Parent Quotes - Page 36

• You have responsibilities and if you want to be the best in your industry you need to have a relentless dedication to your job. I was fortunate to have support from my parents and sister growing up and that helped me a lot.

  Danica Patrick

  Jobs, Growing Up, Responsibility

  Source: www.askmen.com

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• I think the children of Hollywood are more influential than the parents.

  James Bobin

  Children, Thinking, Hollywood

  Source: www.moviesonline.ca

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• It's a huge advantage to have parents who read to you. And it's an advantage that lasts a lifetime.

  Laura Bush

  Lasts, Lifetime, Advantage

  "Interview: Laura Bush and Jenna Bush". Interview with Rosemary Ellis, www.goodhousekeeping.com. March 27, 2008.

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• There is a human longing to go back to other times. We all know how when we were children we asked our parents, "What was it like when you were a kid?" I think it probably has something to do with our survival as a species.

  David McCullough

  Children, Kids, Thinking

  Source: www.neh.gov

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• Perhaps being a parent has changed career more in that you ask yourself how long you'll be away from home. My eldest child is approaching school age so that becomes more important. They're less portable.

  Cate Blanchett

  Children, Home, School

  "Notes On A Scandal - Cate Blanchett interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• You know, unfortunately divorce it happens in Kansas as much as it does in Hollywood. And, you know, women having to start over at 40, you know, for the first time in their life having to find a career and being a single parent and having to date. You know, all of those things happen everywhere in the world. It's not just Los Angeles. So I would defend the fact that there are, you know, there are other reasons to watch than just to get a laugh.

  Debra Messing

  Divorce, Careers, Kansas

  Source: www.movieweb.com

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• I was so fortunate. My parents lived lives of service. They helped other people, that was their second nature; it came to them so naturally. It wasn't forced. This is their character, and it's a big advantage I have, being raised by people like this, having a secure and stable life, and a lot of love and encouragement.

  Laura Bush

  Encouragement, Character, People

  "A Conversation With Laura Bush: 'Education Is The Key'". Interview with Kevin M. Ryan, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 28, 2012.

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• Books are the building blocks of civilization, for without the written word, a man knows nothing beyond what occurs during his own brief years and, perhaps, in a few tales his parents tell him.

  Louis L'Amour

  Block, Book, Men

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• A parent asked me today, "How do you get your children to pray in church?" My response? "Pray at home."

  Mark Hart

  Children, Home, Church

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• I had a deprived childhood, you see. I had lots of other kids to play with and my parents bought me outdoor toys and refused to ill-treat me, so it never occurred to me to seek solitary consolation with a good book.

  Terry Pratchett

  Book, Kids, Play

  Terry Pratchett (2014). “A Slip of the Keyboard: Collected Non-fiction”, p.68, Random House

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• Few parents teach their children how phoney the ads on TV are, how many lies and exaggerations they contain. How could they? These parents were also raised on television ballyhoo.

  Louise Hay

  Children, Lying, Television

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• 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.

  Harold S. Kushner

  Children, Growing Up, Trying

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• I like to remind myself, as a parent, that God holds me responsible to, not for, my children!

  Lee Ezell

  Children, Responsible, Hold Me

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• There is a good deal of excellent research on child's play. It has shown conclusively that through play, with the freedom of action it allows and the stressless environment in which it occurs, children discover, relate to and define themselves and their world. ...It is, therefore, paradoxical that many educators and parents still differentiate between a time for learning and a time for play.

  Leo Buscaglia

  Children, Play, Research

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• We are the people are parents warned us against.

  Nicholas von Hoffman

  People

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• I learned that sex was not a question of victory or defeat, of pleasure or profit: of a hand's manipulation and a physical response: I learned that in its purest pleasure it belongs to neither of those who practise it, in the same way as a child belongs to neither parent: it is a free spirit: it simply exists.

  Fay Weldon

  Sex, Children, Hands

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• Like my parents, I have never been a regular church member or churchgoer. It doesn't seem plausible to me that there is the kind of God who watches over human affairs, listens to prayers, and tries to guide people to follow His precepts - there is just too much misery and cruelty for that.

  Benjamin Spock

  Prayer, People, Church

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• Other kids would take their parents to the toy store and I'd take my mom to the record store.

  Daron Malakian

  Mom, Kids, Toys

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• In education, it is said that the state must impose schooling on all children, else the parents and communities will neglect it. Only the state can make sure that no child is left behind. The only question is the means: will we use the union and bureaucracies favored by the left, or the market incentives and vouchers favored by the right. I don't want to get into a debate about which means is better, but only to draw attention to the reality that these are both forms of planning that compromise the freedom of families to manage their own affairs.

  Llewellyn Rockwell

  Children, Mean, Reality

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• All good technology should be used to piss off people's parents.

  Neil Gaiman

  Technology, People, Used

  "The Wired Diaries 2000". www.wired.com. January 1, 2000.

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• I think I definitely want to blame my parents on this one. One of the things about having a minister for a father, you do tend to develop an irreverent streak. Kinda goes with the territory. And Dad was as bad as I am, really . .

  Matt Ruff

  Dad, Father, Thinking

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• Like tens of millions of Americans, my parents were immigrants. They were poor and did not speak English well. They went to flea markets and sold gifts to make ends meet. Eventually, through hard work, they opened six gift stores in shopping malls. My parents achieved the American dream; they went from being poor to a home and gave my brother and me an amazing education. I wanted to serve the country that gave so much to my family.

  Ted Lieu

  Dream, Country, Brother

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• I felt the calling to serve my country. My parents came to the United States from Mexico and Colombia, and this country treated them well. It gave my sisters and me the opportunity to get an education and succeed. I wanted to repay my country for how they treated my family and ensure that our values and freedom are intact for future generations.

  Ruben Gallego

  Country, Opportunity, United States

  "Congress at War". www.politico.com. July, 2015.

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• Children recognize me from Free Willy (1993), and their parents recognize me from Reservoir Dogs (1992). The kids are, like, "There's Glen!" and the parents are, like, "Don't go near that guy!"

  Michael Madsen

  Dog, Children, Kids

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

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• Empowerment is a thing that you earn over time - as you overcome obstacles, learn, and accomplish things, you become empowered. Empowerment is not a thing that you are born with and that the parent's job is to get out of the way of. Empowerment is a thing that you earn. And some of that is that you become empowered by knowing that you were disempowered or by knowing that there were tremendous limits on what you were able to do, as a young person.

  John Roderick

  Jobs, Knowing, Empowerment

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