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• Life for the unhappy is an endless search for 'the good parent,' one who will truly love him instead of making him afraid.

  Lucy Freeman

  Unhappy, Unhappiness, Endless

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• My parents professed to believe in God, but I rarely heard his name mentioned unattached to 'damn' or 'sakes' or 'willing.

  Edith Konecky

  God, Believe, Names

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• Ours was a storytelling family even in pleasing times, and in those days my parents looked on words as our sustenance, rich in their flavor and wholesome for the soul.

  Natalie Kusz

  Family, Soul, Stories

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• My parents didn't want me to be an actor. They didn't think I could take the rejection, and I have to say they were probably right.

  Rupert Penry-Jones

  Thinking, Rejection, Actors

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

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• Both my parents are Scottish, and although I grew up in Canada after moving over, all of my family are proud to be Scots.

  Callum Keith Rennie

  Moving, Canada, Proud

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• Losing a parent over eight years is a very dark journey. I spent the first four years feeling bad and angry and sorry for myself.

  Lauren Miller

  Sorry, Dark, Journey

  "Seth Rogen and Wife, Lauren Miller, Take on Alzheimer's". Interview with Ashley Ross, www.shape.com.

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• I remember walking out in front of that crowd, all the parents faces and the applause, and folding my little self in half and thinking, I could get used to this. And I just never stopped.

  Dallas Roberts

  Thinking, Self, Crowds

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• It seems like people my age are over-protected today, even to the point where a lot of parents refuse to put their kids in the position to make important decisions, to aspire to great things, because they don't want to put them in a position to fail.

  Abby Sunderland

  Kids, People, Decision

  Abby Sunderland, Lynn Vincent (2011). “Unsinkable: A Young Woman's Courageous Battle on the High Seas”, p.92, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• I did my fair share of stupid stuff in high school, like anyone. I had a healthy fear of my parents, and I certainly never wanted to disappoint them. That would be the worst thing I could ever do.

  Christine Lakin

  Stupid, School, Healthy

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• There comes a moment as a parent when you realize you will no longer be the center of your child's universe.

  Carre Otis

  Children, Realizing, Moments

  "In the Face of Change" by Carre Otis, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 3, 2012.

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• As a child, I remember I always wanted to make my parents happy and give them everything in their lives.

  Rani Mukerji

  Children, Giving, Remember

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• 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.

  Tyne Daly

  Thinking, Important, Acting

  "Love and All That Comes With It". Interview with Philip Galanes, www.nytimes.com. May 23, 2014.

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• I wish my parents hadn't made me feel that how I looked was linked to how much they loved me. But I do also see how hard it must be to see your child pile on the pounds and trust they'll find their own way back to a healthy weight.

  Arabella Weir

  Children, Healthy, Wish

  "I weighed my parents' love on the bathroom scales" by Arabella Weir, www.theguardian.com. September 3, 2010.

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• My parents' generation's benchmark was simple: Fat Equals Bad.

  Arabella Weir

  Simple, Generations, Fats

  "Arabella Weir: I weighed my parents' love on the bathroom scales". www.theguardian.com. September 3, 2010.

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• My parents walked in on me Googling 'agents for kids' when I was 9.

  Graham Phillips

  Kids, Agents

  "Graham Phillips" by Mark Jacobs, www.interviewmagazine.com. February 12, 2012.

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• Figuring out how to eat healthfully on your own without your parents' guidance is one of the hardest lessons you must learn when you leave home for college.

  Daphne Oz

  Home, College, Lessons

  Daphne Oz (2010). “The Dorm Room Diet: The 10-Step Program for Creating a Healthy Lifestyle Plan That Really Works”, p.15, Harper Collins

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• A mother deserves a day off to care for a sick child or sick parent without running into hardship - and you know what, a father does, too. It's time to do away with workplace policies that belong in a 'Mad Men' episode.

  Barack Obama

  Running, Mother, Children

  Fifth Presidential State of the Union, delivered 28 January 2014

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• When you become a parent, it's not all about you anymore.

  Carre Otis

  "A Sisterhood of Inner Beauty" by Carre Otis, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 3, 2012.

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• I know in my own marriage I stayed in it to provide my son with what I thought was a stable background and to give him what I thought was the family life a child should have with two parents. But that isnt always the best way, and it took me taking my son to therapy after the divorce to really see it.

  Regina King

  Children, Divorce, Son

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I was raised by my mom. My dad was always traveling, but she allowed me and encouraged me to be close to my dad. So I grew up with three parents: my mom, my dad and my stepmom. Ninety percent of the time I was with my mom, and 10 percent was with my dad.

  Brian J. White

  Mom, Dad, Three

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• The last thing in the world my parents would want to do is get on a stage or do a movie. They would probably rather die. But they let me be who I was, and they supported me.

  Emma Stone

  World, Want, Lasts

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• My parents were hippies. They met at an ashram, where they were studying how to be enlightened.

  Paulo Costanzo

  Hippie, Study, Enlightened

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• I like my parents but they are just not good parents. They are nice enough people. I'm not interested in hurting their feelings.

  Adam Carolla

  Hurt, Nice, People

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• My childhood, I wouldn't say it was bad. It helped me grow up. I stayed out of trouble. My parents taught me what's wrong and right, and knowing that I had a little brother following me, I had to make sure I was doing the right thing so he knows what's right, too. I was in the house nine days out of 10. There wasn't nothing good outside for me.

  Russell Westbrook

  Brother, Growing Up, Knowing

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• I don't really date. I have a weird vision of relationships because my parents have known each other since second grade, and they got married right out of college. I've always thought that's what it's supposed to be like, and if it's not, then I don't want to waste my time on it. Even when I was 14, I was like, 'I'm not gonna marry this person. What's the point of doing it?' It's not me being naive. I just know what it's supposed to be like, and I think until I feel that, I cannot be bothered.

  Dakota Fanning

  Thinking, College, Vision

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