Quotes with step-parents

Quotes 381 till 400 of 435.

  • 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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  • Abraham Joshua Heschel We do not step out of the world when we pray; we merely see the world in a different setting. The self is not the hub but the spoke of the revolving wheel. It is precisely the function of prayer to shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender.
    Abraham Joshua Heschel
    Polish-American rabbi (1907 - 1972)
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  • Barry Diller We need an unambiguous rule - a law - that nobody will step between the publisher and the consumer, full stop.
    Barry Diller
    American businessman (1942 - )
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  • Burgess Owens We need to step up because our past generations did their jobs; we now need to do ours.
    Burgess Owens
    American football player (1951 - )
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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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  • Burnie Burns We've always had a roadmap to feature filmmaking, and making a feature film could have been three or four years away for us. But crowdfunding helped us get there in a year, and it allowed us to take a much bigger step.
    Burnie Burns
    American writer, actor, producer and director (1973 - )
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  • Carl Perkins Well it's one for the money, Two for the show, Three to get ready, Now go, cat, go. But don't you Step on my blue suede shoes.
    Blue Suede Shoes (1956)
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  • Bruno Mars What I like about Elvis is the same thing I like about James Brown, Michael Jackson, Prince. These guys, back in the day, there was no smoke and mirrors. It was just raw talent. They would step out onstage and command an audience. Talk about awesome.
    Bruno Mars
    American singer, songwriter, record producer and dancer (1985 - )
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  • Wendell Phillips What is defeat? Nothing but education. Nothing but the first step to something better.
    Wendell Phillips
    American Reformer, Orator (1811 - 1884)
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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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  • Ayaan Hirsi Ali When a 'Life of Brian' comes out with Muhammad in the lead role, directed by an Arab equivalent of Theo van Gogh, it will be a huge step forward.
    Ayaan Hirsi Ali
    Somali-born Dutch-American activist, feminist and author (1969 - )
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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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