Alone Quote by Harold Pinter

My parents, and especially my mother, encouraged by the director of the local school which I was attending, wanted in spite of everything to…

— Leon Jouhaux

My parents wanted me to have an honorable profession and not to be a jester.

— Philippe Petit

Because my home life was nuts, I didn't look to my parents for help. I looked to my teachers. They made me who I…

— Adam F. Goldberg

My parents made me believe I could do anything I wanted to do. They were really into empowering me.

— Pierre Omidyar

I needed to purge myself of all the attention my parents had given me - I wasn't neglected enough as a child.

— Anonymous

My parents didn't allow me to do all the things the cool kids could do. I was quiet, reserved, and at some points, taken…

— Rupi Kaur

I got older - 16, 17 - I was like, "I want to do my own thing." I wasn't seeing eye to eye with…

— Fetty Wap

My parents wanted me to go to school.

— SZA

I was fortunate enough to be raised by parents who were very accepting. They were never afraid to let me do my thing and…

— Bretman Rock

My parents taught me the way to deal with being picked on was to be compassionate. I had to defend myself physically, but I…

— Saul Rubinek

I was little there were times I wanted my parents to be normal. I wanted them to have a religion. I wanted them to…

— Gael Garcia Bernal

I wanted to pull away from the things that marked my parents as being different.

— Jhumpa Lahiri