- Children
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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
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
Lagos style is fresh and different. Even with the tailors, they get very innovative with their stuff, with the cuts. When my parents used to make the traditional wares, it was a little bit baggy. But now the tailors are able to infuse the European style, making it slim-fit. Lagos style is different, man. Innovative.
- Born
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents separated before I was born, but they remained friends, so I was close to both sides of my family, with siblings and cousins and godparents. I've had the same best friend since grade six.
- Marriage
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- Nov 07, 2020
For women of my generation, it was the 'juggling act.' Jobs, marriage, children, homes, and aging parents were the balls we added, tossing them in the air as our lives filled up and praying they wouldn't come crashing down on our heads.
- Potential
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- Nov 07, 2020
Unfortunately, inner feelings and potential are often stunted by our parents, relatives or peers.
- Nov 07, 2020
You know, all 'The Karate Kid' fans from the original are parents these days. I think it's a cool thing.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents gave everything. They sacrificed, they went to work. Sometimes they worked 24 hours, so they called friends to help us. They did everything for me to become a football player.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
I made a promise to Michael Brown's parents that I would do everything to bring all of the resources of the federal government to this investigation so that it is transparent; so that it is a viable investigation, and we get to the truth.
- Consultation
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- Nov 07, 2020
I did not win and in fact I was called into the principal's office for a consultation with my parents. But that was the beginning of my literary career.
- Choose
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe there ought to be school choice, so that parents can choose within the public school system.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's been a lot of fun getting to work with Tracy Middendorf, who plays my mom. As an actor, it's always fun to have different parents and to create different familial dynamics than you have in your real life.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
Because the world we live in is more dangerous than our parents' was, and our children are set to inherit a world more dangerous than ours, Congress must get right our mandated mission to provide for the common defense of our country.
- Dad
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- Nov 07, 2020
Both of my parents are actors and directors and whatnot. My dad loves really solid, old school, Broadway musicals, and one of them is 'Assassins' by Stephen Sondheim. All of the successful or non-successful assassins that have ever existed in the United States come together, and they talk about their killing or attempts through songs.
- Critically
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- Nov 07, 2020
Parents are, of course, most important in shaping their children's lives, but teachers are critically important as well. Who among us doesn't look back on a few great teachers who inspired us, opened up new worlds, and helped make us who we are?
- Nov 07, 2020
Many experts are concerned that the parents who need safe havens the most are the least likely to use them.
- Making
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even when I was little and going on auditions, it was clear who was there because they wanted to be there, and who was there because their stage parents were making them be there. There was a major difference.
- How
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't realize how limiting an R rating is. I made 'Disco' as a cautionary tale for 14- and 15-year-old girls, and those girls were not allowed to see the film by their parents.
- Community
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- Nov 07, 2020