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I do not know what happened with your parents or why they did what they did. But in all the world, I could have wished for no daughter but you.
Too many women are forced to abort by poverty, by their menfolk, by their parents. A choice is only possible if there are genuine alternatives.
You tell me these two were my parents, so now I know but it's a memory that you've given me. I'll remember the photo from now on, but not them.
Both my parents were actors. I was schooled to think that acting was an important social service, that it was something that human beings need.
Everyone in my family is an artist. Both my parents are painters and my mom's an opera singer. I was never shown any other way to process life.
Everything seems to take on a new meaning when you become a parent and you put yourself in the shoes of the parent, not the shoes of the child.
Children need parents who will let them grow up to be themselves, but parents often have personal agendas they try to impose on their children.
Wherever you go and whatever ends you pursue, you must always fulfill the trust reposed in you by your nation, your parents and your alma mater
I think that's exactly what Silicon Valley was all about in those days. Let's do a startup in our parents' garage and try to create a business.
Soon I will honor my parents by dying as they died. and if all they believed about death was true, soon I will join them in whatever comes next.
When I was 10, my parents really valued success in the arts, and I thought if I was a famous 'something artistic,' that they would love me more.
I've never had much sympathy for orphans, I mean, when I was their age I would have killed to have no parents to make me clean my room and stuff
My mom was really vigorous about making sure that we saw things and that we questioned things. Education was so important to both of my parents.
Traditionally parents have wondered what their teens were doing, but now teens are much more likely to be doing things that can get them killed.
My parents divorced when I was one year old so I don't really remember any of the details, but luckily my mom does so she's been really helpful.
My parents are desperate, they keep saying: 'Please stop doing these angsty roles; make it easier for us.' So, yeah, I'd love to do some comedy.
When I was growing up, my parents always told me that I had to do what I thought was right and not listen to other people. That was hard for me.
Apple has struck a cultural nerve, especially with Generation X and Gen Y, while Windows and PC are viewed in essence as 'My parents' computer'.
Prince Charles is an absolute Mountbatten. The real intelligence in the royal family comes through my parents to Prince Philip and the children.
When you're a parent, you're just like, God, I hope they like me when they grow up. I hope that I did a good job. I hope they're gonna be happy.
Politics as a parent is fairly demanding; if your parent is in politics, it's fairly demanding, so I make no excuses about taking two weeks off.
When I look in the mirror I see my parents' sacrifices being honored. I see the love from which I was created and the power of the human spirit.
However, as every parent of a small child knows, converting a large object into small fragments is considerably easier than the reverse process.
Forgiveness multiplies and melts rigid postures. Try again and again with self forgiveness. Be the kind parent to yourself you may not have had.
Google says young people don't care about privacy, but when asked if they'd let their parents see their phone bills and other stuff they say no.
I cannot deny that there are unavoidable, day-to-day tradeoffs between being a parent and a professional. There are only so many hours in a day.
I've always been incredibly proud of both of my parents and proud of the work I had done privately as a person, professionally and academically.
Adopting means opening your home, and heart, to a life you've never known. But there is nothing as richly rewarding as being an adoptive parent.
Each generation takes a special pleasure in removing the household gods of its parents from their pedestals, and consigning them to the cupboard.
My parents ingrained in me early on that the perfect score is always something to strive for. I want to win and I want to succeed no matter what.
I had piano lessons at five and started guitar at ten, but although music and acting was always around me, my parents never pressured me into it.
Parents don't understand kids and kids don't understand parents. My parents were divorced when I was really young and I went to live with my dad.
After 'The Poisonwood Bible' was published, several people believed that my parents were missionaries, which could not be further from the truth.
Raising parent awareness on how to support their students to be safe, responsible and discerning users of technology continues to be a challenge.
My parents both were doing the Civil Rights Movement, were very involved with the civil rights to Congress. And my friends' parents were as well.
My parents wondered what to do with this insufferable show-off. They chose acting for me and I'm very grateful I can still make a living from it.
The voice in my head has a stutter, and that's really annoying. D-D-D-Dave Dave. What? K-K-K-Kill your p-p-p-parents. L-L-L-Loa... Write it down!
Parents are like shuttles on a loom. They join the threads of the past with threads of the future and leave their own bright patterns as they go.
You can't be a parent and say, 'I need you to be more active and I need you to eat right,' when you're still choosing to have poor eating habits.
A parent can seem very kind and gentle, but as any child knows, as soon as that parent gets stressed, they can suddenly turn and get a bit angry.
The thing that always struck me about 'Jonny Quest' is: What kind of parent brings his kid to the Amazon so that yetis can throw boulders at him?
Being a parent, it is heartening to see your child wake up every day at 5:45 in the morning to pursue his passion and then manage school as well.
It's nice to have a pause to parent and to be more present at home, teaching them how to drive cars and navigate boys and all this sort of thing.
I didn't want to make the same mistake my parents made. I didn't want my love to fade away one day like an old scar. I wanted it to burn forever.
Baptize first the children; and if they can speak for themselves, let them do so. Otherwise, let their parents or other relatives speak for them.
My parents were pretty lenient with me. But, they gave me morality while I was growing up. They taught me the difference between right and wrong.
My parents know how passionate I've always been about acting. I convinced them this was something that I was going to put my heart and soul into.
My parents did great and provided well, and gave all their kids personal, moral, ethical values, not a belief that we were entitled to something.
Before you have children, you mostly think about the world in terms of yourself. And when you become a parent, the focus shifts to somebody else.
As Jane Austen might have put it: It is a truth universally acknowledged that young protagonists in search of adventure must ditch their parents.