Parenthood Quotes - Page 11

• I have been proud to fight and stand for religious liberty, to stand against Planned Parenthood, to defend life for my entire career.

  Ted Cruz

  Religious, Fighting, Careers

  Ted Cruz at GOP primary debate in Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio, www.washingtonpost.com. August 6, 2015.

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• These acts of terrorism are being committed by American citizens in this particular instance at a Planned Parenthood site, certain with a political agenda, fueled by the extremist rhetoric that we`ve seen from some on the hill and from people all across the country as it relates to a woman`s right to choose.

  Hakeem Jeffries

  Country, People, Political

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• A poignant paradox is that sometimes the very desire to be a good mother or father will lead the parent to mistake duty for love.

  William Watson Purkey

  Mother, Father, Mistake

  William Watson Purkey (2000). “What Students Say to Themselves: Internal Dialogue and School Success”, Corwin

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• What parent has it easy? I just never make the difficulty of it an obstacle. I just do it.

  Marlee Matlin

  Parent, Obstacles, Easy

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• Dr. Evil got shortchanged in the first one. The family dynamic between Scott and Dr. Evil - the adventures of being an evil single parent - needed to be explored.

  Mike Myers

  Adventure, Evil, Parent

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• Parenthood means becoming comfortable with the fact that there are things outside your control, things that end and fail, just as most utopias end and by some measure fail. And just because they're a failure doesn't mean there isn't value there.

  Lauren Groff

  Mean, Failing, Utopia

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• Along with the joy of parenthood, with every child comes a piercing vulnerability. It is at once sublime and terrifying

  David Sheff

  Children, Joy, Sublime

  David Sheff (2009). “Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction”, p.65, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Senator John Kyle claiming that over 90 percent of what Planned Parenthood does is abortion. Stephen Colbert: Over 90 percent, that is unbelievable...in that it is not true. Only 3 percent of what Planned Parenthood does is abortion. Kyle just rounded it up to the nearest 90.

  Stephen Colbert

  Abortion, Doe, Unbelievable

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• But it had no doubt sprung from true emotion, for all that parents ever wanted, really, was for you to love their child the way they did.

  Meg Wolitzer

  Teacher, Children, Parent

  Meg Wolitzer (2011). “The Uncoupling: A Novel”, p.21, Penguin

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• One thing I know for sure about raising children is that every single day a kid needs discipline.... But also every single day a kid needs a break.

  Anne Lamott

  Children, Kids, Parenting

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• She'd been criticized for holding the reins of parenthood too tightly, of controlling her children too completely, but she didn't know how to let go. From the moment she'd first decided to become a mother, it had been an epic battle.

  Kristin Hannah

  Letting Go, Mother, Children

  Kristin Hannah (2011). “Night Road”, p.13, Macmillan

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• I mean you're given all these lessons for the unimportant things--piano-playing, typing. You're given years and years of lessons in how to balance equations, which Lord knows you will never have to do in normal life. But how about parenthood? Or marriage, either, come to think of it. Before you can drive a car you need a state-approved course of instruction, but driving a car is nothing, nothing, compared to living day in and day out with a husband and raising up a new human being.

  Anne Tyler

  Husband, Mean, Thinking

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• Parenthood is an amazing opportunity to be able to ruin someone from scratch.

  Jon Stewart

  Opportunity, Amazing Opportunities, Scratches

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• We both liked children; we just didn't want any ourselves. There were children everywhere, and we saw no reason to start our own brand. Young couples plunge into parenthood and about half the time they end up with some ghastly problem on their hands. We thought we'd leave that to others.

  Thomas McGuane

  Children, Couple, Hands

  Thomas McGuane (2015). “Crow Fair: Stories”, p.82, Vintage

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• Given the reality of unintended parenthood and parental unhappiness, one would think that women and men who make the decision not to have children - who are deliberate and thoughtful about the choice to bring another person into the world - would be seen as less selfish than those who unthinkingly have children. Yet the stigma remains.

  Jessica Valenti

  Children, Selfish, Thoughtful

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• Every parent in America has the total power to control all television programming that is dispatched to their home today.

  Jack Valenti

  Home, Power, America

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• Pominville is going to have to open a planned parenthood center!

  Rick Jeanneret

  Planned Parenthood

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• The rapid, sweeping deterioration of values is characterized by a preoccupation-even an obsession-with the procreative act. Abstinence before marriage and fidelity within it are openly scoffed at-marriage and parenthood ridiculed as burdensome, unnecessary. Modesty, a virtue of a refined individual or society, is all but gone.

  Boyd K. Packer

  Deterioration, Gone, Before Marriage

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• Tell me about a person's family, friends, and community, and I'll tell you what his opinions are.

  Mark Twain

  Friends, Community, Opinion

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• Parenting classes should be mandatory, whether you are adopting or not, and would include an evaluation of your current physical, mental and financial state as well as how ready you are to take on the rigors of parenthood. Our children are our most precious natural resource, and there is absolutely no other way to parent but to put them first.

  Dale Archer

  Children, Parenting, Class

  "Not Everyone Deserves to Have Children" by Dale Archer, www.foxnews.com. April 15, 2010.

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• On so many levels [S.E. Cupp]’s a perfect demonstration of the necessity of the work Planned Parenthood does.

  Keith Olbermann

  Perfect, Doe, Levels

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• Parental love is not contingent on the talents and attributes the child happens to have. We choose our friends and spouses at least partly on the basis of qualities we find attractive. But we do not choose our children. Their qualities are unpredictable, and even the most conscientious parents cannot be held wholly responsible for the kind of child they have. That is why parenthood, more than other human relationships, teaches what the theologian William F. May calls an “openness to the unbidden.

  Michael Sandel

  Children, Love Is, Parent

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• I was a wonderful parent before I had children. I was an expert on why everyone else was having problems with theirs. Then I had three of my own.

  Adele Faber

  Children, Parent, Experts

  Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish (2012). “How to Talk so Kids Will Listen and Listen so Kids Will Talk”, p.11, Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.

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• My parents taught me that I could do anything I wanted and I have always believed it to be true. Add a clear idea of what inspires you, dedicate your energies to its pursuit and there is no knowing what you can achieve, particularly if others are inspired by your dream and offer their help.

  Pete Goss

  Dream, Ideas, Knowing

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• Whatever I do, it's my business. It's not my job to parent America.

  Christina Aguilera

  Jobs, America, Parent

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