Parents Wanted Quotes

34 quotes by 33 authors

I decided to play tennis not because I wanted to be a professional player, but because my parents wanted me to get involved in something… — Jelena Jankovic
To be honest, I've always had far too much freedom. I had a job when I was 10. I started living on my own when… — Emma Watson
To the best of my recollection, I became a philosopher because my parents wanted me to become a lawyer. It seems to me, in retrospect,… — Jerry Fodor
You should hear what my parents wanted to call me. It was between Brown Rice, Neon Hitch and Z. Ziggurat Zanzibar Zandorf. I'm not joking.… — Neon Hitch
I was a child that both my parents wanted. I was told from the time I was born that I was totally satisfactory. I had… — Margaret Mead
There's an African proverb: 'When death finds you, may it find you alive.' Alive means living your own damned life, not the life that your… — Michael Meade
We moved to Ireland when I was two and we settled in Killarney, Co Kerry. Where we were living in Germany is very industrial and… — Michael Fassbender
I went to high school in Texas for one year, my senior year. My parents wanted me to get out of Stockholm because I was… — Joel Kinnaman
My parents wanted me to be smart and be a scholar, and the best I could do was graduate high school. — Levon Helm
I came to this country when I was 12 years old because my parents wanted to give me new opportunities to succeed. President Obama wants… — Cristina Saralegui
My parents wanted me to work in a bank or as an accountant. — Bruno Tonioli
My parents wanted me to go to law school. — Sasha Alexander
My dad's Israeli. He was born in Baghdad to Iraqi Jews. Then, at age two, his parents wanted to move to their homeland and he… — Elliott Yamin
My parents wanted me to grow up around horses and open spaces. — Schuyler Fisk
It was a lot of fun being a child actress. It suited me. I don't think it suits everybody, but I was in it because… — Alanna Ubach
When I was a kid, I was watching the movies my parents wanted to watch. I came from a working class family, not specifically educated,… — Olivier Martinez
What parents said they valued most were discussions with teachers and heads, and what they wanted was more descriptive information in their children's school reports.… — Carol J. Adams
My parents wanted me to solace them for sorrows they denied having had. — Mason Cooley
My parents wanted me to be a lawyer. But I don't think I would have been very happy. I'd be in front of the jury… — Jennifer Lopez
My parents wanted to light my artistic candle. But over time, the definition of 'the arts' began to stretch. And as I got older, they… — Iggy Pop

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