Parenthood Quotes - Page 12

• 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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• My mother was a great advocate of womens rights, a member of the League of Womens Voters and lifelong member of Planned Parenthood and an advocate of a womans rights in terms of reproductive issues. She was also a founding member of Common Cause in the state of Indiana.

  Kathryn Lasky

  Mother, Rights, Issues

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• If you want an abortion you go to Planned Parenthood and that’s well over 90 percent of what Planned Parenthood does.

  Jon Kyl

  Abortion, Doe, Want

  "Jon Kyl Expunges Remark That Was ‘Not Intended To Be A Factual Statement’ From Congressional Record" by Jason Linkins, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 21, 2011.

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• The most convincing argument against early parenthood is that you are in a relationship that is likely to fall apart before that child grows up.

  Tony Parsons

  Children, Growing Up, Fall

  "When is the right time to have a baby?" by Tony Parsons and Ken Livingstone, www.theguardian.com. October 8, 2010.

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• Anything that opens you up emotionally is going to impact your acting. Parenthood, becoming a mom, certainly does that.

  Keri Russell

  Mom, Impact, Acting

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

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• The essence of parenthood is to make children think that they are the most handsome, intelligent, brilliant person in the world.

  Maurice Saatchi

  Children, Intelligent, Thinking

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• There is no greater name for a leader than mother or father. There is no leadership more important than parenthood.

  Sheri L. Dew

  Mother, Father, Names

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• As to that leisure evening of life, I must say that I do not want it. I can conceive of no contentment of which toil is not to be the immediate parent.

  Anthony Trollope

  Retirement, Work, Parent

  Anthony Trollope (1983). “The Letters of Anthony Trollope”, p.691, Stanford University Press

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• It is a grand thing to rise in the world. The ambition to do so is the very salt of the earth. It is the parent of all enterprise, and the cause of all improvement.

  Anthony Trollope

  Ambition, Parent, Progress

  Anthony Trollope (2014). “Is He Popenjoy?: A Novel”, p.484, Simon and Schuster

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• There aren't many great adverts for marriage or parenthood. It always looks so stressful, and that's what I've been scared of. What you don't realise is how much you're going to get back.

  Robbie Williams

  Looks, Scared, Stressful

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• The self-sacrificing, servant aspect of the Christian life has many parallels to parenthood.

  Philip Yancey

  Christian, Sacrifice, Self

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• Becoming a mother cannot help but change things. An author's life is reflected in their writing, whether they want it to be or not, and parenthood is one of the biggest life changes there is.

  Sarah Zettel

  Change, Mother, Life Changing

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• Occasionally some individuals let the seeming ordinariness of life dampen their spirits. Though actually coping and growning, others lack the quiet, inner-soul satisfaction that can steady them, and are experiencing instead, a lingering sense that there is something more important they should be doing . . .as if what is quietly achieved in righteous individual living or in parenthood are not sufficiently spectacular.

  Neal A. Maxwell

  Soul, Important, Satisfaction

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• One current reaction to change in families, for example, is the proposal for more "education for parenthood," on the theory that this training will not only teach specific skills such as how to change diapers or how to play responsively with toddlers, but will raise parents' self-confidence at the same time. The proposed cure, in short, is to reform and educate the people with the problem.

  Kenneth Keniston

  Self Confidence, Play, Skills

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• In the past the intrinsic pleasures of parenthood for most American families were increased by the extrinsic economic return thatchildren brought. Today, parents have children despite their economic cost. This is a major, indeed a revolutionary, change.

  Kenneth Keniston

  Children, Past, Parent

  Kenneth Keniston, Carnegie Council on Children (1977). “All our children: the American family under pressure”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P

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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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• We've never been in a time where mothers - parenthood, but particularly motherhood - is so fetishized.

  Meghan Daum

  Mother, Motherhood

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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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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• It's quite a stark contrast between the candidates, in how they will change things for women. Hillary Clinton wants to appoint Supreme Court Justices who will protect Roe v Wade. [Donald] Trump wants to punish women for getting abortions and defund Planned Parenthood.

  Natalie Portman

  Justice, Abortion, Want

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• I had gone back home to finish my book in 2011, and that's when these laws really started coming into states all across the country. I needed to get back to Brooklyn, so I had my two dogs and I rented a van and I called up Planned Parenthood and I said, "I have to drive back to Brooklyn. I've got two dogs and a van. What if I did some fundraisers for you along the way?" And they were like, "Who are you?" I was like, "No, this is a super good idea."

  Lizz Winstead

  Country, Dog, Book

  Source: www.glamour.com

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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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• For most of his life, Donald Trump has described himself as very pro- choice and as a supporter of partial birth abortion. Right now today as a candidate, he supports federal tax payer funding for Planned Parenthood. I disagree with him on that.

  Ted Cruz

  Choices, Support, Abortion

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• I think there's definitely a way to tell a story, to also look at marriages that are working, but find drama from what's challenging them. That's what I think, certainly, 'Parenthood' is kind of about: the unexpected things that come up in your life that challenge you as a man, as a woman, as a husband and a wife, and as a parent.

  Jason Katims

  Husband, Drama, Men

  Interview with Vlada Gelman, tv.avclub.com. April 13, 2011.

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