Quotes with two-parent

Quotes 541 till 560 of 1174.

  • A. J. Foyt My dad was very successful running midgets in Texas. Then, his two drivers ran into some bad luck. People started saying that Daddy had lost his touch. That it was the cars and not the drivers. I wanted to race just to prove all those people wrong.
    A. J. Foyt
    American auto racing driver (1935 - )
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  • Beth Brooke My dad would always say, 'Girl, you've been given gifts. Use them.' And what he meant by that was, 'Don't just be successful. Don't just use your talents for your own success. But make a difference with them. Do something significant.' And when I put those two things together, it just causes me to not accept the status quo.
    Beth Brooke
    American businesswoman and athelete (1959 - )
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  • Buzz Aldrin My father's an early aviator, and my first flight was with him at age two. Now, despite the fact that I got sick on the flight, I still enjoyed it, I believe.
    Buzz Aldrin
    American former astronaut, engineer and fighter (1930 - )
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  • Anish Kapoor My first show sold within the first 3 minutes, and I came back to the studio and spent the next two and a half years making almost nothing.
    Anish Kapoor
    British Indian sculptor (1954 - )
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  • Miguel de Cervantes My grandma (rest her soul) used to say, ''There were but two families in the world, have-much and have-little.''
    Miguel de Cervantes
    Spanish writer and poet (1547 - 1616)
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  • Bill Walton My life changed irrevocably four-and-a-half years ago when my spine failed and collapsed. I spent two years on the floor, in excruciating, debilitating and unrelenting pain. I can only describe the pain as being submerged into a vat of scalding acid that has an electric current running through it. And you can never get out, ever.
    Bill Walton
    American basketball player (1952 - )
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  • Jackie Chan My skull, my eyes, my nose three times, my jaw, my shoulder, my chest, two fingers, a knee, everything from the top of my head to the bottom of my feet. [Listing what body parts he has broken]
    Jackie Chan
    Actor, stuntman and kung fu expert from Hong Kong (1954 - )
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  • Bridget Moynahan My son has two loving parents and an extended family, whether it's cousins or stepmothers or boyfriends. My son is surrounded by love.
    Bridget Moynahan
    American actress and model (1971 - )
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  • Brandi Carlile My songwriting is so influenced by orchestrated music, dramatic, super glam rock-y stuff. Two of my biggest influences in songwriting were Elton John and Freddie Mercury.
    Brandi Carlile
    American singer-songwriter and producer (1981 - )
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  • Barack Obama My task over the last two years hasn't just been to stop the bleeding. My task has also been to try to figure out how do we address some of the structural problems in the economy that have prevented more Googles from being created.
    Barack Obama
    American politician (1961 - )
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  • Alan Thicke My two boys were the same ages as the kids in the show. In real life or in between the breaks I was raising two kids off camera who were not unlike the two kids who were being paid to be my kids.
    Alan Thicke
    Canadian actor and songwriter (1947 - 2016)
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  • Alan Thicke My two boys were the same ages as the kids in the show. In real life or in between the breaks I was raising two kids off camera who were not unlike the two kids who were being paid to be my kids.
    Alan Thicke
    Canadian actor, songwriter, comedian, writer and television host (1947 - 2016)
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  • Bill Halter My wife Shanti and I are blessed with two wonderful daughters. Nothing is more important to us than protecting their future and the future of every Arkansas child.
    Bill Halter
    American politician (1960 - )
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  • Brad Meltzer My worst moments as a parent have been much like my greatest moments as a parent: the product of complete and perfect accident.
    Brad Meltzer
    American political thriller novelist and non-fiction writer (1970 - )
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  • Epictetus Nature gave us one tongue and two ears so we could hear twice as much as we speak.
    Epictetus
    Roman philosopher (50 - 130)
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  • Benjamin Disraeli Nature has given us two ears but only one mouth.
    Source: Henrietta Temple (1837) VI, 24
    Benjamin Disraeli
    English statesman and writer (1804 - 1881)
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  • Socrates Nature has given us two ears, two eyes, and but one tongue-to the end that we should hear and see more than we speak.
    Socrates
    Greek philosopher (469 - 399)
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  • Ariel Sharon Netanyahu is pressured easily, gets into a panic, and loses his senses... to run a country like Israel a leader needs to have reason and judgment and nerves of steel, two traits he does not have.
    Ariel Sharon
    Israeli general and politician (1928 - 2014)
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  • Thornton Wilder Never support two weaknesses at the same time. It's your combination sinners - your lecherous liars and your miserly drunkards - who dishonor the vices and bring them into bad repute.
    Thornton Wilder
    American writer and playwright (1897 - 1975)
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  • Brandon Cruz New York and New Jersey are probably two of my favorite places to get really good surf in the summertime.
    Brandon Cruz
    American actor (1962 - )
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