Quotes with parents

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  • Bill Drayton We are all very deeply the children of our parents and their parents. Far more than we generally realize.
    Bill Drayton
    American social entrepreneur
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  • Walt Disney We believed in our idea - a family park where parents and children could have fun- together.
    Walt Disney
    American producer (1901 - 1966)
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  • Bill McKibben We build schools and give government loans and grants to college kids; for those of us who are parents, tuition will often be the last big subsidy we give the children we've raised.
    Bill McKibben
    American environmentalist, author, and journalist (1960 - )
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  • Henry Ward Beecher We never know the love of the parent till we become parents ourselves.
    Henry Ward Beecher
    American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker (1813 - 1887)
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  • Bonnie Tyler We were brought up Protestant, and I went to church three times a day on a Sunday. My parents weren't Bible-bashers, but we all have a strong belief in God and a strong faith. We had a huge garden; our house was a bit like a scene from 'The Good Life.' I think Mam and Dad had it really hard, bringing up a big family on very little.
    Bonnie Tyler
    Welsh singer (1951 - )
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  • Isaac Bashevis Singer We write not only for children but also for their parents. They, too, are serious children.
    Stories for Children (1984)
    Isaac Bashevis Singer
    Polish Yiddish writer and Nobel laureate in literature (1978) (1902 - 1991)
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  • Beyonce Knowles We're African-American and we work together as a family, so people assume we're like the Jacksons. But I didn't have parents using me to get out of a bad situation.
    Beyonce Knowles
    American singer and actress (1981 - )
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  • Ben Stiller Whatever talent I had, I'm sure it helped that my parents were in the business and that I grew up around actors, comedians and directors.
    Ben Stiller
    American actor, comedian, film producer, film director, and writer (1965 - )
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  • Nicolas Chamfort When a man and a woman have an overwhelming passion for each other, it seems to me, in spite of such obstacles dividing them as parents or husband, that they belong to each other in the name of Nature, and are lovers by Divine right, in spite of human convention or the laws.
    Nicolas Chamfort
    French writer, journalist and playwright (1741 - 1794)
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  • Rodney Dangerfield When I was a kid my parents moved a lot, but I always found them.
    Rodney Dangerfield
    American comedian, actor (1921 - 2004)
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  • Bryce Dallas Howard When I was coming of age, I remembered reading and studying the initial ideas within the feminist movement. There was this idea with my parents' generation that in order to find equality, a woman would need to behave like a man.
    Bryce Dallas Howard
    American actress and filmmaker (1981 - )
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  • Woody Allen When I was kidnapped, my parents snapped into action. They rented out my room.
    Woody Allen
    American movie director and actor (1935 - )
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  • Gloria Steinem When I was little, I knew that I was not adopted, but I actually imagined and hoped that I was - and that my real parents were going to come get me.
    Gloria Steinem
    American feminist writer (1934 - )
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  • Bryce Dallas Howard When I was seven, I was allowed to be an extra in 'Parenthood,' which was amazing. But then I kind of got addicted to it, and my parents didn't want me to want to act. They felt that would be putting your kid in an adult world.
    Bryce Dallas Howard
    American actress and filmmaker (1981 - )
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  • Brian K. Vaughan When I wrote 'Runaways,' I was a naive kid who thought that all parents were evil. Now that I'm a wise old man with children of my own, I am certain that all parents are evil.
    Brian K. Vaughan
    American comic book and television writer (1976 - )
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  • Beeban Kidron When politicians say, 'Oh, parents should supervise their kids' Internet use,' it drives me crazy.
    Beeban Kidron
    British filmmaker (1961 - )
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  • Bob Hope When they asked Jack Benny to do something for the Actor's Orphanage - he shot both his parents and moved in.
    Bob Hope
    American comedian, actor (1903 - 2003)
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  • Elbert Hubbard Where parents do too much for their children, the children will not do much for themselves.
    Elbert Hubbard
    American writer and publisher (1856 - 1915)
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  • Alice Miller Wherever I look, I see signs of the commandment to honor one's parents and nowhere of a commandment that calls for the respect of a child.
    Alice Miller
    Polish-born Swiss psychologist (1923 - 2010)
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  • Alexander Pope Why did I write? What sin to me unknown dipped me in ink, my parents , or my own?
    Alexander Pope
    English poet (1688 - 1744)
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