Backgrounds Quote by Julian Fellowes

My father really was not the dominant person who raised the family, it was my mother who raised the family.

— Stevie Wonder

Some people found it difficult to understand my relationship with my father, but that may have been because they couldn't get beyond their relationship…

— Sebastian Coe

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

Both my parents were a tremendous influence on me. My father's influence came from - he decided well, probably before we were born that…

— Charles Koch

My parents were divorced when I was young. I was really brought up by my mother's side of the family.

— Bill de Blasio

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 were gigantic influences on me. I had a deep hunger to impress my father, who was a professor and an intellectual. I…

— Siri Hustvedt

My parents had a wonderful marriage, but it was a very dependent relationship. My mother was entirely dependent on my father because that's how…

— Erika Slezak

I grew up to have my father's looks, my father's speech patterns, my father's posture, my father's opinions, and my mother's contempt for my…

— Jules Feiffer

My parents were just my parents. My dad was doing what he loves to do, he genuinely doesnt care about anything else. And that…

— Kenya Kinski-Jones

My parents weren't married. It wasn't like my dad up and left. I maintained a steady relationship with my grandparents. My dad's mother is…

— Alicia Keys

The memories I can gather now of my parents are quite contradicting. My mother was the disciplinarian and my dad was the rule breaker.

— Sanam Saeed