Quotes with parents

Quotes 241 till 247 of 247.

  • Candice Millard With the Lincoln assassination, the South didn't feel it could mourn along with the North. But Garfield was beloved by all the American people. He was trusted and respected by North and South, by freed slaves and former slave owners. Also by pioneers, which his parents had been, and by immigrants.
    Candice Millard
    American writer and journalist (1968 - )
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  • Benjamin Watson You grow up a certain way, and you make decisions within your family, but then you go to college, and the decisions become harder. You are away from home, from the influence of your parents, dealing with peer pressure. There's a lot of stuff that goes on in college.
    Benjamin Watson
    American football player (1980 - )
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  • Bill Bryson You may find that your parents are the most delightful people, but you don't want to live with them.
    Bill Bryson
    American-British author (1951 - )
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  • Ann Patchett You see an absolutely brilliant film later, as an adult, and you walk out thinking about what to have for dinner. Whereas something like Jaws winds up having a huge effect on me. If only my parents had been taking me to Kurosawa films when I was eight, but no.
    Ann Patchett
    American author (1963 - )
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  • Bob Keeshan A child needs to be listened to and talked to at 3 and 4 and 5 years of age. Parents should not wait for the sophisticated conversation of a teenager.
    Bob Keeshan
    American television producer and actor (1927 - 2004)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson All conservatives are such from personal defects. They have been effeminated by position or nature, born halt and blind, through luxury of their parents, and can only, like invalids, act on the defensive.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Bob Beauprez My parents were exactly like millions of other Americans who had a fire in their belly to build something of their own, and in so doing they exemplified the dignity of work, the opportunity available in this great nation to those willing to work, and they left the world a bit better than it was when they first showed up.
    Bob Beauprez
    American politician and member (1948 - )
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