The moments that… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
Mother's father and brothers all took great interest in pugilism, and they knew the game well from much practice of their own.… — W. H. Davies Copy Share Image
He breathed out, not quite a laugh or a sob. "God, yes. Bianca, I love you so much. Even if I never… — Claudia Gray Copy Share Image
Take my gay-hairdresser routine. You'll let your hairdresser say things to you that you wouldn't let your parents say. My hairdresser will… — Sinbad Copy Share Image
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“the child of a supermom who gets lots of extra tutoring and one-on-one support is going to do way better than an… — Paul Tough Copy Share Image
“We are all sensitive to the opinions of others, especially to the opinions and reactions of our parents when we are growing… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Parents vary in their sense of what would be suitable repayment for creating, sustaining, and tolerating you all those years, andwhat circumstances… — Frank Pittman Copy Share Image
“Ah, much deluded! lay aside Thy threats, and anger misapplied! Art not afraid with sounds like these To offend, where thou canst… — John Milton Copy Share Image
“I saw this vividly when I visited my parents’ home, where two of my three sisters, Susan and Cris, were still living.… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
“Today's youth cannot escape the shadow of racism that has been passed down organically from parents and others who cling to a… — Thomas Norman DeWolf Copy Share Image
My father was from a secular Jewish family and my mother from a nominally Christian (Episcopalian) one. They were not religious as… — Mike Berenstain Copy Share Image
“Smoking blood, over-filled cemeteries, mothers in tears,—these are formidable pleaders. When the earth is suffering from too heavy a burden, there are… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Priceless gifts: The gift of love. The gift of parent. The gift of husband The gift of wife The gift of children… — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
“It went on like that till some guys got together and came up with the one-god thing—him being God, the Father, and… — L.A. Meyer Copy Share Image
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