“It is pretty amazing. My parents, who came from Nicaragua to the U.S. - who would have thought that they would have American kids on the Olympic team? I think that's the epitome of the Olympic dream.” ThinkingDreamKidsParentTeamEpitomeNicaragua Author:Diana Lopez
“America is among the countries the advance countries with the least equality of opportunity, which means that the - while I prospects of young American, a more dependent on the income and education's parents (ph) than another - other countries. So this notion of equal opportunity is sort of American dream is, is now a myth.” MeanCountryDreamAmericaYoungOpportunityParentEqualNotionMythIncomeDependentAmerican DreamOther CountriesProspectsEqual OpportunityEquality Of Opportunity Author:Jedediah Bila
“A parent's job is to encourage kids to develop a joy for life and a great urge to follow their own dreams. The best we can do is to help thm develop a personal set of tools for the task.” HelpingDreamKidsJobsJoyParentCan DoFamilyToolsTasksUrges Book:The last lecture Source: The last lecture
“I was blessed to have family members who encouraged me to pursue my dreams. Whether it is your parents, or your uncles or your aunts or even the neighbor down the road, it's important that kids have someone who encourages them to chase their rainbow.” ImportantDreamKidsParentFamilyMembersBlessedLuckNeighborPursueRainbowUnclesAuntDown The RoadFamily Members Author:Dolly Parton
“Some people take the spelling bee very seriously. These people are called "parents of children in the spelling bee." They're trying to make up for their own childhood of crushed dreams and misspelled words.” PeopleTryingChildrenDreamParentChildhoodBeesCrushedSpellingMisspelled Words Author:Craig Ferguson
“Don't thank your parents. If you were raised in a nurturing environment, you wouldn't be in show business. Don't say, 'Wow, this is heavy.' Of course it's heavy. It contains the shattered dreams of four other people.” PeopleIfsShowsDreamFilmCoursesParentEnvironmentFourHollywoodRaisedHeavyWowShow BusinessNurturingShatteredShattered Dreams Author:Conan O'Brien
“My parents are proud of their Indian heritage, but they came halfway across the world so their children could be born here, raised here as Americans. They came legally, but they came here in search of the American dream, in search of freedom and opportunity.” WorldChildrenDreamOpportunityParentBornProudRaisedIndianHeritageAmerican DreamHalfway Author:Bobby Jindal
“My parents were pretty open about a lot of things, especially my mom. And any kind of little crazy thing I was into, she was very supportive of. You know, whether it was BMX bike racing or being in the Boy Scouts or surfing or anything else, she always seemed to sort of support it. And I think it's because she was an immigrant and that idea of sort of having her kids be able to have access to their dreams and whatever they wanted to follow was very important to her.” ThinkingKnowsKindLittlesImportantIdeasDreamKidsAbleWantedParentBoysSupportCrazyMomMy MomAccessImmigrantsRacingBikeSupportiveSurfingCrazy ThingsBoy ScoutBmx Author:Terry Gross
“I was very lucky in that my parents were very broad-minded. Because they had come from another country and hadn't been able to fulfill their dreams, they wanted me to be more of myself, if you know what I mean.” IfsKnowsMeanCountryDreamAbleWantedParentLuckyBroads Author:Anne-Marie Duff
“It's important to see your parents as individuals. As a son or as a daughter you don't stop and think that your parents might have their own expectations, dreams or disappointments.” ThinkingImportantDreamMightIndividualParentSonExpectationsDaughterDisappointment Author:Seth Rogen
“It has been noticed that people who are not parents often have a peculiar fondness for children. This is sometimes attributed to a very beautiful nostalgia for a gift denied to them - dream-children, flowers that have only bloomed in imagination - but we think it is rather because they have not the faintest idea how dreadful children are.” PeopleThinkingChildrenHas BeensIdeasSometimesDreamBeautifulParentImaginationFlowerNostalgiaPeculiarDeniedVery BeautifulFondness Author:Angela Thirkell
“After high school, I was going to move out to L.A. and try to pursue my dreams of acting. My parents said, "Thats fine. We support you, but you have to go to school", which was fine because I'm a studious person anyway, I enjoy it.” TryingPersonsSaidDreamSchoolMovingParentEnjoyActingSupportFineHigh SchoolPursueSupport YouStudiousAfter High School Author:Josie Loren