Quotes with step-parents

Quotes 21 till 40 of 435.

  • Henry Louis Mencken A Sunday school is a prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents.
    Henry Louis Mencken
    American journalist and critic (1880 - 1956)
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  • Stephen Hawking A zero-gravity flight is a first step toward space travel.
    Stephen Hawking
    English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author and Director (1942 - 2018)
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  • William James Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.
    William James
    American philosopher (1842 - 1910)
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  • Barbara Kingsolver After 'The Poisonwood Bible' was published, several people believed that my parents were missionaries, which could not be further from the truth.
    Barbara Kingsolver
    American novelist, essayist and poet (1955 - )
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  • Anna Quindlen All parents should be aware that when they mock or curse gay people, they may be mocking or cursing their own child.
    Anna Quindlen
    American author and journalist (1952 - )
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  • Adelbert von Chamisso All possible means were used by the infatuated parents to conclude the bargain; and deception put an end to these usual artifices.
    Adelbert von Chamisso
    German writer, liar and explorer (1781 - 1838)
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  • Adam Schiff Although every step must be taken to protect against a chemical or biological attack in America, our nation would survive the use of those weapons as we did when anthrax was mailed to our Capitol and other targets.
    Adam Schiff
    American lawyer and politician (1960 - )
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  • Benigno Aquino III Although I was born to famous parents, I know and feel the problems of ordinary citizens.
    Benigno Aquino III
    Filipino politician (1960 - )
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  • Basil S. Walsh An intelligent plan is the first step to success. The man who plans knows where he is going, knows what progress he is making and has a pretty good idea when he will arrive.
    Basil S. Walsh
    American banker and author
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  • Billy Sheehan And no again: My studio is not a first or any step toward becoming any type of businessman on my part.
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  • Kahlil Gibran Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed.
    Kahlil Gibran
    Libian painter and writer (1883 - 1931)
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  • Arthur Henderson As a first step there must be an offer to achieve equality of rights in disarmament by abolishing the weapons forbidden to the Central Powers by the Peace Treaties.
    Arthur Henderson
    British Labour politician
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  • Bertil Ohlin As mathematics had been my best subject at school, my parents proposed - and I accepted - studies at the University of Lund in mathematics, statistics, and economics. The choice of the latter subject is said to be due to the fact that at the age of five years, I was very fond of calculating the cost of the various cakes my mother used to bake.
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  • Albert J. Nock As might be supposed, my parents were quite poor, but we somehow never seemed to lack anything we needed, and I never saw a trace of discontent or a failure in cheerfulness over their lot in life, as indeed over anything.
    Albert J. Nock
    American libertarian author (1870 - 1945)
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  • Bo Sanchez As much as I loved the model of St. Francis, I realized that I couldn't afford to be poor, because unlike St. Francis, I'm not celibate. I was enlightened that God's call to me was not poverty but generosity and simplicity. And I had to go back to the lesson I learned from my parents: that is, simplicity.
    Bo Sanchez
    Filippine author, lay pastor and entrepreneur (1966 - )
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  • Stephen Hawking As scientists, we step on the shoulders of science, building on the work that has come before us - aiming to inspire a new generation of young scientists to continue once we are gone.
    Stephen Hawking
    English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author and Director (1942 - 2018)
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  • B. D. Wong Asian people are very practical and come from a conservative world. The parents want their kids to be doctors and lawyers. There are casting calls for Asian children, but once the parents find out the children might miss school, they're opposed to it.
    B. D. Wong
    American actor (1960 - )
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  • William James Be willing to have it so. Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.
    William James
    American philosopher (1842 - 1910)
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  • Bill Rancic Because of the fact that we've been through so much, we're going to appreciate every step of being parents. I think we're going to savor it and cherish it and we're going to be the best parents we can be.
    Bill Rancic
    American entrepreneur (1971 - )
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  • Barbara Bush Bias has to be taught. If you hear your parents downgrading women or people of different backgrounds, why, you are going to do that.
    Barbara Bush
    American First Lady (1925 - 2018)
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