My parents thought if they put me in drama classes, I might come out of my shell. It worked, and I've acted… — Samara Weaving Copy Share Image
“Parents, she thought, learned to survive touching their children less and less.” — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
My parents thought art was important and a lot of my childhood was spent doing some form of it or another. — Jason Becker Copy Share Image
I was good in science in school and parents thought I would become a school teacher like my mother. — P. T. Usha Copy Share Image
I was always singing around my house, and my parents thought they should put me into voice lessons just for fun. — Jennifer Damiano Copy Share Image
Do not forget the time when your parents thought you how to be responsible, because you can use this for the future. — Mitch Alapan Copy Share Image
When I was growing up my parents never thought I would be an actor. — Charlie Plummer Copy Share Image
People worry more about girls, for a good reason: I don't think my parents thought I was going to be raped by… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
“Parents always thought if they could get on your level then that allowed them secret passage into your world when in reality,… — Peter Monn Copy Share Image
I was not encouraged to follow the career of a writer because my parents thought that I was going to starve to… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, my parents thought there could be nothing better than being a writer. And at that time, society… — Alissa Quart Copy Share Image
I used to teach at a private school, and the parents thought I loved their children. I did not love their children!… — Caitlin Flanagan Copy Share Image
My parents thought I was crazy. When I graduated, you didn't hear of basketball players going to Japan. Everyone went to Europe… — Anne Donovan Copy Share Image
I was a shy little girl. Growing up, I was often content being alone in my room, making up stories, and acting… — Susan Lucci Copy Share Image
I don't ever remember being able to debate with my parents. Even though I thought of myself as a very bright kid,… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
I was embarrassed by my parents. I thought they had nothing of interest to say or contribute to anything. My real crime… — Linda Grant Copy Share Image
Being working class, my parents thought, 'Ian's going to uni, the first in the family,' and I'd do dentistry or accountancy. I… — Ian Rankin Copy Share Image
My parents thought it was nice to develop my imagination, but they never seriously thought that anything would ever come of it.… — Nicole Kidman Copy Share Image
I once fell 20 feet from a tree, was knocked unconscious, and when I picked myself up and straggled home, my parents… — Sharon Creech Copy Share Image
I've lived with someone and probably will again, but I don't want children and I have known that since I was little.… — Carmen Busquets Copy Share Image
My mom being raised in England, her father always wanted to pursue the arts and wanted to have a stage career in… — Jovan Adepo Copy Share Image
“The novel belongs to our parents, I thought then, I think now. That's what we grew up believing, that the novel belonged… — Alejandro Zambra Copy Share Image
I was writing full time after quitting a job as a high school English teacher, and I hadn't been able to sell… — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
I'm a college dropout. My parents thought they had three respectable children, and I was the black sheep. — Ritesh Agarwal Copy Share Image
My parents thought they were getting an accountant and a lawyer. Instead, they ended up with a PR and an actress. — Gemma Chan Copy Share Image
The footsteps a child follows are most likely to be the ones his parents thought they covered up. — James Dobson Copy Share Image
“Your parents thought about it, and the name they came up with for their child was Bruiser?” “Aren’t” — T.S. Joyce Copy Share Image
I hitchhiked at high school. My parents thought was a perfectly normal thing to do even though God knows I got blown… — John Waters Copy Share Image
At a very young age, when I was a baby, I used to mimic all of these movies, like 'Dreamgirls' and 'Ray,'… — Marsai Martin Copy Share Image
“At first i thought you were one of the human students, when you'd told me about your parents i thought they'd killed… — Claudia Gray Copy Share Image
I was one of those kids who tended to stay in on Saturday nights. My mother used to come and say, 'Why… — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
My parents thought it was really important that I grow up with the high school experience, because if I was going to… — Danielle Campbell Copy Share Image
You've always been two people. The Jenna who wants to please and the Jenna who secretly resents in. They won't break, you… — Mary E. Pearson Copy Share Image
Ours was a never a 'religious' religious home because my parents thought of religion as something you do: it's the way you… — Margrethe Vestager Copy Share Image
A lot of people, even my parents, thought, "Art school, I don't know. We'll support you but the success rate for artists… — Ryan McGinley Copy Share Image
When I first told people I was writing a book, some would say that was interesting, but others thought it was some… — Alexandra Adornetto Copy Share Image
“Our parents thought we might be corrupted by one another into becoming whatever it was they most feared: an incorrigible masturbator, a… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
My plea to educators and parents is that they should give some thought to the nature of the brain of a child,… — Wilder Penfield Copy Share Image
People say to me, "When did you come out?" But I was never in! When I was about six, I was swanning… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
