Parent Quotes - Page 7

• 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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• Loving and parenting a dog as a single parent can create all sorts of new and unusual problems, but also new sources of joy.

  Jenna Morasca

  Dog, Joy, Problem

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• My parents never pressured me except to advise me against acting.

  Emilia Fox

  Acting, Advise, Pressured

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• I am happiest when I'm sitting on my parent's couch with the fire place on and talking to my family.

  Shantel VanSanten

  Fire, Talking, Sitting

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• England, an old and exhausted island, must one day be contented, like other parents, to be strong only in her children.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Strong, Children, Islands

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, Robert Ernest Spiller, Alfred Riggs Ferguson, Joseph Slater, Jean Ferguson Carr (1971). “The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: English traits”, p.155, Harvard University Press

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• Obey thy parents, keep thy word justly; swear not; commit not with man's sworn spouse; set not thy sweet heart on proud array. * * * Keep thy foot out of brothels, thy pen from lenders' books.

  William Shakespeare

  Sweet, Book, Heart

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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 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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• My mother was a secretary that elevated herself to having her own international company, my father elevated himself to an NBA player and perennial all-star. So I learned from my parents that it's about hard work, about both of them getting their education, putting people first and leading a life of integrity.

  Brian J. White

  Mother, Stars, Father

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• My humor came from seeing my parents have sex, smoke weed, my mom being naked - just weird hippie stuff, twisted R-rated humor.

  Shia LaBeouf

  Mom, Weed, Sex

  "Shia LeBeouf Admits to Watching His Parents Have Sex". www.foxnews.com. June 11, 2009.

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• My parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles were all funny, and I felt that energy, that delivery, that timing, that sarcasm. All that stuff seeped into my brain.

  Jeff Ross

  Uncles, Sarcasm, Aunt

  "Comedy, Then and Now: Laughing With the Legends of Stand-Up From the 1800’s to 2010" by Steve North, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 6, 2010.

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• My parents were New Yorkers, and I was conceived in Los Angeles. My father was a makeup artist to Clint Eastwood and Richard Chamberlain.

  Michele Lee

  Father, Artist, Makeup

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• You lie when you're a teenager, I think, because your parents are treating you like you're younger and you - in your mind - think that you're so much older. You make up all of these lies because you think it's what you should do.

  Shay Mitchell

  Lying, Teenager, Thinking

  "An In-Depth Conversation With the Cast of ‘Pretty Little Liars’". Interview with Natasha Vargas-Cooper, bullettmedia.com. March 12, 2012.

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• I've always had tremendous support from my parents. I think there's a myth that gay people have lousy relationships with their parents.

  B. D. Wong

  Gay, Thinking, People

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• I was being groomed to be a tennis player for sure. My grandparents and parents realised I had a natural athletic ability and if I was forced to do it, I could probably do well. But all I wanted was to play pretend.

  Dakota Fanning

  Player, Grandparent, Tennis

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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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• Being a parent is very important to me.

  Diana Ross

  Important, Being A Parent

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• You have to feel fortunate to be one of the people whom parents don't mind their children looking up to. The older I get, the more I think about the amount of influence I have on these young girls, and it's scary sometimes. But I also understand how lucky I am to have that.

  Beyonce Knowles

  Girl, Children, Thinking

  "Showbiz Tonight" with Brooke Anderson, www.cnn.com. March 18, 2009.

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• When you have parents who are a little out of their minds, somebody has to take responsibility.

  Shannon Woodward

  Responsibility, Mind, Littles

  "Shannon Woodward Lives the Good Life on The Riches". Interview with G.J. Donnelly, www.tvguide.com. April 8, 2008.

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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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• I was at a school in England, a prep school, from the ages of 8 and 13. And every play they did was a musical. Parents love musicals. And I don't sing. It was driving me crazy. 'We're doing 'Macbeth.'' 'Yes!' 'The musical!' And I was always in the chorus, because of course, in all the main parts, you had to be able to sing.

  Charlie Cox

  Crazy, School, Play

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

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• My style is very inspired by both my parents, so we all have the same taste.

  Zoe Kravitz

  Style, Taste, Inspired

  "Fashion Q&A: Zoë Kravitz". Interview with Celia L. Smith, www.essence.com. March 25, 2013.

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• My parents, products of the Great Depression, were successful people, but lived in a state of constant fear that my sister and I, and they, would sink into the kind of economic insecurity that their generation knew so well.

  Ben Stein

  Successful, People, Insecurity

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• Get on the fashion nerves of your peers, not your parents - that is the key to fashion leadership.

  John Waters

  Fashion, Keys, Peers

  John Waters (2010). “Role Models”, p.99, Macmillan

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• My parents were really nice to me.

  Bryan Callen

  Nice, Really Nice

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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