- Always
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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
My parents made no money whatsoever, but they really knew how to see, as artists. So a big adventure might be, on a hot, dreadful day with no place to go, to go out and draw our chickens with pastels. My parents gave me a sense of wonder.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents emphasized experiential learning - in my family, being adventurous was a sign of maturity.
- Gay
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being gay is not a terrible, tragic disease that requires prevention or treatment chosen for you by your parents.
- School
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everyone's parents were famous actors at my school, pretty much! I think I went to school with Paris Hilton when I was three. That's what L.A. is, though - it's an industry town. You go to school with kids and you think, 'Well that's normal, they make movies.'
- Both My Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
Both my parents are actors.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm from a big family; I have four younger siblings. My parents are still happily married together. I grew up moving around a lot, and my family was certainly not affluent.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
We had many books and pictures... my parents' way of life doubtless left a lasting impression on me. They created an atmosphere in which a certain kind of freedom could exist. This may well account for my seeking a related sense of liberty as I grew up.
- Mistakes
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- Nov 07, 2020
Once I started to grow up, I realised that my parents are normal people and they can make mistakes.
- Coffee Shops
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- Nov 07, 2020
Standup comedy was my weird hobby. I would drag my poor parents out to the only open mics that were in coffee shops instead of bars. I'd get up and go, 'Hi, I'm 17, and I have jokes about matriculation!' At the time I was like, 'Why is no one laughing?'
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
Always, as a child, I would go around the house, and if I found a word that I didn't know the meaning of, I would write it down and ask my parents to define it and try to memorise it.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have never had other kids in the house... I had a huge collection of marbles, and they all had names, which I think concerned my parents. I used to go and sweep outside and talk to myself, and my mum's friends would be over and say, 'Do you realise she is talking to herself?'
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020