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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
- Nov 07, 2020
My parents were pretty liberal, but they were still parents. I definitely had my teenage rebellion.
- Expectations
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents have always had pretty high expectations, but they're very supportive.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Certainly my parents were a huge influence. They always expected the most out of all of us. And expected us to do our very best. I'm thankful to them for allowing me to do what I wanted to do.
- Help
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- Nov 07, 2020
I played my first match aged six. Neither my opponent nor I knew how to score, so our parents had to help us out from the sidelines.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was the family alien. Both my parents are quite creative, but I was... appalling... always putting on little shows. I was rather a shy child, not a natural performer, but there was a performative edge to everything I did.
- Grounding
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had a very thorough grounding in music; I'd grown up around songs. My parents listened to a lot of music. My dad was majorly into jazz, which was absolutely a big influence on me, even if it was more subconsciously as a kid.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents were quite strict; we couldn't just listen to whatever music we wanted. It was very much like they monitored what we listened to.
- Gay
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was 5, I wore a tie, and I wanted to change my name to Larry, which probably tipped my parents off that I was gay.
- College
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- Nov 07, 2020
Both of my parents had a change of career. My mum was a nurse, and now she's a college lecturer.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents have sailed around the world; they know what can happen and that it's not always fun, but because I want to do it so much, they agreed and supported me.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I posed nude to show my parents they couldn't dictate to me any more - that I control my life.
- Nov 07, 2020
I think the deepest problem is between my parents and me. I just don't know if it will ever be the same.
- Night
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- Nov 07, 2020