Mother And Father Quotes - Page 6

• I do recognize the most valuable work being done across the country is that work being done inside the four walls in our homes. And let us not forget how important the work of the mother and father are to raising responsible citizens.

  Ann Romney

  Country, Mother, Wall

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• No matter how old we become, we can still call them 'Holy Mother' and 'Father' and put a child-like trust in them.

  Desmond Morris

  Faith, Mother, Children

  Desmond Morris (1977). “Manwatching: A Field Guide to Human Behavior”

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• I was brought up west southwest coast of Scotland and my mother and father had a music shop, and so I was surrounded by pianos and drums and guitars, and music, of course.

  Colin Hay

  Mother, Father, Guitar

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• There is something special about unions of husband and wife. Unless we bring men and women together, children will not have mothers and fathers.

  Carrie Prejean

  Mother, Children, Husband

  Carrie Prejean (2009). “Still Standing: The Untold Story of My Fight Against Gossip, Hate, and Political Attacks”, p.103, Regnery Publishing

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• The vision preached by my father a half-century ago was that his four little children would no longer live in a nation where they would judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. However, sadly, the tears of Trayvon Martin's mother and father remind us that, far too frequently, the color of one's skin remains a license to profile, to arrest and to even murder with no regard for the content of one's character.

  Martin Luther King III

  Mother, Children, Father

  "50 Years After March on Washington, Tens of Thousands Say Struggle for MLK’s “Dream” Continues". "Democracy Now!" with Amy Goodman, www.democracynow.org. August 26, 2013.

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• The great lesson my mother and father gave me was almost invisible. It was a strong sense of being rooted.

  Dan Rather

  Mother, Strong, Father

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• I'm no longer just a candidate. I'm the President. I know what it means to send young Americans into battle, for I have held in my arms the mothers and fathers of those who didn't return. I've shared the pain of families who've lost their homes, and the frustration of workers who've lost their jobs.

  Barack Obama

  Mother, Jobs, Pain

  Second Democratic Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speech, delivered 6 September 2012, Charlotte, North Carolina

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• Both my mother and father were very supportive of any career move any of us wanted to make.

  James Gandolfini

  Mother, Father, Moving

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• My mother and father, Joe and Theresa Montana brought me along and taught me to never quit, and to strive to be the best.

  Joe Montana

  Mother, Dad, Father

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

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• Today, Arizona's sons and daughters, mothers and fathers are proudly serving their country.

  Jane D. Hull

  Inspiring, Mothers Day, Daughter

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• The debt of gratitude we owe our mother and father goes forward, not backward. What we owe our parents is the bill presented to us by our children.

  Nancy Friday

  Friday, Mother, Gratitude

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• I've gone through that with my mother and father and here I was in a similar situation. I've wronged her and I've wronged the family. Because when these things happen, it doesn't just happen to you, it happens to the people around you and the family.

  John Prescott

  Mother, Father, People

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• Family life was wonderful. The streets were bleak. The playgrounds were bleak. But home was always warm. My mother and father had a great relationship. I always felt 'safe' there.

  Robert Cormier

  Family, Mother, Father

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• The first thing that I learned - and I understood it at a really young age - was that I could get a laugh. Really early. Because my mother and father are funny.

  George Clooney

  Mother, Father, Laughing

  "George Clooney's Rules for Living" by Tom Junod, www.esquire.com. December 2013.

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• I loved my mother and father.

  Roger Moore

  Mother, Father

  "Roger Moore: My family values". Interview with Nick McGrath, www.theguardian.com. September 28, 2012.

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• Would not the child's heart break in despair when the first cold storm of the world sweeps over it, if the warm sunlight of love from the eyes of mother and father did not shine upon him like the soft reflection of divine light and love?

  Max Muller

  Mother, Children, Father

  Max Muller (1912). “Memories”

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• I don't make a Bible argument in the ad, nor have I made a bible argument in the public space. My argument is simple, which is, that for several thousand years in Western civilization, marriage has been the union of one man and one woman. Research is overwhelming that children need mothers and fathers.

  Gary Bauer

  Mother, Children, Father

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• To all those mothers and fathers who are struggling with teen-agers, I say, just be patient: even though it looks like you can't do anything right for a number of years, parents become popular again when kids reach 20.

  Marian Wright Edelman

  Inspiring, Mothers Day, Father

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• But my mother and father were married when my mom was 20 and my dad was 24

  Rachael Leigh Cook

  Mom, Mother, Dad

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• My sense of humor was a tool for me getting past my mother and father separating, my older brother having cerebral palsy, and the bullies in the schoolyard. I had to make them laugh to keep them off my ass. I brought that to my professional career.

  Tracy Morgan

  Mother, Brother, Father

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• I think, though, the biggest heroes in my life would have been both my mother and father. My father because he was very brave and a kid from the Depression. And my mother, a child from the Depression too, who always remained so lovely her whole life.

  Susan Stroman

  Mother, Children, Father

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• I'm so opposite of my profession. No one - particularly my mother and father - ever thought I was going to be a boxer because I always felt that football and baseball were too dangerous. I was just such a quiet kid.

  Sugar Ray Leonard

  Baseball, Football, Mother

  "Sugar Ray Leonard Interview REAL STEEL". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 6, 2011.

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• When guys come over to date my daughter, I'm going to tell them, 'I want you to go out and have a very good time with my daughter. I want you to enjoy yourself and have her home on time. If you abuse her in any way, I'm going to kill your mother and father, cut your back open, pull out your spine, and leave you in a wheelchair so you can think about what you did for the rest of your life. Now, go out and have a good time!'

  Conrad Dobler

  Daughter, Mother, Father

  "Conrad Dobler: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.

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• "I'm a victim of sexual discrimination."
  "No, you're the victim of a cruel sexual experiment performed by your mother and father.

  Harry Enfield

  Mother, Father, Discrimination

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• My mother and father have also raised five boys so they know there's only so much that can be controlled.

  Henry Cavill

  Mother, Father, Boys

  Interview with Elvis Mitchell, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 31, 2013.

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