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Parent Quotes by Maurice Sendak
- All I wanted was to be straight so my parents could be happy. They never, never, never knew.
- Do parents sit down and tell their kids everything? I don't know. I don't know. I've convinced myself - I hope I'm right - that…
- I think people should be given a test much like driver's tests as to whether they're capable of being parents!
- I think people should be given a test much like driver's tests as to whether they're capable of being parents! It's an art form. I…
- That always seemed to be the most critical test that a child was confronted with - loss of parents, loss of direction, loss of love.…
- As a kid, all I thought about was death. But you can't tell your parents that.
- Parents shouldn't assume children are made out of sugar candy and will break and collapse instantly. Kids don't. We do.
- Most children - I know I did when I was a kid - fantasize another set of parents. Or fantasize no parents. They don't tell…
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- Little girls are cute and small only to adults. To one another they are not cute. They are life-sized. — Margaret Atwood
- If I were to give advice, I would say to parents that they ought to be very careful whom they allow to… — Teresa of Avila
- Kill all the rich people. Break up their cars and apartments. Bring the revolution home, kill your parents, that's where it's really… — Bill Ayers
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- My parents were divorced when I was a young teenager, and I was raised by a single mother after that. So, I… — Michele Bachmann
- The joys of parents are secret, and so are their grieves and fears. — Francis Bacon
- When you're in a relationship you want it to work. My parents did, I did. But we are not taught how to… — Erykah Badu
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- Children rarely want to know who their parents were before they were parents, and when age finally stirs their curiosity, there is… — Russell Baker
- My parents gave me a strict upbringing, which at times has caused me to suffer distress but today I am grateful to… — Brigitte Bardot
- I'm just curious, who's more fit to raise a child? A loving committed same-sex couple or an unmarried 15-year-old with no income… — Ellen Barkin