Quotes with parents

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  • B. D. Wong Maybe there are logical reasons for a gay person not to have a great relationship with their parents - not because there's a parent who made him gay, but just because it may be difficult to understand everything.
    B. D. Wong
    American actor (1960 - )
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  • Campbell Brown More and more parents and voters have rejected the teachers' union antiquated, top down, one-size-fits-all approach to education and continue to elect candidates who embrace reform that celebrates students and empowers parents.
    Campbell Brown
    American journalist (1968 - )
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  • Bill Rancic My best friend Jerry started a boat-washing business, and it was one of the most critical experiences of my life. I got to meet a lot of people who were entrepreneurs. My parents were schoolteachers, and I was now meeting people who owned companies. I realized that if this guy can do it, why can't I?
    Bill Rancic
    American entrepreneur (1971 - )
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  • Elayne Boosler My brother's gay. My parents don't mind as long as he marries a doctor.
    New York Magazine 22 March 1976, Funny Girl
    Elayne Boosler
    American comedian (1952 - )
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  • B. B. King My dad died, I think, at 87. So I'll be lucky if I make 87. But in a lot of cases, the younger people live longer than their parents. And they know more. My dad used to tell me he ate the hog from his rooter to his tooter. So do I when I'm not trying to lose weight.
    B. B. King
    American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer (1925 - 2015)
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  • Bob Balaban My dad was born in Chicago in 1908... his parents came from Russia. They settled in Chicago, where they lived in a little tiny grocery store with eight or nine children - in the backroom all together - and my grandmother got the idea to go into the movie business.
    Bob Balaban
    American actor, author and producer (1945 - )
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  • Brendan Myers My earliest interest in game design came when I was in primary school, and my parents bought a Commodore 128 computer. I taught myself to write programs in BASIC, and then I made my own games.
    Brendan Myers
    Canadian philosopher and author (1974 - )
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  • Billy Corgan My earliest memory is of feeling different. My parents told me that I wasn't like other children.
    In: Stapleton, Jim. Smashing Pumpkins (1996)
    Billy Corgan
    American musician, singer and songwriter (1967 - )
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  • Blythe Danner My family was very musical. My brother is an opera singer; my parents both sang.
    Blythe Danner
    American actress (1943 - )
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  • Billy Idol My hair used to be real long, and my parents were encouraged when I cut it. They thought I was going 'straight,' but I was just getting weirder - at least in their eyes. I was getting into the punk thing.
    Billy Idol
    English musician, singer, songwriter, and actor (1955 - )
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  • Michael Jordan My heroes are and were my parents. I can't see having anyone else as my heroes.
    Michael Jordan
    American basketball player and businessman (1984 - )
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  • Betty Cuthbert My parents always encouraged me and I had a good home life. We were always taught to respect things and other people. It's so different today, because children are just not taught the right way.
    Betty Cuthbert
    Australian athlete (1938 - 2017)
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  • Benjamin Clementine My parents always said that I would be a lawyer or pilot or doctor - and I always just thought that's what I would do.
    Benjamin Clementine
    British artist, poet, vocalist, composer, and musician (1988 - )
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  • Brandi Chastain My parents and my grandfather on my mom's side would travel the earth. They went to Australia and China, and they went to probably every soccer game I ever played.
    Brandi Chastain
    American soccer player (1968 - )
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  • Anita Hill My parents are older, and they lead a somewhat sheltered life. It was difficult to talk with them about things that were embarrassing to me, and that I had never spoken to them about.
    Anita Hill
    American lawyer and academic (1956 - )
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  • Brigitte Bardot My parents gave me a strict upbringing, which at times has caused me to suffer distress but today I am grateful to them for it.
    Brigitte Bardot
    French fashion model, singer and actress (1934 - )
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  • Bre Pettis My parents had a software company making children's software for the Apple II+, Commodore 64 and Acorn computers. They hired these teenagers to program the software, and these guys were true hackers, trying to get more colors and sound and animation out of those computers.
    Bre Pettis
    American entrepreneur and video blogger
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  • Augusten Burroughs My parents had this relationship that was really terrifying. I mean, the level of hatred that they had, and the level of physical abuse - my mother would beat up my father, basically - and I think I was drawn to images on television that were bright and reflective.
    Augusten Burroughs
    American writer (1965 - )
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  • Bill Burr My parents have a ridiculous work ethic; my dad just works, works, works, works, works. I think it would be hard to find a guy who's logged more hours than that guy.
    Bill Burr
    American stand-up comedian, actor, and podcaster (1968 - )
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  • Bar Paly My parents have always given me whatever I wanted. Took me to the ballet, the opera, museum exhibitions. I was always surrounded by art. It's their fault I've become an actress.
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