The old notion that children are the private property of parents dies very slowly. In reality, no parent raises a child alone.… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
The school was prone to dishing out punishments for anything creative that didn't fit with expectation - I just followed the logic… — David Knopfler Copy Share Image
The big turning point, really, was the Beatles' influence on American folk music, and then Roger took it to the next step,… — Barry McGuire Copy Share Image
I was pretty young when my father was prime minister, so it wasn't really a big part of my life. My folks… — Julian McMahon Copy Share Image
I like to take folks back to the turn of the century when people said 'gas cars can never replace horses because… — Chris Paine Copy Share Image
I've actually cut my personal pay individually; we didn't vote on that, but I've done that individually. It's important that folks know… — Steve Stivers Copy Share Image
I do not admire 'the people,' as such. No one really does. Their folk wisdom is usually false, their instincts predatory. Even… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
My main influences are pop and folk music - Bob Lind, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, the Motown collection, The Zombies,… — Greta Salpeter Copy Share Image
When I was young, my mother [folk singer Kate McGarrigle] brought home this recording of Verdi's Requiem and we listened to it… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
He’s being held prisoner on a ceramic-lined cookie sheet in the oven,” Thomas said. “I figured he couldn’t jigger his way out… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
The classical argument for why a supposedly decent and moral creature like Homo sapiens can mistreat and even extirpate other species rests… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
In South Korea, there's a lot of folks who are already saying this deal doesn't go far enough. And I had one… — Elise Hu Copy Share Image
It is this world, a world where cruise ships throw away more food in a day than most residents of Port-au-Prince see… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Our sport is in a changing of the guard right now. It happens every 10 or 15 years, and Brad is the… — Darrell Waltrip Copy Share Image
If you're not sure how you feel about same-sex marriage, go and meet some of the families and see what they're looking… — Whoopi Goldberg Copy Share Image
'Who's been repeating all that hard stuff to you?' 'I read it in a book,' said Alice. 'But I had some poetry… — Lewis Carroll Copy Share Image
My administration is going to stop the tens of thousands of people coming in from Syria. We have no idea who they… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Robert Downey Jr. doesn't work out like us regular folks. Adulation bathes him from the moment he arrives at his Los Angeles… — Stephen Rodrick Copy Share Image
This season don't get lost in making the perfect meal or become overwhelmed with all the folks in your house. Use this… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
For the trouble with the real folk of Faerie is that they do not always look like what they are; and they… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
So often, trans roles don't even go to trans actors. Most of the fabulous trans roles that have won people Oscars, we… — Laverne Cox Copy Share Image
My family and I are just regular folks, just trying to get through the day and do the best you can and… — Rodney Atkins Copy Share Image
People actually perceived me with being this cat from the Bronx because I'm one of a handful of folks that was actually… — Fab Five Freddy Copy Share Image
Yeah, I always listen to both classic and newer folk-influenced music. Singer-songwriter, alternative music. I also listen to more experimental dance music. — Brad Delson Copy Share Image
So more and more black folk tend to be well-adjusted to [Barack] Obama's presidency, but does that mean they're well-adjusted to injustice?… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
Yes. My mother was and still is a Folk Singer. She was very involved in the political movements for Unions and Civil… — Vicki Sue Robinson Copy Share Image
Culture dictated from above is the enemy of folk music. Whether it's stuffy classical music or pre-engineered pop where somebody's paid tons… — Will Sheff Copy Share Image
It's an absolute blast to be a voice actor, but also kinda scary that the vocal baby you just birthed out at… — Roger Craig Smith Copy Share Image
Folks have a common misconception that Mississippi is strictly a rural, outdoors state. While we are famous for our hunting, sport fishing… — Gregg Harper Copy Share Image
When the Taliban took over in 1996, the news of their crimes hit the Toronto papers. As a feminist and as an… — Deborah Ellis Copy Share Image
In our democracy and our civic discourse, it seems as if folks who take religion the most seriously are sometimes also those… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I suppose my little Martin acoustic guitar is quickly becoming a prize possession. It's a lovely guitar. I bought it at the… — Graham Coxon Copy Share Image
Lobbyists in Washington are making six figure salaries selling our government out to the corporate interests and we just sit and smile… — Hal Holbrook Copy Share Image
On the other hand, there would be some value in different folks getting together to share expertise and technology; but to the… — Jamie Zawinski Copy Share Image
Read my letter to the old folks, and give my love to them, and tell my brothers to be always watching unto… — Harriet Tubman Copy Share Image
White folks needs what black folks got just as much as black folks needs what white folks got, and we's all got… — Margaret Walker Copy Share Image
Modern civilization is complicated and artificial. Simple folk live in a world of love and peace. Let no one hate another or… — Sivananda Copy Share Image
I want my work to be as inclusive as possible, because sex isn't just for some selected group of people, it's for… — Rachel Kramer Bussel Copy Share Image
I like mountains, always have done. Big obstinate bits of rock sticking up where they're not wanted and getting in folk's way.… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
America is the most compassionate country in the entire world. We do more for folks around this world. And that's the nature… — Bobby Jindal Copy Share Image
![“When I was young, my mother [folk singer Kate McGarrigle] brought home this recording of Verdi's Requiem and we listened to it from top to bottom. By the end of it, I was a completely different person. It was literally a requiem mass for my former self. I was about 12 or 13. The Requiem just…” quote by Rufus Wainwright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/beb/rufus-wainwright-2260_aids_when-i-was-young-my-mother-folk-singer-k_1158867.jpg)
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