My parents had normal jobs, and I didn't just want to work all day, and so I thought if I could break… — Nate Ruess Copy Share Image
Beatrice," she says. "Beatrice, we have to run." She pulls my arm across her shoulders and hauls me to my feet. She… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
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My mother, who was radiant, young, and beautiful even as she lay dying, heard voices and saw visions, but she always managed… — Mark Vonnegut Copy Share Image
My father did say this; it's been fifty years since the chamber has been opened. He wouldn't tell me who opened it,… — Draco Malfoy Copy Share Image
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I called my mother immediately to inform her that she was a bad parent. "I can't believe you let us watch this.… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
As the Japanese family gets more and more atomized, grandparents don't live with the nuclear family, so parents of children can't consult… — Hirokazu Kore-eda Copy Share Image
You have suffered greatly, poor mother. Oh! do not lament, you have now the portion of the elect. It is in this… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
My mother told me two things constantly. One was to be a lady and the other was to be independent, and the… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
Whether we are poets or parents or teachers or artists or gardeners, we must start where we are and use what we… — Luci Shaw Copy Share Image
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The older I get, the more and more I notice I'm like my father. It's funny, because when I was younger I… — Apolo Ohno Copy Share Image
I wanted to make a movie once at Lake of the Woods, where my parents had a cabin, which I now have.… — James Ivory Copy Share Image
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I know it's a lot harder for women who don't have enough help, but the truth is, no matter how much money… — Patricia Richardson Copy Share Image
The idea of 'Freedom's Goblin,' to me, leads to a wild conversation. I would hope that father and son, driving home from… — Ty Segall Copy Share Image
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For something to be useful to the spirit is not very valuable to get your covered wagon across the desert. We have… — Miller Williams Copy Share Image
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Once I had a shrink who said, "Your parents are the fuel you run on," because I was raised in the tyranny… — John Waters Copy Share Image
My mother brought me numerous times to visit Orton as a child, and I have visited the gardens with my children many… — Louis Bacon Copy Share Image
The construction of temples of the Ionic order to Juno, Diana, Father Bacchus, and the other gods of that kind, will be… — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio Copy Share Image
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My daughter is, of course, perfect. Everyone's child is, but mine really is perfect. But I could not have raised her without… — Valerie Jarrett Copy Share Image
The Lord would want you to be successful. He would. You are His sons and His daughters. He has the same kind… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
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... my father loved to take photographs of me. When I was nine I made my own costumes for a school play… — Mariko Mori Copy Share Image
My mother was a beauty queen in her hey day. That's where I learnt a little about makeup and hair... I had… — Kylie Bax Copy Share Image
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I was friends with Salvador Dalí until the day he died. Lucky me. I can't say why. I didn't live to be… — Carmen Dell'Orefice Copy Share Image
My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. They would give… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
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