“Environmentalism is not an upper-income issue, it's not a white issue, it's not a black issue, it's not a South or a North or an East or a West issue. It's an issue that all of us have a stake in. And if I can do anything to make sure that not just my daughter but every child in America has green pastures to run in and clean air to breathe and clean water to swim in, then that is something I'm going to work my hardest to make happen.” IfsChildrenI CanHappensRunningAmericaBlackWaterCan DoWhiteIssuesAirDaughterGreenCleanWestSouthEnvironmentalBreatheEastIncomeHardestMy DaughterSwimStakesGoing To WorkEnvironmentalismPasturesClean WaterClean AirGreen Pastures Author:Barack Obama
“I knew [Kurt Cobain] and his daughter. And Courtney [Love] came and stayed at my house. R.E.M. worked on two records in Seattle and Peter Buck lived next door to Kurt and Courtney. So we all knew each other. I reached out to him with that project as an attempt to prevent what was going to happen.” TwoHappensNextHouseRecordsDoorsProjectsDaughterPeterBucksSeattleCobainCourtney Author:Michael Stipe
“My father died many years ago, and yet when something special happens to me, I talk to him secretly not really knowing whether he hears, but it makes me feel better to half believe it.” FeelsYearsBelieveHappensFatherHalfKnowingSpecialDadDaughterYears AgoDiedFeel BetterFatherhoodFathers DaySomething SpecialFather DiedMy Father DiedMake Me Feel BetterNew Father Author:Natasha Josefowitz
“My advice to the 10 year old daughter is: fashion happens in a context. It's societal, it's cultural, it's historic, it's economic, and it's political. So all of her studies, everything that is happening in the world, all needs to be channeled through her in order to be a good designer.” WorldNeedsYearsHappensPoliticalOrderStudyEconomicAdviceFashionHappeningsDaughterDesignerHistoricGood Design Author:Tim Gunn
“Kids put life into perspective. I never have a bad day. Life happens and you get bad news sometime, or things don't go your way at work - for me that might mean I lose a game or not play well - but that doesn't affect my mood from day to day. I love going home and seeing the smiles on my daughters' faces being happy to see me, and that makes everything all right.” WayWellsMeanPlayHomeMightHappensKidsFacesGamesLosesSeeingPerspectiveNewsDaughterMoodMy DaughterDay To DayBad DayBad NewsGoing HomeDay LifeLife Happens Author:Stephen Curry
“My daughter asked me when she came home from school, "What's the financial crisis?" and I said, it's something that happens every five to seven years.” YearsSaidHomeHappensSchoolFiveDaughterCrisisSevenFinancialMy DaughterSeven YearsFinancial Crisis Author:Jamie Dimon
“Well, let's say Asian. Some are Japanese. Some are Chinese. Some are Thai. Some are Vietnamese. He runs the gamut. And I actually happen to have a very dear daughter-in-law who's Japanese. I don't know what she's going to make of the film, but I say a few disparaging things.” KnowsWellsHappensRunningFilmLawDaughterDearChineseAsianIn-lawsVietnameseThaiDisparagingDaughter In Law Author:Jacki Weaver
“I'm not saying that I'm the grand genius that came in on a float and made it happen, but they liked my pitch. I was on my way to a camping trip with my daughter when my agent called and said, "This thing came up and it's really wild and crazy, do you want to read it?" And, I said, "Yeah, why don't you just send it to me? But, I'm going on this camping trip, so I probably won't be able to read it until I get back."” WayWantMadeSaidHappensAbleCrazyGeniusDaughterYeahAgentsMade ItMy WayMy DaughterGet BackFloatsCampingWild And Crazy Author:Remi Aubuchon
“There's a kind of intimacy that happens between a mother and an only child. Which only gets more intimate when it's between a mother and only daughter.” KindChildrenHappensMotherDaughterIntimacyIntimateOnly ChildOnly Daughter Author:Leigh Newman
“I have had someone wonderful things happen to me during my career and lifetime. Of course, personally, the birth of my daughter is the highlight of my life.” HappensCoursesCareersWonderfulBirthDaughterLifetimeThings HappenMy DaughterWonderful ThingsHighlights Author:Olivia Newton-John
“If I am not with my daughter, that's when all my meetings happen. That's when I get right on a plane. That's when I go and do my book tour. When I am with her, it's just all with her.” IfsBookHappensDaughterMeetingsPlanesMy Daughter Author:Bethenny Frankel
“I'm not going to pretend that bad things don't happen. I just hope my daughter has enough understanding that when they do, just give me a call.” GivingEnoughHappensUnderstandingDaughterGive MeMy DaughterBad Things Author:John Krasinski
“The modern era of feminism is how you track that at its beginning. It manifested itself in crazy ways. Parents would try raising their daughters in blue rooms with GI Joe and try raising their sons in pink rooms with Barbie to see what would happen, and they were shocked.” WayTryingHappensParentRoomsCrazyFeminismModernSonDaughterBlueTrackErasShockedBarbieGisModern Era Author:Rush Limbaugh
“If at any moment of the day I ever think I'm remotely cool at all, which is hardly ever, I have two daughters who make sure that never happens.” IfsThinkingTwoMomentsHappensMotherDaughterTwo Daughters Author:Pat Benatar
“i was raped, too sexually assaulted in seventh grade, tenth grade. the summer after graduation, at a party i was 16 i was 14 i was 5 and he did it for three years i loved him i didn't even know him he was my best friend's brother, my grandfather, father, mommy's boyfriend, my date, my cousin, my coach i met him for the first time that night and- 4 guys took turns, and- i'm a boy and this happened to me, and- ...i got pregnant i gave up my daughter for adoption... did it happen to you, too?” KnowsYearsFirstsHappensNightGuyTurnsThreeFatherPartyBoysHappenedBrotherMetsSummerDaughterFirst TimeCoachesGradesMy DaughterThree YearsPregnantGrandfatherAdoptionCousinMy Best FriendMy GrandfatherGave UpSexuallyMy CousinSeventh Grade Author:Laurie Halse Anderson
“When a child is born, a father is born. A mother is born, too of course, but at least for her it's a gradual process. Body and soul, she has nine months to get used to what's happening. She becomes what's happening. But for even the best-prepared father, it happens all at once. On the other side of a plate-glass window, a nurse is holding up something roughly the size of a loaf of bread for him to see for the first time.” FirstsChildrenSoulBodyHappensUsedMotherCoursesFatherProcessSidesBornMonthsDadHappeningsDaughterFirst TimeWindowPreparedGlassesSizeNineBreadNursePlatesNine MonthsFather Child Book:Whistling in the dark: an ABC theologized Source: Whistling in the dark: an ABC theologized