My parents own a restaurant in downtown Oakland - Garden House - and I started working there at 8. I'd work the… — Su-chin Pak Copy Share Image
Being pregnant and carrying a child is a blessing unique to womankind and a mother instinctively wants the best for her child. — Lara Dutta Copy Share Image
Being a mother comes first for me. Before my husband, before this surrogacy crusade, before myself. I don't see myself as particularly… — Mary Beth Whitehead Copy Share Image
We should go into His presence as a child goes to his father. We do it with reverence and godly fear, of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When my father would come home from the track after a good day, the whole room would light up; it was fairyland.… — Peter O'Toole Copy Share Image
I had an exciting, interesting childhood, to be sure, with all of the challenges that ghetto life provides - but had loving… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
There wasn't a rich father or rich family that paid for everything that I have right now, so I worked my way. — Marat Safin Copy Share Image
Fathers, sons, brothers, men everywhere: Your legacy will not perish if you take your partner's surname, or she keeps hers. — Zoe Saldana Copy Share Image
After our mom died, her parents (our grandparents) had this big court battle with dad. After six lawyers, two fistfights, and a… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
He cut her off with brutal precision. "And one last thing." His eyes flicked toward the door, through which Jace, Alec, and… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
I've always loved history, from my youngest memories. My father enjoyed the great stories of history, like Hereward the Wake, Robin Hood,… — Jo Beverley Copy Share Image
“As she spoke, I wanted to cry, because sometimes it's just so damn hard to be a mother. We have to wait… — Lisa See Copy Share Image
If it wasn't for good," my mother says, "we human beings would have been wiped out a long time ago. Either the… — Joseph Bruchac Copy Share Image
“Although in general Gary applauded the modern trend toward individual self-management of retirement funds and long-distance calling plans and private-schooling options, he… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
“We are not slaves but children of our Father, free to do good, free to sin. So when in anguish over any… — William Sloane Coffin Copy Share Image
Our parents deserve our honor and respect for giving us life itself. Beyond this they almost always made countless sacrifices as they… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
That's my big goal, to represent for the Nigerians and their parents because they are truly characters. My mom is, for sure. — Ego Nwodim Copy Share Image
I'll never forget my first time with you' Min said as she edged the doughnut off her finger. 'The earth moved, and… — Jennifer Crusie Copy Share Image
Why are you measuring? This is how you block, delay, hinder, obstruct and deny his place in the life as a father. — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
A best friend should, love you like a mother, protect you like a sister, & fight with you like a brother. — Obviously Me :p Copy Share Image
When I got to know that I will be doing 'Dilwale,' I was numb. I called my mother and told her, and… — Varun Sharma Copy Share Image
My parents taught me to approach the world critically, but also to approach it with a sense of responsibility. — Chelsea Clinton Copy Share Image
To nourish children and raise them against odds is in any time, any place, is more valuable than to fix bolts in… — Marilyn French Copy Share Image
Nobody ever told you that being a mother is all about making what seemed like thousands of tiny decisions. — Liane Moriarty Copy Share Image
I would say Triple H is the biggest influence on my career. He's almost like a father figure. If I slip up,… — Enzo Amore Copy Share Image
There is nothing more precious to a parent than a child, and nothing more important to our future than the safety of… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
Do you think your mother and I should have lived comfortably so long together, if ever we had been married? Baggage! — John Gay Copy Share Image
The mother is not dying exactly, but has reached a point in life where death is a familiar on the staircase. — Clive Barnes Copy Share Image
As a teenager, I ached to grow up even more than I dreaded to. I craved escape from my parents' impositions on… — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
Being a grownup means assuming responsibility for yourself, for your children, and - here's the big curve - for your parents. — Wendy Wasserstein Copy Share Image
What Lady Gaga will answer when she will be asked about F grade exam results by her parents? Lady Gaga-'i was born… — Bidhata Narzary Copy Share Image
“If I weren't a ghost tied to my dead mother in the lake--if I had things I wanted to do and a… — Dot Hutchison Copy Share Image
[Caine] "Interesting. Me, I've always wanted to know who my real parents were." [Sam] "Let me guess: you're secretly a wizard who… — Michael Grant Copy Share Image
When he was twenty-three or twenty-four my father began to learn German and read philosophy in his spare hours, which did not… — Edward Carpenter Copy Share Image
My parents are my role models. I also love Halle Berry, Robert DeNiro, Eddie Murphy, Angela Bassett, Tom Cruise and Jennifer Lopez.… — Raven-Symone Copy Share Image
My father...made us shop at Goodwill. I found things to wear and got Best Dressed (in the yearbook) two years in a… — Nick Cannon Copy Share Image
My son broke his arm. I couldn't do anything, couldn't be there. That's when I knew I was a bad parent. I… — Ashley Walters Copy Share Image
“Inconsistent parenting creates confusion. When I'm pitting mom against dad, they never know what to expect.” — Bauvard Copy Share Image
I don't think Indian parents will accept Veena Malik as their bahu. After all, she's a Pakistani national! — Rakhi Sawant Copy Share Image
We have not passed that subtle line between childhood and adulthood until we have stopped saying 'It got lost,' and say, 'I… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
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