- Cockney
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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
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was little, I didn't know you got paid for acting. My parents put the money in the bank for me, but I just thought it was this fun thing that I was so excited to do. You got to be on the set and get a little bit of makeup and be on camera.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
And after every audition I booked, my parents would buy me a Barbie, so that was it for me: You got a Barbie, and you got to hang out with friends. And I thought it was just the best thing ever.
- Proud
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always been incredibly proud of both of my parents and proud of the work I had done privately as a person, professionally and academically.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents and my grandmother inspire me every day and, every day, in my work and personal life.
- Nov 07, 2020
My parents taught me to approach the world critically, but also to approach it with a sense of responsibility.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love my parents, and I want my mother to be president.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents were definitely on the incentive side of parenting. Like, they told me that my father had learned to read when he was three. So, of course, I thought I had to, too.
- Night
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first sort of big present I remember getting from Santa Claus was quite a small telescope that I remember going into our backyard with my parents and figuring out how to assemble, and staring at the night sky, just for hours, with both of my parents.
- Shy
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents are not shy, clearly publicly and otherwise, in expressing their hopes that they will soon be grandparents.
- Ensure
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- Nov 07, 2020
Changing laws and changing the political dialogue, while necessary, is insufficient to ensure that bullying stops; to ensure that every young person is supported by their parents and their teachers as they question who they are and they discover who they are regardless of the sexuality.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020