Only Child Quotes - Page 2

• My mom had me when she was 16, and I was an only child, which is probably why I received a lot of love and didn't miss that my father wasn't around.

  Brett Ratner

  Mom, Children, Father

  "Brett Ratner on How His Homeless Father Inspired His Nonprofit Work". www.hollywoodreporter.com. July 25, 2012.

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• Being an only child, my mother reared me very carefully.

  Heber J. Grant

  Mother, Children

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• Let me ask you: Should only children of the wealthy have access to quality early education? Should only children of the wealthy have access to a college degree? The answer - the only answer - is: no.

  Lincoln Chafee

  Children, College, Quality

  "Lincoln Chafee DNC speech". www.politico.com. September 5, 2012.

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• I'm a single child. I wanted a little brother or a little sister growing up, but when I think about it, I'm happy I'm an only child.

  Mae Whitman

  Brother, Children, Growing Up

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I was born an only child in Vienna, Austria. My father found hours to sit by me by the library fire and tell fairy stories.

  Hedy Lamarr

  Children, Father, Fire

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• I don't know much about only children. I was the middle one of three, and if ever I was alone with mum and dad, it was a rare moment.

  Elizabeth Hurley

  Children, Dad, Three

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Music was like my first real toy. I was an only child for a while, and I was alone a lot of the time - and I liked it. I still like being alone.

  Jeff Buckley

  Children, Real, Like Being Alone

  "New Again: Jeff Buckley". Interview with Ray Rogers, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 28, 2013.

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• Technically I have siblings, but they are quite a bit older than me - I was the accident - so I have the only-child syndrome going on. I'm a little more selfish, a little more independent, a little closed. I do wish I were softer. I wish I were able to form relationships better.

  Carrie Underwood

  Children, Sibling, Selfish

  "Carrie Underwood: Full Disclosure". Interview with Allison Glock, www.marieclaire.com. May 14, 2013.

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• I was an only child. Growing up, we moved a lot, so I didn't have any close friends. So the animals I was around as a child - dogs, cats, and horses, and stuffed animals - became my family and friends. The only strong bonds I made as a child were with animals.

  William McNamara

  Dog, Strong, Horse

  "Animal Activist and Star of Copycat William McNamara: On Killing Dolphins and Eating Sushi". Interview with Barbi Twins, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I'm fascinated by twins. It's such an interesting thing. I'm an only child, so I don't have a sibling. But, if you think about the bond that siblings have, that intensifies so much when you think about being in the womb together.

  Sarah Michelle Gellar

  Children, Sibling, Thinking

  "Sarah Michelle Gellar Interview RINGER; Compares Her Return to TV to BUFFY Experience". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. September 12, 2011.

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• Maybe it's because I was an only child, but I've always wanted kids.

  Benedict Cumberbatch

  Children, Kids, Wanted

  "Benedict Cumberbatch interview: On the couch with Mr Cumberbatch". Interview with Emma John, www.theguardian.com. September 3, 2011.

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• Only children believe they're capable of everything.

  Paulo Coelho

  Children, Believe, Capable

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• I wrapped my arms around my knees and stared through the window's wavy glass. The red velvet curtains were drawn around the tiny alcove, and I was enveloped by an odd sense of peace, knowing that in twenty minutes, the halls were going to be crowded; music was going to be blaring; and I was going to go from being an only child to one of a hundred sisters, so I knew to savor the silence while it lasted.

  Ally Carter

  Children, Glasses, Knowing

  Ally Carter (2010). “Gallagher Girls: I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have To Kill You”, p.4, Hachette UK

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• Being an only child, I didn't have any other family but my mom and dad really, since the rest of my family lived quite far away from London.

  Tom Hardy

  Mom, Children, Dad

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• My heart is hurting so bad no one can make me believe this is real Father God I pray that you send clarity over this cause I just don't understand My heart hurts it's broken no one can convince me that this is real.... Prayer warriors please pray real hard for his only child, his daughter and family.

  Tyrese Gibson

  Daughter, Hurt, Prayer

  FaceBook post by Tyrese Gibson from Dec 01, 2013

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• All the earth, though it were full of kind hearts, is but a desolation and desert place to a mother when her only child is absent.

  Elizabeth Gaskell

  Mother, Children, Heart

  Elizabeth Gaskell (2010). “The Complete Works of Elizabeth Gaskell (20+ Books)”, p.1272, BookCaps Study Guides

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• I'm a quasi-only child. With my brother and sister, I've more of a tendency to be semi-maternal. So, yes, I spent a lot of time talking to myself - I had this big dressing-up box and would just dress up as lots of characters and talk back to myself... Verging on schizophrenia, I suppose, if you analyse it carefully.

  Natalie Dormer

  Brother, Children, Character

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• I was an only child, but then my parents resettled with different partners, and I am now one of six.

  Sophie Ellis Bextor

  Children, Parent, Different

  Interview with Nick Duerden, www.theguardian.com. July 15, 2011.

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• It's the best thing ever - I love being a mom. This is my only child. My career was a priority earlier in my life, but now my son is definitely the priority.

  Stephanie Mills

  Mom, Children, Son

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• I was an only child for 16 years. I didn't realize it at the time, but that experience definitely turned me into a people pleaser. I always tried to do what was expected of me, and I constantly sought reassurance from the adults around me that I was doing a good job.

  Chandra Wilson

  Jobs, Children, Years

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I had a happy, dramafree youth, growing up in an upper-middle-class neighborhood in Dallas, Texas. The only thing that was slightly unusual compared to most of my friends was that I was an only child... I don't think that's why my parents gave me a dummy, at least they've never copped to it.

  Jeff Dunham

  Children, Growing Up, Thinking

  Jeff Dunham (2010). “All By My Selves: Walter, Peanut, Achmed, and Me”, p.8, Penguin

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• My first generation of young readers now have not only children, but some of them have grandchildren to whom they're introducing their old passion.

  Diane Duane

  Children, Passion, Generations

  "Wizards in a new millennium: an interview with Diane Duane". Interview with Kelly Knox, www.wired.com. August 7, 2012.

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• Like a mother who protects her child, her only child, with her own life, one should cultivate a heart of unlimited love and compassion towards all living beings.

  Gautama Buddha

  Mother, Children, Heart

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• I don't mind being an only child; never have. I am lucky, though, that I have my friend Emily, who grew-up very close to me and so, there is someone I have shared memories with. I would miss that if I didn't have it, I think.

  Jennifer Ehle

  Children, Memories, Thinking

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• I was a precocious only child, and then I went through a fat, awkward stage for several years, so I learned to fall back on my humor and personality when I was growing up. It's how you survive, so I think it was more of a natural progression for me, developing into comedy.

  Ari Graynor

  Children, Growing Up, Fall

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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