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I already had a fraught relationship with my parents, who were very traditional. They wanted me to get a proper job, like any right-thinking…

— Naveen Andrews

My parents were very unusual. They were pro-women and independence and they wanted me to have my own career. And because of my lineage,…

— Anoushka Shankar

My parents must have done a great job. Anytime I wanted to pursue something that they weren't familiar with, that was not part of…

— Sally Ride

My dad never decided what he wanted to do; at times he fought in the army, was a teacher, a boxer, a light engineer,…

— Anthony Browne

My parents encouraged me in everything I ever wanted to do.

— Charles Kuralt

Even though my parents raised me in a very individualistic way, they were also strict and traditional, which was good. It was hard to…

— Anoushka Shankar

I think the fact that my parents weren't conventional - especially considering their position - had a big influence on the way that I…

— Stella McCartney

My parents are super-traditional. To them, any career in the arts - they just wouldn't have it.

— Jax Jones

My parents were passionate about what they did, very cheap, and very focused on doing good in society.

— Anne Wojcicki

My parents were not the typical kind of showbiz parents where everything had to be, you know, study, study, study, study, when it came…

— Leslie Uggams

I learned early on that family, as far as my mother and father, were not an option.

— Drew Barrymore

We all try to make our own way, but we definitely try to learn from our parents' experiences.

— Jerami Grant