Parent Quotes - Page 18

• I had a good, sound upbringing with sensible people around me. I was brought up by intelligent parents. My mother always said to me, "You've got to work at your career and you've got to be good at it. Okay, you've had a bit of success but that's not longevity. You've got to really work for a long time."

  Olivia Newton-John

  Mother, Intelligent, Careers

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I respect my parents' opinion very much. No matter how old you are, what your parents think is very important. If they like your boyfriend or if they like some work you've done. And if they don't, it's more shattering than anybody else telling you, because they're the most honest.

  Olivia Newton-John

  Thinking, Your Boyfriend, Important

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• When you're a parent, then you still have to commit to this concept of, "Okay, I'm basically out of action now for three months."

  Thom Yorke

  Three, Months, Action

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I think it's hard for any parent to see anything negative said or done against your child and, when you can't directly do something about it, it's hard.

  Pattie Mallette

  Children, Thinking, Negative

  "Justin Bieber's Mom Has Her Own Story To Tell". Interview with John W. Kennedy, www.beliefnet.com.

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• I was lucky with my parents, for my mom and my dad particularly, much more than my mom, who was very compassionate and loving to everyone. And then, as I got into my career, I started and other people started to realize that I was good at it.

  Shep Gordon

  Mom, Dad, Careers

  Source: collider.com

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• The thing is, the kids always rebel against what the parents try to push on them so I'm going to pretend like I don't want my son to hear the rock. I'm going to listen to it only in my private chambers. He'll hear echoes of it and say: "What was that you were listening to papa?" And I'll say: "Nothing son, you're not ready."

  Jack Black

  Kids, Son, Echoes

  "Tenacious D in The Pick Of Destiny - Jack Black/Kyle Gass Interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• My father has passed away. He was African-American. My mother is white. So I was adopted by a couple that was of a similar dynamic as my biological parents.

  Keegan-Michael Key

  Mother, Couple, Father

  "For Key And Peele, Biracial Roots Bestow Special Comedic 'Power'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. July 31, 2015.

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• An actor said recently that, unless you're a parent, you shouldn't play a parent in a film. I don't know who said it, but I disagree. I understand that maybe there are aspects that you don't understand, or maybe this actor or actress had a really strong recent experience with having their first or second or third born child. I don't know. As a dad, I get that. I get that there is no love like it. But, at the same time, love is love.

  Colin Farrell

  Strong, Children, Dad

  "Colin Farrell Talks DEAD MAN DOWN, Working with Noomi Rapace, SAVING MR. BANKS, WINTER’S TALE, EPIC, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. March 6, 2013.

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• In order to bring down the incarceration rate, you've got to start with the beginning of life. You've got to make sure that parents and schools are prepared to prepare young people for success. You've got to deal with the next stage of life. You've got to make sure that people have the opportunity to work at a good job, they have access to good healthcare, and that they have the opportunity to build wealth over time.

  Benjamin Jealous

  Jobs, School, Opportunity

  Source: bigthink.com

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• I guess I have sort of an atypical relationship with my mom for someone my age, because I think I started so young with the music thing and I had my parents always on the road with me. So at a time when I think I should have been rebelling like in high school, they were actually my best friends.

  Mandy Moore

  Mom, School, Thinking

  Source: www.movieweb.com

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• My mom has never been a big meddler and isn't like extremely opinionated or at least just doesn't voice it to me. She's sort of let me come into my own by myself and I think that's just a testament to what my parents did in terms of raising us.

  Mandy Moore

  Mom, Thinking, Voice

  Source: www.movieweb.com

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• My parents don't care what Americans think of us; we just care what the other Indian people in our community think of us.

  Himanshu Suri

  Thinking, People, Community

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I engage with New York and America but my parents pretty much hang out in this radius of Long Island where their friends are and where their work is. That's why you have people who have lived in New York for like 20, 30 years who don't speak English. They just live in a Chinese community or an Indian community. More than anywhere you'll find that in Queens.

  Himanshu Suri

  New York, Queens, Islands

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• There are some heterosexuals that have heterosexual behavior that is appalling sexually, that is deviant and bad and not really moral and Christ-like and biblical. But those people are never questioned as to whether or not they're allowed to be a parent.

  Rosie O'Donnell

  Biblical, People, Moral

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• Why do you think people don't think that homosexual parents are good? You don't know what a homosexual family looks like. I will be the role model for the good gay family. Don't let these children suffer without families because of your bias.

  Rosie O'Donnell

  Children, Gay, Thinking

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• No social problem is as universal as the oppression of the child ... No slave was ever so much the property of his master as the child is of his parent ... Never were the rights of man ever so disregarded as in the case of the child.

  Maria Montessori

  Children, Men, Rights

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• Liberals believe in burning the American flag, urinating on crucifixes, and passing out birth control pills to 11-year-olds without telling their parents -- but God forbid an infidel touch a Quran at Guantanamo.

  Ann Coulter

  Believe, Years, Birth Control Pills

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• If you're ever in a dark place, don't resort to violence. Talk to someone; whether it be a therapist, teacher, parent, or just someone you can trust. We all have our dark places and it's important that you get help.

  Gerard Way

  Teacher, Dark, Important

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• Conversations between parents and kids are important, about race issues, about all kinds of things, about heritage.

  Garcelle Beauvais

  Kids, Race, Issues

  "Garcelle Beauvais Mixes It Up [INTERVIEW]". Interview with Kelley L. Carter, www.ebony.com. August 8, 2013.

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• I have a song I wrote called “Autobiography.” I came from a very intense living situation, with having a parent on drugs and not having a lot of money. So I always want to talk about the real things. But I think 90 percent of my music, I want it to be 'feel-good music'. I'm already recording tracks for my album, but when it comes time to actually say, 'this is the album,' I may be in a completely different space than I'm in right now.

  Nicki Minaj

  Song, Real, Thinking

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• Unresolved dissonances between the characters and dispositions of the parents continue to reverberate in the nature of the child and make up the history of its inner sufferings.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Children, Character, Childhood

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• Let the world unfold without always attempting to figure it all out. Let relationships just be, since everything is going to stretch out in Divine order. Don't try so hard to make something work - simply allow. Don't always toil at trying to understand your mate, your children, your parents, your boss, or anyone else because the Tao is working at all times.

  Wayne Dyer

  Relationship, Children, Divine Order

  Dr Wayne W Dyer (2009). “Change Your Thoughts-Change Your Life (Easyread Large Edition)”, p.5, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Children consider disliking their parents natural, but if the dislike is returned, they are outraged.

  Mason Cooley

  Children, Natural, Ifs

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• Liberal Doctrine: it is not children who misbehave, but parents.

  Mason Cooley

  Children, Doctrine, Parent Child

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• I still get a lot of letters from kids and parents who face different challenges and disabilities. I share some of the lessons that I learned through sports and baseball, which makes me feel good. It's incredible to have an impact that way.

  Jim Abbott

  Sports, Baseball, Kids

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