- Death
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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
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was young, my family didn't go on outings to the circus or trips to Disneyland. We couldn't afford them. Instead, we stayed in our small rural West Texas town, and my parents took us to cemeteries.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents wanted me to be a lawyer. But I don't think I would have been very happy. I'd be in front of the jury singing.
- Grow
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm still really close with everyone at home and their parents - and their brothers and sisters. I was so, so, so lucky to grow up as part of a community and I don't take that for granted. I try very hard to stay part of it.
- Nov 07, 2020
I was always singing around my house, and my parents thought they should put me into voice lessons just for fun.
- Nov 07, 2020
I always had a strong support system. My parents always supported the stuff that I did.
- Teacher
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a teacher you can see the difference in kids who have parents who were involved. That difference, by the time these kids get to the third grade, is drastic.
- Nov 07, 2020
War violates the natural order of things, in which children bury their parents; in war parents bury their children.
- Paris
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm completely English, but I grew up in Paris and went to school here. My parents moved when I was five.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020