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I had my father on the Under-21 team and during the World Cup in France in 1998 - and also in AC… — Paolo Maldini Copy Share Image
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My mother's influence to take on new challenges and do what I though was right even though sometimes the consequences politically speaking… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
“Jason Lycurgus. Who, driven perhaps by the compulsion of the flamboyant name given him by the sardonic embittered woodenlegged indomitable father who… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
“Mother,” Alec’s voice as he interrupted his mother was firm, implacable, and not unkind. “Father. There’s something I have to tell you.”… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
I told my father to stop smoking around the age of two or three years old and he stopped smoking. So the… — Doug E. Fresh Copy Share Image
“Parenting children with severe behaviors is not a simple job, yet it is a responsibility charged to us by God. It is… — Heather T. Forbes Copy Share Image
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A person's level of intelligence is not solely based on the genes that they inherited from their parents. How a person was… — Crystal Yang Copy Share Image
“My mother had not forgotten the sad end of M. Vinteuil’s life, his complete absorption, first in having to play both mother… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
“Suddenly, something fluttered down from the nest to rest at Chasmira's feet. She picked it up- A phoenix father. It glistened in… — Christine E. Schulze Copy Share Image
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“My father's hand found the door locked. His calls to my mother went unanswered. He beat with his fists and called out… — Niall Williams Copy Share Image
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“I returned from the village. The house seemed unbearably dull. But I bore it. "There is no escape from loneliness and separation…"… — R.K. Narayan Copy Share Image
I grew up watching a lot of Egyptian movies. My parents had this huge VHS collection of every Egyptian movie you can… — Cherien Dabis Copy Share Image
My father played guitar, so I always wanted to play for that reason. But I think the biggest reason was just the… — Jack Antonoff Copy Share Image
“Near home I ran through our park, where I had aired my children on weekends and late-summer afternoons. I stopped at the… — Grace Paley Copy Share Image
“Yes, I was my father and I was my son, I asked myself questions and answered as best I could, I had… — Samuel Beckett Copy Share Image
People always want to give you advice about parenting. People who you've never met before will tell you you're doing something wrong.… — Emma Healey Copy Share Image
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When I was a young boy, very young boy, mothers didn't work. Women were home, they took care of the house, they… — Jerry Weintraub Copy Share Image
No matter your situation, you can make family history a part of your life right now. Primary children can draw a family… — Russell M. Nelson Copy Share Image
There is an art to grieving. To grieve well the loss of anyone or anything--a parent, a love, a child, an era,… — Elizabeth Lesser Copy Share Image
O Christ, my life, possess me utterly. Take me and make a little Christ of me. If I am anything but thy… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
“That is not a Muslim child, but a child of Muslim parents. That child is too young to know whether it is… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
All around me, I saw people who were taught by their parents, as I was, to just toe the line, not ruffle… — Simu Liu Copy Share Image
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He saw merchants trading, princes hunting, mourners wailing for their dead, whores offering themselves, physicians trying to help the sick, priests determining… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
No one can survive childhood without being wounded. Everyone remembers at least one time when their parents rejected them, pushed them away,… — Banana Yoshimoto Copy Share Image
Again, there are other things associated with these matters, all bearing more or less upon the same points. When God selected Joseph… — John Taylor Copy Share Image
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On the third day after someone dies, the soul comes back to settle scores. In my mother's case, this would be the… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
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As a mother, I love the Leapster handheld because it really delivers on educating children while they play. My daughter enjoys it… — Marcia Gay Harden Copy Share Image
My brother and I were able to fantasize far more extravagantly about our parents' tastes and desires, their aspirations and their vices,… — Anne Fadiman Copy Share Image
My favorite anime of all time is 'Yu Yu Hakusho.' And this is because when I was living with my parents before… — Xavier Woods Copy Share Image