Quotes with one-child

Quotes 2821 till 2840 of 6293.

  • James Kelman My culture and my language have the right to exist, and no one has the authority to dismiss that.
    Source:  (1994)
    James Kelman
    Scottish writer (1946 - )
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  • Billy Idol My dad was one of the reasons I got into rock and roll, because I was learning the ropes of his business, which was selling powertools, and I was looking for a way out from under his heel. I was like, 'Where's the fun? Where's the glamour?'
    Billy Idol
    English musician, singer, songwriter, and actor (1955 - )
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  • Brad D. Smith My dad worked for Nestle for 26 years and ended up being the mayor of our hometown. One of the lessons I learned from him was to never mistake kindness for weakness.
    Brad D. Smith
    American businessman
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  • W. H. Auden My deepest feeling about politicians is that they are dangerous lunatics to be avoided when possible and carefully humored; people, above all, to whom one must never tell the truth.
    W. H. Auden
    American poet (1907 - 1973)
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  • Anne Stevenson My earlier poems were sadder than my poems are today, perhaps because I wrote them in confusion or when I was unhappy. But I am not a melancholy person, quite the contrary, no one enjoys laughing more than I do.
    Anne Stevenson
    American-British poet and writer (1933 - 2020)
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  • Barack Obama My family, frankly, they weren't folks who went to church every week. My mother was one of the most spiritual people I knew but she didn't raise me in the church, so I came to my Christian faith later in life and it was because the precepts of Jesus Christ spoke to me in terms of the kind of life that I would want to lead.
    Barack Obama
    American politician (1961 - )
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  • Beyonce Knowles My fans kept asking where they could get clothes like 'Destiny's Child's', so it was only natural for us to do a clothing line. I was adamant about not putting my name on something that I didn't love.
    Beyonce Knowles
    American singer and actress (1981 - )
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  • Jorge Luis Borges My father and he had one of those English friendships which begin by avoiding intimacies and eventually eliminate speech altogether.
    Jorge Luis Borges
    Argentijns writer (1899 - 1986)
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  • Bobbie Ann Mason My father had all these great names for our cows. Bossy and Daisy and Petunia and Turnip. One of my jobs was to round up the cows before milking. I'd go out back with the dog and bring them in.
    Bobbie Ann Mason
    American novelist and short story writer
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  • Bruno Mars My father moved to Hawaii from Brooklyn and my mother came there as a child from the Philippines. They met at a show where my dad was playing percussion. My mom was a hula dancer.
    Bruno Mars
    American singer, songwriter, record producer and dancer (1985 - )
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  • Bob Hope My father told me all about the birds and the bees, the liar - I went steady with a woodpecker till I was twenty-one.
    Bob Hope
    American comedian, actor (1903 - 2003)
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  • Andrew Taylor Still My father was a progressive farmer, and was always ready to lay aside an old plough if he could replace it with one better constructed for its work. All through life, I have ever been ready to buy a better plough.
    Andrew Taylor Still
    American physician and surgeon (1828 - 1917)
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  • Broderick Crawford My father was always telling himself no one was perfect, not even my mother.
    Broderick Crawford
    American actor (1911 - 1986)
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  • Antonio Villaraigosa My father was predisposed to drunken rages. I would hide under the bed. My sister and I were talking just the other day about the terror a drunken man in a rage can create in a child.
    Antonio Villaraigosa
    American politician (1953 - )
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  • Barry Marshall My favourite book as a child was an old 'Newne's Children's Encyclopaedia' which my grandfather had bought just before World War II and donated to our family after seeing how interested we were in it. Each volume had special chapters called 'Things Boys can Do.' My brothers and I would pick out interesting projects.
    Barry Marshall
    Australian physician, Nobel Prize Laureate in Physiology (1951 - )
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  • Benedict Cumberbatch My first agent dissuaded me from calling myself 'Cumberbatch.' I had six months of not very productive time with her, so I changed agents. The new one said, 'Why aren't you using your family name? It's a real attention-grabber.' I worried, 'How much is it going to cost to put my name in lights?' But then I decided that's not my problem.
    Benedict Cumberbatch
    English actor (1976 - )
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  • Ben Lloyd-Hughes My first ever-ever professional role was in a television show in England called 'Love Soup.' It starred Tamsin Greig. I just played a small role - I think officially my role was 'teenage boy' - it was one episode.
    Ben Lloyd-Hughes
    British actor (1988 - )
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  • Bill Bailey My first job was selling doors, door to door. That's a tough job isn't it? Bing Bong; Hello, can I interest you in a- oh shit you've got one already haven't you? Well never mind...
    Source: Part Troll
    Bill Bailey
    English comedian, musician and actor (1965 - )
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  • Boomer Esiason My goal is for Gunnar to outlive me. That's the way it should be. My dream is for him to be a dad himself one day, so he can find out all the anxiety that kids bring to their dads.
    Boomer Esiason
    American football player (1961 - )
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  • Benjamin Watson My grandmother and my father always said I would end up as a missionary. Well, I feel like I am one now.
    Benjamin Watson
    American football player (1980 - )
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