Air Quote by William Cobbett

I grew up as a country boy.

— Ian Somerhalder

My children grew up very resourceful and strong in spite of them having to live with different families and that I had to drag…

— Dolores Huerta

With my family background - my parents were both activists - writing about culture and politics came naturally.

— Alexander Chee

Becoming a father made me a lot more sentimental than I ever was before. I never cried at movies before I became a parent.…

— Boots Riley

I cared deeply about raising my children to be kind - and the majority of American moms and dads share that priority.

— Cynthia Germanotta

I was born after my dad came back from England and he wanted to raise us like European kids.

— Sowcar Janaki

After the war, when my husband came home, we had two more children, and domesticity for a while prevailed combined with beginning the work…

— Barbara W. Tuchman

A nation's not a child, for God's sake. ... It's like a wild horse you tame by breaking it. Or a fiery woman you…

— Anonymous

I'm a country girl, raised in Gloucestershire, England. But my family encouraged me to travel, and I wanted to experience the world. Maybe that's…

— FKA twigs

Culturally, I have always been part of the proletariat. I lived side by side with the sons of glassblowers, fishermen and smugglers. The stories…

— Dario Fo

I married a politician. But I thought it would be tough for my children to have two parents as politicians.

— Kerry Kennedy

Ours was not a political household, when I was growing up.

— Judith Guest