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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
- Night
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents were really encouraging. But I had to teach them the proper way you respond to an actor after seeing a play - regardless of whether you like their performance you tell them how great they are because they have to go on again the next night.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was very much an only child who was raised by the television and movies, and I grew up in New York. We weren't, like, rich people, but we were middle-class people and my parents supported this love I had for entertainment.
- Nov 07, 2020
A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone.
- Really
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents aren't really conformists.
- Hair
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- Nov 07, 2020
My hair used to be real long, and my parents were encouraged when I cut it. They thought I was going 'straight,' but I was just getting weirder - at least in their eyes. I was getting into the punk thing.
- College
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went to NYU, and my parents had a rule that I needed to major in something other than acting if I wanted to pursue acting after college.
- Each One
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have three older brothers, and each one of them has chosen one of my parents' education. Two of them are actors, and the third is a doctor as my mother is.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
Because of the fact that we've been through so much, we're going to appreciate every step of being parents. I think we're going to savor it and cherish it and we're going to be the best parents we can be.
- Next
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents were out of town and sent me to stay at my grandma's house. That's where I learned how to make pancakes. I served them to all the old ladies who lived on her block. After the meal, they each left a $5 bill next to their plates. I thought, 'Hey, I'm onto something here.'
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
One important lesson is this: It is okay to try and fail at something, but it isn't okay to not try. Parents need to encourage their kids, and it all starts in the home.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
Raising a family is difficult enough. But it's even more difficult for single parents struggling to make ends meet. They don't need more obstacles. They need more opportunities.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
We build schools and give government loans and grants to college kids; for those of us who are parents, tuition will often be the last big subsidy we give the children we've raised.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents were divorced when I was young. I was really brought up by my mother's side of the family.
- Farm
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- Nov 07, 2020