“another family story is forges, one that father and son will laugh about for decades. This is how a legacy is built.… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
My father used to tell me about how musicians don't have respect from people and he was afraid about my future. — Youssou N'Dour Copy Share Image
To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power. Or the climbing, falling colors of a… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
My mother told me to raise my kids with calculated neglect. They get their self-worth from doing what they can do and… — Lea Thompson Copy Share Image
I enjoyed school - although I ran away on the first day. I'd reminded the teacher that it was nearly time for… — Paul O'Grady Copy Share Image
The usual relationship between an artist and his painting is like the relationship with the father, or a husband's with his wife.… — Ilya Kabakov Copy Share Image
When you have a child yourself, you go back and think about how you were parented, how you were mothered and what… — Emily Deschanel Copy Share Image
Because of education, our mothers and old grannies turn to be working under us because they lack education — Dumi Copy Share Image
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In America now there is this phenomenon called helicopter parenting, where you're hovering over your child for the whole time. Parents there… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
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What can the England of 1940 have in common with the England of 1840? But then, what have you in common with… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“[on Halloween] Shaya could hear the clump-clump-clump of their mother's feet on the stairs. When she appeared in the living room doorway,… — Jody Kihara Copy Share Image
I lived with my parents in Belarus, and I went to Russian kindergarten, which is where I learned Russian. Belarus had just… — Yung Lean Copy Share Image
“Father asked if there were any knights in the hall who would do honor to their houses by taking the black, but… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
God loves his children more than any earthly parent, so think what your kindness to his children means to him. — Henry B. Eyring Copy Share Image
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I knew I wanted to be an actor, and my mother said, 'Call Aaron Sorkin.' It seemed dubious that I'd make it… — Joshua Malina Copy Share Image
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I always thought I would have boys, but as a father, when your kids are born and they're healthy and happy, that's… — Rob Mariano Copy Share Image
The Super most example of love in My life. 'When apples were 4 & we were 5, then my mother said, 'I… — Move-on07 Copy Share Image
The character and history of each child may be a new and poetic experience to the parent, if he will let it. — Margaret Fuller Copy Share Image
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My parents always instilled in me to be a citizen of the world, so that's why I've taken to traveling and why… — Kevin Olusola Copy Share Image
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My parents taught me one thing, I never want ANY type of love they 'had.' Maybe that's why I'm scared to fall… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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Kids bring their mothers and grandmothers to our concerts. You don't see that with a lot of artists today. — Kevin Olusola Copy Share Image
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The Saudi ideal of a woman is a religious mother who rarely ventures out: She shouldn't work with men, she should be… — Manal al-Sharif Copy Share Image
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God has not made anything that I know of that pays so much attention to who their father and mother is as… — Bill Cosby Copy Share Image
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Can't keep track of it no more, son's becoming husbands to their mothers, and old men turning your daughters into whores. — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
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