- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
Parents Quotes
On parents, and the paths they set.
This collection covers a filmmaker's frustration that an age rating kept her intended teenage audience away, and a memory of parents who worked as preachers shaping an early sense of faith. For a poetic take on family, see Shayari.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Remember
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember the first time I ever showed my parents a song that I had written. The content may have been a little darker than they were used to, or really introspective in a way that may have been uncomfortable. I thought they'd retaliate with some kind of judgment or concern about whether I was feeling all right, but they were proud of it.
- Nov 07, 2020
My parents both worked full time. I remember a lot of simple meals. Everything I know about cooking is self-schooled.
- Birth
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- Nov 07, 2020
My grandma used to call my mother 'Tuppence' as a term of affection, but she was worried when my parents actually put it on my birth certificate. She thought I might get bullied.
- Grow
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know what's it's like to grow up with ADHD and how important it is for parents, caregivers and patients, to have access to accurate information.
- Lawyer
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad is a lawyer and my mom is an artist. So growing up was exactly what it sounds like - strict household but a lot of creativity. They are so psyched that I get to make music for a living. My parents rule.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I ended up dropping out of high school at 16 and getting kicked out of my home. My parents told me, sadly, that because I was so disruptive to the rest of the household, that I could no longer live under their roof.
- Choose
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is a violent sport that we choose as men, and that we as parents allow our children to play.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being a teenager is chaotic because you're kind of coming into your own, but you're not an adult; you're fighting with your parents over responsibilities and freedom.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I made my first album, there was no indication that anybody other than my parents were going to buy it.
- Big Break
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first big break was winning a scholarship to go to Cambridge University. I was very lucky, because my parents couldn't have afforded a university education for me. Without a scholarship I couldn't possibly have gone.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am from Los Angeles, and my parents are from Los Angeles.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020