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My parents put the New Yorker in my crib. I saw Vogue and Vanity Fair around the house before I could read. — Richard Avedon Copy Share Image
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India must protect her primary industries even as a mother protects her children against the whole world without being hostile to it. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
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The depth of the love of parents for their children cannot be measured. It is like no other relationship. It exceeds concern… — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
It's not only children who grow. Parents do too. As much as we watch to see what our children do with their… — Joyce Maynard Copy Share Image
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Nobody deserves me not even my own father… my family doesnt even derseve me I think its about time to give up... — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I walked out of his room sure I'd said the right thing maybe not as a father but as a Dad. I'd… — Steven Herrick Copy Share Image
O God... make me a child again, even before I die; give me back the simple faith, the clear vision of the… — Israel Zangwill Copy Share Image
[My father did] advertising. That's why I got into this business. I think because we're really boxes of soap - actors and… — Rex Smith Copy Share Image
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My father was raised in the mountains of New Mexico, and he picked cotton for a dollar a day. He was working… — Val Kilmer Copy Share Image
August Wilson is the one writer that writes about men like my father, who had a fifth grade education, who was a… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
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I swear I respect all mother's because they have it the hardest most of em are single moms who are being moms… — Michael Myers Jr Copy Share Image
Humility was a cult in my family. I only got it out of my father by accident when he was very old… — Hugh Laurie Copy Share Image
Raising children was not designed for single parents. (Which is why divorce was such a taboo prior to birth control). — Warren Farrell Copy Share Image
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Tribe cats are named after the first thing their mother sees, but I thing this would lead to a lot of kits… — Erin Hunter Copy Share Image
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I was born into a household where my aunt, grandmother and mother lived their music. They all sang harmony, and by the… — Steve Miller Copy Share Image
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My parents were constantly afraid they would lose their jobs. The idea that we were always a paycheck away from disaster was… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
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The phrase booze and mischief left me worrying I'd stumbled into what my mother referred to as "the wrong crowd," but for… — John Green Copy Share Image
“I call him Pops because he is my true father; my creator. And we've had a special relationship. Whenever I felt lost… — Nick Carter Copy Share Image
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My own father flipped out on me when I told him we decided to ditch our doctor and go with a midwife… — Kat Von D Copy Share Image
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