- Stupid
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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
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you're biracial, people sort of make you gray - you're not black, you're not white, you're sort of gray; you're 'other.' And I'm fortunate to have parents that were strong enough to say, 'You're not 'other.' You're special.'
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents really pushed me to excel in school. Education was always important to them, so it was important to me.
- Carol
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- Nov 07, 2020
I studied journalism at Binghamton University, even interning for NBC's longtime anchor Carol Jenkins. Before graduation, I told my parents I wanted to pursue broadcast journalism.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
When parents accused me of polluting young minds, I was hurt.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents had something to say about everything I did. As a kid, I thought they were against me. Now I realise they were mostly right.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents wanted us to be pool-safe, so I had lessons when I was 18 months old. I would like to share with all the parents out there that I was that kid who cried during every one of my lessons. But it wasn't an option for my parents; we had a backyard pool, so I needed to learn how to swim.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a young child, I suffered from poor health. My parents encouraged me to swim, which really improved my condition.
- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was around 16 or 17, I got asked to model, but because I was very 'tomboy' at the time, I wasn't interested. But then I had a bit of teenage rebellion, and I saw modeling as an opportunity to get away from school and parents, so I thought, 'OK, maybe I will be a model.'
- Nov 07, 2020
I'll come down the stairs, and my parents and sister will be like, 'What are you wearing?'
- Decaying
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents are both English. My dad is a plastic surgeon - his name's Norman Waterhouse, but we call him Normy. And my mom's a nurse, which is how they met - in a hospital, over decaying bone.
- Islam
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was sort of born into a Subud cult that has ties to Islam and Indonesia and Middle Eastern spiritualism. My parents were kind of trial-and-error when it came to religion.
- Community
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents are small business owners, and the Korean community, like a lot of immigrant communities, is very much owner-driven.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020