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> [The only reason I even learned Japanese was to figure out what my parents were getting me for Christmas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tamlyn-tomita/the-only-reason-i-even-learned-japanese-was-to-figure-out-what-my/)

[Tamlyn Tomita](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tamlyn-tomita/)

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> [I see my parents getting older and I think 'How can I prevent what is going to happen to me?'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-willis/i-see-my-parents-getting-older-and-i-think-how-can-i-prevent-what-is/)

[Emma Willis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-willis/)

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> [When you're busy living life and growing up, we often forget that our parents are getting older too. Cherish the moments you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raghib-clitso/when-you-re-busy-living-life-and-growing-up-we-often-forget-that-our/)

[Raghib Clitso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raghib-clitso/)

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> [We are too busy growing up not realizing that our parents are getting old.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/we-are-too-busy-growing-up-not-realizing-that-our-parents-are-getting/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [I don't believe some arbitrary line should preclude parents getting the best education possible for that child.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tate-reeves/i-don-t-believe-some-arbitrary-line-should-preclude-parents-getting/)

[Tate Reeves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tate-reeves/)

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> [We got to see the world, we're put on some of the best teams in Europe, we made a lot of money,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-taurasi/we-got-to-see-the-world-we-re-put-on-some-of-the-best-teams-in-europe/)

[Diana Taurasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-taurasi/)

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> [If the White House could do more to tell parents that getting children reading is their business too, we'd see a big…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/if-the-white-house-could-do-more-to-tell-parents-that-getting/)

[James Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-patterson/)

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> [As long as children are still getting kicked out of their homes by parents, getting bullied, commuting suicide, et cetera. it's definitely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rayvon-owen/as-long-as-children-are-still-getting-kicked-out-of-their-homes-by/)

[Rayvon Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rayvon-owen/)

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> [People said it was difficult to get work in Mumbai and my parents were getting jittery then, but I got work in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sargun-mehta/people-said-it-was-difficult-to-get-work-in-mumbai-and-my-parents/)

[Sargun Mehta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sargun-mehta/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/656/sargun-mehta-6593_difficult_people-said-it-was-difficult-to-get-work_67608.jpg)

> [Every parent like me thinks about the future. We worry about our parents, who are getting older and how we may have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-clarke/every-parent-like-me-thinks-about-the-future-we-worry-about-our/)

[George Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-clarke/)

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> [It was good for us, I suppose. Those kinds of times produce qualities in us that make us better for having had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fay-wray/it-was-good-for-us-i-suppose-those-kinds-of-times-produce-qualities/)

[Fay Wray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fay-wray/)

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