- Good
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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
Immigration has defined my entire life. My parents left Mozambique with nothing but their wits in search of a better life for their kids. They moved to England in the 1970s, saw the classism there, and left for America soon after.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think I've become more aware of aging in the last couple of years because of friends dying of cancer or friends' parents dying and myself - I'm still healthy, but I'm aging, and that's something that I think about more, even though I shouldn't be too concerned.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
I speak Swedish, it's my first language. Of course, growing up with Latin American parents from Argentina, I also have some other influences from other cultures. But Sweden is where I feel the most at home.
- Name
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in Berkeley and my parents were hippies, obviously, since my name's 'Jorma.' I didn't watch much television growing up because they weren't into it at all.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
It wasn't until I got 'SNL' that my parents told me they were a little bit worried, like that I would have food to eat.
- Nov 07, 2020
My parents taught us to live within our means. It's time to force Washington to do the same.
- Diversity
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- Nov 07, 2020
The arts and a belief in the values of the civil rights movement, in the overwhelming virtue of diversity, these were our religion. My parents worshipped those ideals.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up with an artist father, and my parents' friends were also mainly artists or writers, so he connects what I do with his example.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
My family took a vacation to Universal Studios when I was really young. Me and my brother Richard - who's also an actor - were both really intrigued by seeing the behind-the-scenes stuff of how films are made. We kind of begged our parents to get into acting.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a late child from my parents, so I grew up surrounded by people a lot older than me. I think even when I was 21, I felt like I was a 70-year-old man.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's hard to leave New York: this is where my friends are, my parents are. It is so vital. The whole world seems to look to New York.
- Distance
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in northern New Jersey - the banlieue of New York - and I now live in Brooklyn. I am separated from my parents by about 50 miles, but really there is almost no distance between us. I speak to them nearly every day.
- Nov 07, 2020