“We inherit every one of our genes, but we leave the womb without a single microbe. As we pass through our mother's… — Michael Specter Copy Share Image
I am an orphan, alone: nevertheless I am found everywhere. I am one, but opposed to myself. I am youth and old… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I am very close to my brother Ramesh Babu. When my father was away for shootings, my brother would take care of… — Mahesh Babu Copy Share Image
“When we follow God’s call and not our own, have we truly wasted our potential—throwing it out like trash? Or have we… — Hannah K. Grieser Copy Share Image
I connect with my culture through my family. I speak Portuguese to my parents so that I can practice. I stay engaged… — Camila Mendes Copy Share Image
I talked to my mother about it a lot. I asked her what it was like to grow up in New York… — Denzel Washington Copy Share Image
When I was little, my parents belonged to a cult, a big Buddhist sect called Soka Gakkai. I didn't have any particular… — Takashi Murakami Copy Share Image
“bland composite” of the congregation’s “congenial, ever helpful, ever ready to help boy scout; as the darling of the old ladies and… — Haddon W. Robinson Copy Share Image
“We are spiritual children of God the Father. We preach it. We sing it. But do we really understand it? Sometimes it’s… — Toni Sorenson Copy Share Image
“She inhaled a deep breath and prayed her mother wouldn't freak out. "I, um, met someone?" Also not exactly true, but she… — Laura Kaye Copy Share Image
I hated the idea that I would be like my father. Which is one of the reasons I decided I didn't want… — Loudon Wainwright III Copy Share Image
Two parents can't raise a child any more than one. You need a whole community - everybody - to raise a child.… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
“Interesting how fashion is cyclical,” Jaccob said when she came out of the store with two black plastic bags. “Goth was the… — Erik Scott de Bie Copy Share Image
Working in the old fashion house is like how your parents raise you and give you this base, and you eventually grow… — Peter Dundas Copy Share Image
“My beloved has arrived, but rather than greeting him, All I can do is bite the corner of my apron with a… — Kim Dong Hwa Copy Share Image
Growing up, everybody told me I was good. I was playing ping-pong with my father, and he'd say, 'That's a good shot,'… — Allison Janney Copy Share Image
If Obama came by his liberalism in the faculty lounge, then sure, he can see it hasn't worked, and he can modify… — Dinesh D'Souza Copy Share Image
“I wanted to say, Who am I to do this, a woman? But that voice was not mine. It was Father's voice.… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
I owe a lot to my parents, because they kept no genre off limits. Music was always playing in the house. They… — Tori Kelly Copy Share Image
“Mothers are an underwritten subject. There isn’t enough about them, and yet they’re so important. Fathers are too, of course; but that’s… — Sarah Stovell Copy Share Image
“My father didn't take the sword for me . he took it for him . I doubt he even knew about the… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
“So it was, your majesty, that I forever relinquished my sewing, and became a lovely peril, a flashing desolation, and an evil… — James Branch Cabell Copy Share Image
Fashion was always in me! The incentive to just get up and start my day by looking for an outfit to walk… — Hennessy Carolina Copy Share Image
The best and most popular novelists do not, as a rule, have children in their books at all, and this is wise.… — E. M. Delafield Copy Share Image
“He wondered when parents had decided updating their social networks or stalking ex-lovers on those same sites had become more important than… — William Cook Copy Share Image
The sight of a paunchy playboy groping a scantily-dressed Diana must appal and humiliate Prince William... As the mother of two young… — Lynda Lee-Potter Copy Share Image
There have been delivered to us in the Gospel three Persons and names through Whom the generation of the birth of believers… — Gregory of Nyssa Copy Share Image
I truly think comedy is - being funny is DNA. My dad was a doctor, a wonderful doctor, and people still come… — Joan Rivers Copy Share Image
If you want to write, write it. That's the first rule. And send it in, and send it in to someone who… — Robert B. Parker Copy Share Image
I think the relationship between mother and daughter is so interesting, even in a semi-normal family. Emily Thorne/Amanda Clarke's family relationship is… — Emily VanCamp Copy Share Image
I realized that so much of the pressure I was feeling was from outside sources, and I knew I wasn't ready to… — Kim Cattrall Copy Share Image
My sense of humor was a tool for me getting past my mother and father separating, my older brother having cerebral palsy,… — Tracy Morgan Copy Share Image
Sometimes you want to skate along or just get by or fly under the radar, but sometimes you have to stand up… — Angela Bassett Copy Share Image
“I nearly swallow my tongue when Cash pops up from behind the bar. “You must be Olivia.” “Holy mother of hell!” I… — M. Leighton Copy Share Image
I love my wife. We've had a few slings and arrows across the room, but I'm not prepared to give in, you… — Ozzy Osbourne Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I was told that I had a biological father, but that he didn't have much importance. I… — Melissa Febos Copy Share Image
She was born Sarah Breedlove on a plantation in Delta, Louisiana, where her parents had been slaves. At 14, she married to… — A'Lelia Bundles Copy Share Image
Parents today are under a lot of stress, sometimes working two jobs just to make ends meet. They're trying to find day… — Barbara Mikulski Copy Share Image
O, heavenly Father: we thank thee for food and remember the hungry. We thank thee for health and remember the sick. We… — Abigail Van Buren Copy Share Image
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