By providing cheap and wholesome reading for the young, we have partly succeeded in driving from the field that which was positively… — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
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My mother was in the kind of late-sixties, early-seventies origins of female emancipation. And she was very much like, "You're not going… — Felicity Jones Copy Share Image
My mother was born in June and later, feeling a vacancy, chose her birth month for her middle name. Marry to marry,… — Judith Viorst Copy Share Image
The Puritans left England for America not because they couldn't be Puritans in their mother country, but because they were not allowed… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Single mothers have as much to teach their children as married mothers and as much love to share--maybe more. Yet their motives… — Anne Cassidy Copy Share Image
I define the terms "founding fathers" and "founders" broadly to include an entire generation or two of Americans from many walks of… — Daniel L Dreisbach Copy Share Image
The most significant piece of advice my father gave me early on about acting was, don't get caught acting. Really believe in… — Kiefer Sutherland Copy Share Image
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Someone killed my Mother and my Father and my Sister?" "Yes, someone did." "A Man?" "A Man." "Which means," said Bod, "you're… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
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I wasn't going to great schools, because my parents didn't believe in public education. They wanted the education to be influenced by… — Katy Perry Copy Share Image
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“Ah me! think, sister, how our father perished, amid hate and scorn, when sins bared by his own search had moved him… — Sophocles Copy Share Image
There is no substitute for obedience to the commands and demands of the gospel, of doing what we are supposed to do… — David S. Baxter Copy Share Image
It's one of the bases of all human existence - the relation between parents and children, whether biologically or metaphorically. It's something… — Eugene Green Copy Share Image
“I left him with only that--the simple story that he had been with his mother this entire time, that he had helped… — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
Where I grew up in Pakistan, it's really the luck of the draw. My mother got married when she was 17. She… — Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy Copy Share Image
When you're a father in a marriage, you sort of become the mother's assistant. And you sort of get a list from… — Louis C. K Copy Share Image
“Our heavenly Father is never content with just controlling us. Control is no problem for him; he’s sovereign after all. But in… — Paul David Tripp Copy Share Image
Like Adam, our first conspicuous ancestor, I must begin, and lay the blame upon a woman; I am glad to recognize that… — Owen Wister Copy Share Image
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Aristotle can be regarded as the father of logic. But his logic is too scholastic, full of subtleties, and fundamentally has not… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
My father was an electrical engineer. He's presently 92 and still could be holding down a job. He had a very analytical… — Vera Rubin Copy Share Image
I watched my parents. My dad worked nights, and I was aware of how much he was doing for us. My mom… — Jennifer Lopez Copy Share Image
The censors were great. There's always back and forth. But it's 'Hostel 2', it's not 'Happy Feet 2'. Everybody knows what Hostel… — Eli Roth Copy Share Image
I think anybody over 30 plays parents because it happens in your thirties and so that's kind of a natural progression. But… — Jodie Foster Copy Share Image
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My mom carried me for nine months. She felt sick for those months with nausea, then she watched her feet swell &… — Sagal Mizuno Copy Share Image
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“The use of a university is to make young gentlemen as unlike their fathers as possible. [“The Power of Christian Young Men”,… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
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