Family Quote by Gok Wan Download Open image “We had quite an unconventional family life because my parents ran a Chinese restaurant.” — Gok Wan ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.4 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Family Family life Life Parenting Parents Ran Restaurant
My mum was a dinner lady and a cleaner while dad worked night shifts as a hydraulic engineer. They did not have a lot… — Kate Thornton Copy Share Image
For years, my Chinese family supported me, but they wanted me to have an arranged marriage, so I ran away and worked as a… — Lee Hyeon-seo Copy Share Image
My mother imparted her daily truths so she could help my older brothers and me rise above our circumstances. We lived in San Francisco's Chinatown. Like most of the other Chinese children who played in the back alleys of restaurants and curio shops, I didn't think we were poor. My bowl was always full, three five-course meals every day, beginning… — Amy Tan Copy Share
It was just a normal family. We were playing basketball, we were playing soccer. It was home-cooked meals, just peaceful and happy times. — Enes Kanter Copy Share Image
Even when my parents were together, they both had to travel and work, and it wasn't like they had nine-to-five jobs. In that way,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I had a working mother. She worked for IBM. My dad lived in another town - not very far away, but another town. So… — John Schneider Copy Share Image
I was raised in restaurants. My parents opened their first restaurant, Buonavia, in Queens when I was just 3. This business has always been… — Joe Bastianich Copy Share Image
You know, my parents had a restaurant. And I left home, actually, in 1949, when I was 13 years old, to go into apprenticeship.… — Jacques Pepin Copy Share Image
I obeyed my parents' rules inside our Chinese household while I pursued my dreams in the American world outside. — Jimmy O. Yang Copy Share Image
I hate being on my own, I rely on my friends and my family and my job to keep me occupied and to make… — Gok Wan Copy Share Image
Everyone has something about themselves they hate. I once worked with one of the most beautiful women in the world and she absolutely hated… — Gok Wan Copy Share Image
People assume I must have this fantastic body that I'm dying to show off but the truth is I have body issues - just… — Gok Wan Copy Share Image
I became the nation's sweetheart because I'm a safe gay. I'm non-intrusive. — Gok Wan Copy Share Image
You have to stop registering size with negativity. The biggest body can be absolutely beautiful. — Gok Wan Copy Share Image
I joke that I came out of my mother with chopsticks in my hands. But one of my earliest memories is of my dad… — Gok Wan Copy Share Image
I dropped out of my drama course at university after a year and just floated from rubbish job to rubbish job, with no self-esteem… — Gok Wan Copy Share Image
My dad taught us all a very strong work ethic so I'm constantly thinking, 'When is this going to end? When am I going… — Gok Wan Copy Share Image
I was 3-years-old - to this day it is a vivid memory. My family and I were on a boat, catching fish. As one… — Joaquin Phoenix Copy Share Image
One can put some trust in the gratitude of a sovereign, and also in that of his family; under certain conditions, one can even… — Otto von Bismarck Copy Share Image
Social responsibility above the level of family, or at most of tribe, requires imagination-- devotion, loyalty, all the higher virtues -- which a man… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
“ever day Maureen is Selfish To her friend and Family One she get mad at her friend and family and She need to Grad… — Maureen Andeson Copy Share Image
Our concept of a family holiday was going to a guest house in the Lake district or Wales where walking was part of the… — Roger Bannister Copy Share Image
“So Jace is my actual family," Kit said. "But I can't go live with him, because him and his hot girlfriend are going off… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Her dignity consists in being unknown to the world; her glory is in the esteem of her husband; her pleasures in the happiness of… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
It's not just that families can't buy a home or start a business without some savings tucked away. — Jim Cooper Copy Share Image
“She knew how to play him so very well. He slipped his hand around hers. "Friends," he repeated roughly. Her smile was bright enough… — Kathryn Smith Copy Share Image
As a family, we all loved the Flyers. To me, rooting for the Flyers were how I bonded with my dad especially. — Adam F. Goldberg Copy Share Image
The people have always been family to me here in Las Vegas. The people have always been very, very kind to me, and it's… — Randall Cunningham Copy Share Image
