- 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
- Difficult
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- Nov 07, 2020
It can be very difficult to trace your birth parents.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
Well, I have a Norwegian father who emigrated to America in the 1950s, and he still speaks with varying degrees of an accent. Over my lifetime my ear has been well-tuned to that accent. Any first generation kid has that wonderful gift from their parents.
- Left
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- Nov 07, 2020
There was a glamorous Nick-and-Nora element to my parents. If you remove one from the other, you're left with neither. But parents are parents.
- Dad
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- Nov 07, 2020
Her parents, Austin Taylor and Kathleen Taylor, were big deals in Vancouver - they were civic leaders, and he raced horses in the Kentucky Derby - and my mother grew up a debutante. And when she and my dad were married, there were about a thousand guests at that reception.
- Attention
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't have siblings, which is probably the biggest reason why my parents were able to give the attention to my career that they did.
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020
I did my fair share of stupid stuff in high school, like anyone. I had a healthy fear of my parents, and I certainly never wanted to disappoint them. That would be the worst thing I could ever do.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents had five children in six years and one week, meaning that my mom was pregnant for most of the '60s and driving carpools for most of the '70s. When we were young, she dressed us alike so she could pick us out in crowds: identical skirts for the four girls with the color-coordinated pants for my brother.
- Fair Share
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- Nov 07, 2020
Moms get their fair share of conflicting advice, with a heaping of unsolicited advice. Parents debate the pros/cons of different types of disposable diapers, whether the supposed carcinogens in Johnson & Johnson baby products hurt their kids who used it, which method of sleep training to use.
- Choose
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- Nov 07, 2020
At 500, our policy is 12 weeks of fully paid leave for all parents in the U.S. Parents can choose to take this leave consecutively or spread it out through the first 12 months after birth.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have God, Jesus Christ: I'm Christian. I try to stay as grounded as I possibly can. And I have my parents that help me and my friends that are really great accountability partners to me.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I first went on YouTube aged 15, and people were saying, 'Why not do this cover?' Then they wanted to hear my own stuff live, and it escalated from there. Selena Gomez's parents found my videos and manage me to this day.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents didn't exercise, so it was not something I saw was good for you or fun. I wish I had grown up knowing to do that.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
The way we dress on 'Mad Men' is so associated with old photographs, with people's parents and grandparents.
- Different Worlds
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- Nov 07, 2020