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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
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I suppose if your parents die in their 50s and you are approaching 50, you see that you are definitely not in the first half of your life any more.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Well when I was young, actually not just me, but we were all poor. Korea used to be one of the poorest countries in the world. Despite such circumstances, I was very, very fortunate to be blessed with having parents who always instilled in a spirit of can-do spirit.
- Growth
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- Nov 07, 2020
More than ever, we as parents and a nation must do something about the growth of obesity in our children. We must do more than just talk, we must be concerned enough to act.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
Parents must lead by example. Don't use the cliche; do as I say and not as I do. We are our children's first and most important role models.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
We considered the Dear Leader our god. That's huge. He's more than our parents. I thought all of the world respected Kim Il Sung. That's why we were bowing to their pictures.
- Passion
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up seeing my parents perform and sing, and I just always wanted to be singing, too. Music has always been my deepest passion and what I felt most connected to.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents are actually very famous singers in Bulgaria. My dad was in a rock band, and my mom was in a pop group. They met, fell in love, and actually formed a group together to escape the country because it was Communist, and they couldn't leave. They didn't know any English but eventually found their way to America.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've gotten a lot of good advice from my parents. Probably the best advice I've ever gotten from my mom is 'Let it go.'
- Excellence
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wanted to emulate my parents - Mum captained India in basketball, and Dad won a bronze in hockey in 1972 Olympics. My focus has always been to achieve excellence whether in the field of tennis, in the corporate field, in the art of acting or in motivating youngsters.
- Guidance
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents have provided guidance, objective feedback, and unconditional support. They are advocates of what I do.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
When my parents first arrived there, North Dakota had just been admitted to the Union, and the country was still wild and harsh.
- Knowledge
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- Nov 07, 2020
Parents, of course, have concerns and 'say,' but they don't have the right to shield their children from knowledge. That is not a right, any more than they have the right to shield their children from healthcare or medicine.
- Nov 07, 2020
My parents were bookish, very musical, but otherwise uninvolved in the arts or the academic world.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know my parents loved me - they certainly did everything they could for me - but displays of affection were kept on a distinctly low flame.
- Crisis
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's bad timing, but a lot of kids become teenagers just as their parents are hitting their mid-life crisis. So everybody's miserable and confused and seeking that new sense of identity.
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- Nov 07, 2020