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> [My parents put me in the water very early, and also had me skiing at a very early age. They put me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benoit-lecomte/my-parents-put-me-in-the-water-very-early-and-also-had-me-skiing-at-a/)

[Benoit Lecomte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benoit-lecomte/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b48/benoit-lecomte-53698_activity_my-parents-put-me-in-the-water-very-earl_42043.jpg)

> [“By 1948 I was safe on my feet and able to get about quite normally, but I was thirty-four and life was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nevil-shute/by-1948-i-was-safe-on-my-feet-and-able-to-get-about-quite-normally/)

[Nevil Shute](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nevil-shute/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0f/nevil-shute-16517_five-years_by-1948-i-was-safe-on-my-feet-and-able-t_100879.jpg)

> [My parents never understood me; they were Japanese.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chic-murray/my-parents-never-understood-me-they-were-japanese/)

[Chic Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chic-murray/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ca/chic-murray-18540_funny_my-parents-never-understood-me-they-were_391124.png)

> [“language his parents understood best was a discourse of violent action, not words. Morris, in particular, was a heavy drug user and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-schroff/language-his-parents-understood-best-was-a-discourse-of-violent/)

[Laura Schroff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-schroff/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18c/laura-schroff-51823_action-not-words_language-his-parents-understood-best-was_2030136.jpg)

> [I think it helped all of us that we had creative parents. They understood what it was like when a kid wanted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-penn/i-think-it-helped-all-of-us-that-we-had-creative-parents-they/)

[Michael Penn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-penn/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/505/michael-penn-11939_could_i-think-it-helped-all-of-us-that-we-had_3232998.jpg)

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