- 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
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some people are used to having things done for them by her parents, I am not. I can do it myself.
- Nov 07, 2020
My mum's from Yorkshire and my parents aren't snotty or posh - they're very hard workers, both of them.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents must have done a great job. Anytime I wanted to pursue something that they weren't familiar with, that was not part of their lifestyle, they let me go ahead and do it.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I were to give advice, I would say to parents that they ought to be very careful whom they allow to mix with their children when young; for much mischief thence ensues, and our natural inclinations are unto evil rather than unto good.
- Generation
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a second-generation migrant. My parents came to this country from Pakistan, just like the Windrush generation.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
My background wasn't an issue for her or for her family. But if someone had said to my parents back in the 1970s that one of their children would have a mixed marriage, I think they'd have thought that was very unusual.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
Like the Caribbean Windrush generation, my parents came to this country from the Commonwealth in the 1960s. They, too, came to help rebuild this country and offer all that they had.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even the best parents have to spend so much time making ends meet that they cannot help their kids with homework or afford the extra tutoring that wealthier students enjoy. To address these unjust disparities, we need an early education revolution.
- Light
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was a kid, my parents would play badminton, but I hardly joined them. I'd just pick up their racquets and fiddle around. Check out how the racquet was made... toss it around to see how light it was! At the time, I didn't even know I'd play badminton.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
Among irrational animals the love of the offspring and of the parents for each other is extraordinary because God, who created them, compensated for the deficiency of reason by the superiority of their senses.
- Proud
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was brought up correctly and in the right way, and my parents are very proud of the fact that I am a professional footballer.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents were political, so it's definitely in my bones. Wherever I am, I always seem to get involved with politics. I think, once it's in your bloodstream, it's always there. I love it.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020