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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
- I Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love both my parents dearly.
- Care
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- Nov 07, 2020
The things I really learned, I learned from watching my parents. They take care of business. Always have.
- Mistake
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I realised that you could easily turn any room into a cinema with a projector, so I went on and on at my parents for one. They eventually got me a projector for Christmas when I was ten, and I realised I'd made a ridiculous mistake - I'd forgotten to say 'movie' projector; I got a still one.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Both my parents died on the young side. My father was 45, and my mother was 61, so cancer's affected me in a big way.
- Identity
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- Nov 07, 2020
Bruce Wayne is Batman. He became Batman the instant his parents were murdered. Batman needs Bruce, however hollow that identity feels to him from time to time. Bruce keeps Batman human.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
People don't think about the fact that when Barack Obama's parents had him - it was illegal for them to be married in several states in this country. So if we start making it okay that certain people can marry and other people can't, it's a slippery slope of civil rights. Who knows who is going to be allowed to marry or not marry next.
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
From kindergarten, I knew that politics is something that you talk about only at home, because if you weren't quiet, your parents might be taken to prison. All Estonian families have these kind of stories.
- Kids
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wanted to make youthful, irreverent anthems. Parents might not get it, but kids would.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wish I had more movies I could watch with my parents and not feel super uncomfortable.
- Politicians
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- Nov 07, 2020
I married a politician. But I thought it would be tough for my children to have two parents as politicians.
- Dad
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad was always so strict that I was scared to speak to him. Haitian parents are very, 'This is adults' business; this is kids' business.'
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
My earliest memories of defying my parents were through music. I remember rap being banned in my house, and then getting a Cam'ron album.
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
That kid who lives in the projects, he has a self-esteem problem - everybody looks down on him. He may be a good kid, but other parents don't want their kids to be with them because percentages say they could be bad. I went through a lot of that.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020