Unfortunately, I never played an instrument. I can't blame my parents, but I wish I had had music lessons. It's odd because… — Frederick Wiseman Copy Share Image
My mother was the favorite child of her parents. My father was the favorite child of his parents. The result of these… — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
I've inherited the worst of each parent. I have my father's hypochondria and lack of concentration. I have his amorality. I have… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
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For whatever reason, I didn't succumb to the stereotype that science wasn't for girls. I got encouragement from my parents. I never… — Sally Ride Copy Share Image
Two children of same cruel parent look at one another and see in each other the image of the cruel parent or… — Amos Oz Copy Share Image
At long last he was unencumbered, emancipated from the stifling world of his parents and peers, a world of abstraction and security… — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
God blessed me with two unbelievable parents, and I am just like both of them. I have the smile and charisma of… — Magic Johnson Copy Share Image
As long as you're around, your life is too. So just as you shower love and affection and attention on the husbands,… — Cecelia Ahern Copy Share Image
To the fuki plant, dandelions, and their kind that lie for long patiently under the fallen snow, comes the season of breezy… — Kobayashi Issa Copy Share Image
Zip codes might be great for sorting mail, but they should not determine the quality of a child s education or success… — Bob Wise Copy Share Image
When I consider how little of a rarity children are -- that every street and blind alley swarms with them -- that… — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
The assumption is that life doesn't need to be navigated with lessons. You can just do it intuitively. After all, you only… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
If I could summarize my suggestions to parents over the past twenty-five years it would be: worry less, criticize less, preach less,… — Charlotte Sophia Kasl Copy Share Image
If you have a faith, it is statistically overwhelmingly likely that it is the same faith as your parents and grandparents had.… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Adults constantly raise the bar on smart children, precisely because they're able to handle it. The children get overwhelmed by the tasks… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
The parents are the issue, because it's not the kids' fault. They're the ones on the playground getting the s - and… — Gordon Ramsay Copy Share Image
Spending time with you just feels...right,somehow. Easy, like the way it's supposed to be. Like it is with my parents. They're just… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
I do believe there's a place for anger in spiritual life. Just as a mother protects a child, as parents protect offspring… — Mark Coleman Copy Share Image
Darwin abolished special creations, contributed the Origin of Species and hitched all life together in one unbroken procession of Siamese Twins, the… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
It's as if God gave you something-all those stories- and said, "Here you are. Try not to lose it." But children lose… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Climate change is critical to me because I'm a parent; I feel a sense of responsibility to the future. I'm not going… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
To lead a child (or anyone else!), even inadvertently, away from faithfulness, away from loyalty and bedrock belief simply because we want… — Jeffrey R. Holland Copy Share Image
My mother - neither one of my parents went to college. My mother, after her four children had grown up, went back… — Tad Devine Copy Share Image
I think I definitely want to blame my parents on this one. One of the things about having a minister for a… — Matt Ruff Copy Share Image
To go and accomplish a dream at 15, it doesn't feel like you have all that much to lose because you're in… — Emma Stone Copy Share Image
I get sick of that old rationalization, "We're staying together because of the children." Kids couldn't be more miserable living with parents… — Johnny Carson Copy Share Image
I was ballet dancing at four, playing piano by six, and doing commercials by 12. When I was 21, I was on… — Roselyn Sanchez Copy Share Image
It's sad that as crushed Millennials we live in the shadow of our parents, our fathers. We aren't willing to murder our… — Cody Wilson Copy Share Image
I try to be careful because technology changes so much over the years. But some things don't change. Kids and parents have… — Paula Danziger Copy Share Image
I love Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton. I also love more cerebral poets like H.D. and Emily Dickinson. My parents subscribed to… — Francesca Lia Block Copy Share Image
She took out a shiny folded pamphlet, the kind they kept stacked in clear plastic stands in hospital waiting rooms. "How to… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
I think the main benefit is that much of the traditional parenting that's being carried out today is so fear based and… — Shefali Tsabary Copy Share Image
I've wanted to act since I was little, but my parents told me I couldn't pursue it until after college. The understanding… — Allison Williams Copy Share Image
Educate your children to self-control, to the habit of holding passion and prejudice and evil tendencies subject to an upright and reasoning… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Something that was instilled in me by my parents at a very young age is that there is no happy life without… — Keke Palmer Copy Share Image
One thing I've learnt is you should never fight it. They're natural emotions and when you try and bottle everything up, that's… — Simon Cowell Copy Share Image
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I take the academic education as seriously as the physical education. That's why I tell parents that the schools can't do it… — Arnold Schwarzenegger Copy Share Image
In the 5 years, well over 60,000 American families have been broken apart by the absence of insurance because the only way… — Patrick J. Kennedy Copy Share Image
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