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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
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents, particularly my father, had been used by commentators, political journalists and political commentators, to attack me, and the collateral damage was the reputations of my father and my mother.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would love to be a professional athlete. When I was living in Mexico as a teenager, I did seven years of gymnastics and went to the Junior Olympics. I was getting to the level of going to the international competitions, but I was only 14, and my parents were really worried because they did not want that to be my life.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents encouraged me to be creative by being creative and interesting people themselves, and by making it clear how highly they valued creativity in others.
- My Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
The year I turned 16, I spent the weeks before Christmas dropping hints to my parents about how much I wanted - no, needed - my own transportation.
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm an only child, and I think one of the sweet things about that is that my parents are really interested in every aspect of my life.
- Pretty
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents are pretty open-minded.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started karate in middle school when my parents wanted me to babysit my younger brother. He was a little troublemaker, so they wanted me to make sure the class was going okay. I ended up being way more into it than my brother.
- Violence
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- Nov 07, 2020
To the youth who have taken up guns, I urge them to return to their parents and shun violence.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a pop-music junkie. My parents were into Frank Sinatra and Doris Day. They weren't too excited when I had Aretha or the Stones pumping.
- Every Chance
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- Nov 07, 2020
We must be vigilant in sharing our stories and our truths as queer parents of color at every chance we get if we hope to see art imitate real life.
- Family Member
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- Nov 07, 2020
Encourage your friend and family member who are queer parents of color to post their stories and share it with the world. It's time for us to be seen.
- Childhood
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am originally a surd who was born in Delhi in 1982, just two years before the Sikh riots, so all my childhood pictures are in baby frocks with ponytails, as my parents wanted to hide the fact that I was a Sikh boy, given the riots. My dad worked for a travel agency, and we soon moved to Saudi Arabia.
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents are very modern. My father is a cosmopolitan person. He always supported the fact that I will be an actress. There is nothing else I would do rather than being an actor.
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- Nov 07, 2020