- Problems
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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
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents never ceased to struggle, but in witnessing their lives, I learned more about natural industry and leadership than in any classroom.
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents wanted me to go to law school!
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a kid with a lot of dreams. And my parents encouraged me in every possible way.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think a lot of people who want to be musicians terrify their parents because they don't have a living example of it in their families, and I did. So I always knew that it was possible.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents always threw everything out, gave everything away. I'm surprised they never threw me away. That's why I've always kept my children's things. My parents had no feelings for belongings.
- Picture
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in Hollywood, California. A lot of my parents' friends were in the motion picture industry, but I saw their doctor friends as more solid. I admired them; there was a peacefulness in them, a sense of purpose that I liked. So I became very interested in being a surgeon.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always loved being in London and being near my parents.
- Creative
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I ask my parents, it's incredibly obvious I was going to have a creative career at an early age. I've been forever telling stories since I was very young.
- Practical
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents are a wonderful mixture of bohemian eccentric, but also incredibly practical and not airy-fairy.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think I've actually had a pretty standard upbringing. My parents are really normal, so I've always had them around to keep me grounded.
- Followers
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- Nov 07, 2020
By pushing children and wanting quick success, parents are producing followers, not leaders.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents separated when I was four. It wasn't the smoothest of divorces, but then as my mother always says, you can't have a passionate marriage without a passionate divorce.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was an only child, but then my parents resettled with different partners, and I am now one of six.
- Nov 07, 2020
I spent grade nine and ten going to school in Victoria. My parents lived there for 10 years.
- Dad
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- Nov 07, 2020