Instilled Quotes
102 Instilled quotes by 100 unique authors
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Everywhere and always, since its very inception, Christianity has turned the earth into a vale of tears; always it has made of life a weak,…
— Emma Goldman
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Angela Carter's fiction blew me away and really instilled a passion for writing, bolstered by Vladimir Nabokov. But in general, I can't point to any…
— Jeff VanderMeer
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A lot of the motivation for doing the 'Make 'Em Laugh' on SNL was because I had just finished shooting 'Inception,' where there were zero-gravity…
— Joseph Gordon-Levitt
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When I was young, before school, my father would wake me up and we would go running together. A love of being physical, being active…
— Jake Gyllenhaal
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My parents instilled in me that life was going to be very difficult and that I'd have to work for everything.
— Joan Collins
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My mother is an amazing woman. Not only did she manage the entire household, she noticed a gift in each of her kids and instilled…
— Barbara Corcoran
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My father is a chemist, my mother was a homemaker. My parents instilled in us the feeling that learning was the most exciting thing that…
— Rita Dove
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Parents forgive their children least readily for the faults they themselves instilled in them.
— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
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My father instilled in me - of utmost importance and innate in me is the yearning to determine for myself - to define God, to…
— Vera Farmiga
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My father instilled in me to take care of my family. Show up even when you don't want to show up.
— Steve Harvey
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I have a strong Lutheran background, and my parents instilled in me strong morals.
— Tippi Hedren
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My parents are wonderful people and they instilled in me an idealism for which I'm grateful.
— Hugh Hefner
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My role model was my grandfather. He instilled in me the feeling that no matter how successful you are you have a responsibility to help…
— Kevin Johnson
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We wouldn't be as far along as a country if we didn't take on some of Martin Luther King's ways that he instilled in us.
— Rodney King
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It was my father who instilled the 'never say no' attitude I carry around with me today, and who instilled in me a sense of…
— Marlee Matlin
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My parents believed in education and economic security, and I thank them for it. Because I think that's part of what's made my life stable.…
— Helen Mirren
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Well when I was young, actually not just me, but we were all poor. Korea used to be one of the poorest countries in the…
— Lee Myung-bak
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Being able to take care of myself is something that my mom really instilled in me.
— Stevie Nicks
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Being from Africa is the best thing that could have ever, ever happened to me. I cannot see it any other way. All of my…
— Hakeem Olajuwon
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My father instilled in me the attitude of prevailing. If there's a challenge, go for it. If there's a wall to break down, break it…
— Donny Osmond
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My politics were pretty anarchistic until 1969 when the Montreal police went on strike. Within hours, mayhem and rioting broke out and the Mounties had…
— Steven Pinker
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My activism did not spring from my being gay, or, for that matter, from my being black. Rather, it is rooted fundamentally in my Quaker…
— Bayard Rustin
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I had parents who instilled in me the importance of love, morals and hard work. I give God all the glory because he has brought…
— Junior Seau
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If you're like most members of the Baby Boom generation, you decided somewhere along the line, probably after about four margaritas, to have children. This…
— Dave Barry
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The second thing I wrote down that day was that exclusive male imagery of the Divine not only instilled an imbalance within human consciousness, it…
— Sue Monk Kidd
Who Wrote These Instilled Quotes
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