It took me 40 years to write my first book. When I was a child, I was encouraged to go to school.… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
My parents have always provided. They're like, 'This is your money, you can spend it however you want to spend it, but… — Caleb McLaughlin Copy Share Image
For us, church was kind of the way that we found our first entry into community in Arkansas. My parents would drop… — Lee Isaac Chung Copy Share Image
As a child, I never wanted my parents to be unhappy, which meant that I would always contemplate what would make them… — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
We're going to live longer than our parents' generation, and there comes a point when you ask yourself, 'What am I going… — Jane Pauley Copy Share Image
I was always in trouble from an early age. I had a fraught relationship with my parents, who were very traditional. Doing… — Naveen Andrews Copy Share Image
“What about my parents?" "What about your parents?" "I can't let them down." "Even if it means letting yourself down? Which I… — Gayle Forman Copy Share Image
While I do think that good health, skin and hair has a lot to do with genetics, so I do have my… — Soha Ali Khan Copy Share Image
Young people, your parents, with their maturity of years and experience you have not had, can provide wisdom, knowledge, and blessings to… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
My parents have always had a very limited command of English. Of course, when we first arrived in the UK, none of… — Zia Haider Rahman Copy Share Image
In 'The Big Chill,' those characters are in middle age, thinking, 'Oh, God, I've turned into my parents. I've failed.' And in… — Chris Lowell Copy Share Image
When you have your own kid, it suddenly makes you more aware of how your parents treated you and educated you. Your… — Juergen Teller Copy Share Image
When I went to school, most parents wanted their children to get good A-levels, to go to university, and get a degree… — Theo Paphitis Copy Share Image
When I was young, I told my parents, 'I promise you I'm going to play in the Champions League, and for my… — Naby Keita Copy Share Image
One of the things I have noticed about my novels is that they all concern people who can't quite bring themselves to… — John Lanchester Copy Share Image
I liked making people laugh. I remember that specifically, being really young and having my parents being in the audience and laughing.… — Kaitlin Olson Copy Share Image
The time during bombings was definitely difficult for everyone. My parents, they really protected me from it, and we came through together. — Ana Ivanovic Copy Share Image
We don't like what we don't know or understand. Parents don't like the thought of their kids embracing social media because they… — Amy Jo Martin Copy Share Image
When I was 3, my parents strapped on a pair of Playskool plastic roller skates to my feet, and that's where the… — J. R. Celski Copy Share Image
I never considered myself as part of a biracial family - we're just a family - but my parents are white, and… — Lana Condor Copy Share Image
I never looked at my parents' marriage or really anyone who had been married more than 30 years and thought, 'I gotta… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
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My parents were all about education. My mother was a librarian - she retired after 30 years - and she made sure… — Courtney B. Vance Copy Share Image
COVID has exposed a health-care system that is woefully inadequate in its standard of care for the parents and grandparents who paved… — Leslyn Lewis Copy Share Image
I turn to my parents for support, but their lives and careers are different and mine is different, so I don't consult… — Shruti Haasan Copy Share Image
I worked in my parents' decorating store from six. My mum would get me in every Saturday polishing the paint and straightening… — Sara Davies Copy Share Image
I didn't have my parents to rebel against, but I had society, and that definitely is what they taught me. Just: Trust… — Ellar Coltrane Copy Share Image
The biggest mistakes most parents make (and believe me, I'm guilty of these too) seem very inconsequential. They're little, day-to-day things that,… — Andy Andrews Copy Share Image
I screwed up at a young age with my parents. They were very religious and they didn't really understand music. They didn't… — Brent Smith Copy Share Image
If our parents fixed everything for us and did not allow us to do anything on our own, or intervened every single… — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
And children, if your parents haven't been teaching you what it means to be an American, let 'em know and nail 'em… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
When you're a young kid and you're gay, you're out there on your own. And you're trying to figure this thing out.… — James McGreevey Copy Share Image
Young men and women come of age when they look at their parents and see them not only as their parents but… — Benjamin Alire Saenz Copy Share Image
My parents were my heroes and my role models. So I thought long and hard over decisions that I would make because… — Dick Vitale Copy Share Image
I nearly adopted a girl once. I went to an orphanage and found this girl called Vijaya, who was abandoned at the… — Simi Garewal Copy Share Image
It is time to set aside the old partisan bickering and finger-pointing and name-calling that comes from freeing parents to make different… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
My parents wanted me to be a Baptist minister. I was a youth minister in my church when I was still in… — Dick Gephardt Copy Share Image
“Having worked so hard to have children, parents may feel it's only natural to expect happiness from the experience. And they'll find… — Jennifer Senior Copy Share Image
[On parents:] They're not gods to be pleased or devils to be exorcised. They're just there, and we can only hope they… — Helen Van Slyke Copy Share Image
My parents told us how they felt but never imposed their beliefs on us, although I appreciate I got a healthy sense… — Ahmet Zappa Copy Share Image
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