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The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
I'm reminded of the day my daughter came in, looked over my shoulder at some Perl 4 code, and said, 'What is that, swearing?
I'm thinking about naming my first son Emmy so I can say I've got one. I want Emmy, Oscar and Tony - and my daughter Grammy.
I had never attended a trial until my daughter's murder trial. What I witnessed in that courtroom enraged and redirected me.
You teach your daughters the diameters of the planets and wonder when you are done that they do not delight in your company.
Trust your daughters, they are faithful. Honor your daughters, they are honorable. Educate your daughters, they are amazing.
I am convinced, completely convinced, that there was nothing random about [the adoption], she is the daughter I should have.
I gained about 60 pounds when I was preggers with Lil Hank, and I'm desperately trying not to do the same with our daughter.
My mother... she is beautiful, softened at the edges and tempered with a spine of steel. I want to grow old and be like her.
I love being a mother. I loved being a daughter, a sister, a wife. I love being a woman with men. I love having given birth.
I am not so lost in lexicography as to forget that words are the daughters of earth, and that things are the sons of heaven.
People can live without a Facebook account: my 13-year-old daughter has cancelled her account because it's not cool anymore.
You've got to think about big things while you're doing small things, so that all the small things go in the right direction.
Fathers never have exactly the daughters they want because they invent a notion a them that the daughters have to conform to.
This life is a war we are not yet winning for our daughters' children. Don't do your enemies' work for them. Finish your own.
I'm very happy at home. I love to just hang out with my daughter, I love to work in my garden. I'm not a gaping hole of need.
He was from a different class, too poor, and they would never approve if their daughter became serious with someone like him.
Perseverance is not a passive submission to circumstances-it is a strong and active response to the difficult events of life.
Evidence my 14yr old daughter is geek-literate: In lieu of OK, one might type K while texting. She instead typed "Potassium".
My wife is the boss at home, and my daughters are the bosses. I am just the worker. We are a very warm family and very happy.
My biggest financial fear is dying and not leaving enough to see my daughter through to adulthood and financial independence.
My wife and daughter have accused me of being too silent at breakfast but I don't want to talk when I don't have much to say.
If the NRA keeps messing with the President's daughters, they're going to have to start worrying about Michelle Obama's guns.
One of my daughters was a bit flat-chested, so she had implants and she's got a lovely pair now. I see nothing wrong with it.
I love to read about healthy eating and preach to my husband, who doesn't listen. Now I'm trying to teach it to my daughters.
To think that someone we loved, trusted, opened our home to could do this to our daughter and granddaughter is beyond belief.
I'm watching my own daughter grow up. I see this overt sexual culture coming at her like a Mack truck. She's in seventh grade.
I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it.
My daughter, Lila, is my style critic. She'll say, 'No, Mummy, you can't wear that.' She's very good. I do trust her instinct.
Absolutely, I don't believe in rules. As I tell my daughter when she is mischievous, 'Well-behaved women rarely make history.'
I've raised daughters who are English, and I'm American, so they're culturally different to me, which is an unusual situation.
My daughter's mother and I are no longer dating, and the people I'm most likely to date are those around me, who are athletes.
Next time you're about to call your daughter bossy, take a deep breath and say, 'My daughter has executive leadership skills.'
living with a teenage daughter is like living with the Taliban a mum is not allowed to laugh, sing, dance or wear short skirts
Adversity, and perseverance and all these things can shape you. They can give you a value and a self-esteem that is priceless.
My daughter, Lila, is my style critic. She'll say, "No, Mummy, you can't wear that." She's very good. I do trust her instinct.
Prior to our daughter being born, I think getting married is another big step. That definitely settles things down personally.
On winning Literature Nobel Prize: I was actually in the street. Yes, I was in the street. It was my daughter who notified me.
I'm privileged, because I have a lot of freedom. I want to use it to make as warm and normal a life as I can for our daughters.
Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward.
My daughter recently reminded me not to get so busy making a living, I forget to make a life and I'm going to take that advice.
I've lived a fast-paced life, but I had the best childhood. I didn't miss out on anything by having my daughter at a young age.
The main cause of my difficulties stemmed from the tragedy of my daughter's unsound birth and my inability to face my feelings.
If I had to do it all again, I would still want my same daughter and two sons; through laughter, tears, prayers, and blessings.
I have a daughter, I have a wife, and I would never sing something offensive to others - or, specifically, to offend any women.
I know what it takes to win. If I can sell them on what it takes to win, then we are not going to lose too many football games.
Ever since my daughter was born I feel the fleetingness of time. And I don't want to waste it on getting the perfect lip color.
Your wealth is hiding under the very thing you are afraid to do. It's time to face your fears and take action. Expect Miracles.
My mother listened to everything I said, carefully - not that what I said was particularly interesting, but I was her daughter.
I think it has as much to do with honoring my own voice as it does with feeling a responsibility to my readers or my daughters.