“How different my life would have been if my parents had just let me dance.” — Nnedi Okorafor Copy Share Image
Surrogate motherhood has been the subject of much philosophical and political dispute over the years. — Thomas Frank Copy Share Image
I grew up in Denton, east Manchester, and was raised by my late father, Reg, a barber. — Mick Hucknall Copy Share Image
My father was adamant in his disapproval of my interest in show business. — Paul Lynde Copy Share Image
I may not be the princess of my boyfriend, but I will always be a Queen to my father — IMynatot Copy Share Image
My mother was really into big band. It was played in the house all the time. — Suzy Bogguss Copy Share Image
“Mothers are inscrutable beings to their sons, always. ("The Higgler")” — A.E. Coppard Copy Share Image
“I might be 30 years old, but a girl never outgrows the need for her mother.” — Debbie Macomber Copy Share Image
When anyone plays a mother on film, there is a whole raft of judgment in that a mother is a particular archetype… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
My mother was from an entrepreneurial family and very creative. She always pushed me to take risks, to do things I wouldn't… — Gillian Tans Copy Share Image
I think a lot of people think that my parents' deaths is why I write such sad songs, but that's not true.… — Shelby Lynne Copy Share Image
It was really important in my relationship with James Caan that I understood the relationship between the family and the father. — Jeanne Tripplehorn Copy Share Image
My mother is always the most vulnerable person in any room, and so I definitely have that part of her inside me. — Alice Ripley Copy Share Image
My own father had died of Alzheimer's. George [Mitchell] had been also, I think, deeply moved by a similar tragedy. — Barbara Mikulski Copy Share Image
I've seen my parents' long and successful marriage. I have never seen them argue or fight with each other, and the reason… — Raveena Tandon Copy Share Image
“and paint, to take care of my father, to feel that I belonged, to do something useful and good with my time.… — Julianne Donaldson Copy Share Image
My background is full of pain. My mother was in a Nazi concentration camp and our whole family was killed off. Then… — Gene Simmons Copy Share Image
...as parents, we have to find the time and the energy to step in and help our children love reading. We can… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“Quentin found it hard not to blame her doctors, and especially her father, for not being open-minded enough to at least consider… — Kay Hooper Copy Share Image
The nature of the infant is not just a new permutation-and-combination of elements contained in the natures of the parents. There is… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
I think the single biggest thing that money gave me-and obviously I came from a place where I was a single mother… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I used to pretend to be Bond; I used to make up scenarios and irritate my sister… — Aneurin Barnard Copy Share Image
We want to raise the children the parents aren't raising. I think we want to press individuality on people, though that doesn't… — Twiggy Copy Share Image
A father is a person who's around, participating in a child's life. He's a teacher who helps to guide and shape and… — Michael Nutter Copy Share Image
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