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title: "3 Parent Said Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [I was never told to "Get up, get out there, get a job." It was never a thing either parent ever said…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-rollins/i-was-never-told-to-get-up-get-out-there-get-a-job-it-was-never-a/)

[Henry Rollins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-rollins/)

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> [Every parent who has ever said a few words over a goldfish in a toilet bowl or felt the numbness of an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lori-borgman/every-parent-who-has-ever-said-a-few-words-over-a-goldfish-in-a/)

[Lori Borgman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lori-borgman/)

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> [“That is the worst thing about being a parent,” she said, as if I were one too. “You’re meant to be this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jojo-moyes/that-is-the-worst-thing-about-being-a-parent-she-said-as-if-i-were/)

[Jojo Moyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jojo-moyes/)

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