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“I love my parents. But I'm almost 28 and it's not fun to be asked, 'What are you doing today? What do you want for dinner? When are you going to be home?' It just makes you feel like a kid. It's this juxtaposition of feeling annoyed and really lucky to have people who love you so much.”

People Want Feels Feelings Home Kids Today Fun Parent Love You Lucky Dinner Annoyed Juxtaposition Love You So Much Love My Parents I Love My Parents

Author:Jonah Hill

“Parents have to really talk to their children before they leave home.”

Children Home Parent

Author:Aretha Franklin

“When I was in high school, my parents had this power over me - if I ever lied or got caught doing something that I shouldnt be doing, then I would no longer be able to go to LA and continue to pursue the acting thing.”

Ifs Able School Parent Acting High School Caught Pursue Lied

Author:Dan Byrd

“Im completely English, but I grew up in Paris and went to school here. My parents moved when I was five.”

School Parent Five Grew Grew Up Moved Paris

Author:Jemima West

“My parents always went to rallies and demonstrated against certain things; my generation, we often have a political conscience, but we're not that involved.”

Political Certain Parent Generations Involved Conscience My Generation

Author:Daniel Bruhl

“My parents from a very young age raised my sister and I under a pressure to achieve. Theyre both attorneys. So good marks, getting through university, there was a huge emphasis and pressure to do well and keep going.”

Wells Age Young Parent Achieve Huge Mark Pressure Raised University Keep Going My Sister Emphasis Young Age Attorney

Author:David Schwimmer

“When I was six years old, my parents took me to this farmers' market with a petting zoo. They put me on a pony and, for some reason, it took off at a run and they had to chase it down. They tell me it was kind of traumatic.”

Years Kind Reason Running Parent Six Farmers Zoos Ponies Six Year Olds Farmers Markets

Author:David Schwimmer

“My parents' convictions, when it came to discipline, were not very strong. For my bar mitzvah, I gave out a mix tape of '90s grunge - if you got it now, you would think it was the 'Singles' soundtrack.”

Ifs Thinking Strong Parent Discipline Conviction Bars Very Strong Tape Singles Soundtracks Grunge Bar Mitzvah Mitzvah

Author:Adam Pally

“When I was growing up, my parents took in foster children. From a young age, I learned that there are a lot of children in need.”

Needs Children Age Young Parent Growing Up Growing Young Age Foster Children

Author:Michelle Monaghan

“Instead of celebrating what makes each child unique, most parents push their children to "fit in" so that they don't "stick out." This unwittingly stomps out individuality and encourages conformity, despite these parents' good intentions”

Children Parent Fit Unique Sticks Intention Individuality Despite Celebrate Conformity Good Intentions Conformity And Individuality

Book:How Full Is Your Bucket? Educator's Edition: Positive Strategies for Work and Life

Source: How Full Is Your Bucket? Educator's Edition: Positive Strategies for Work and Life

“I was actually supposed to be a basketball player, not an actress. My parents had me playing basketball on competitive teams when I was in kindergarten. Even though my heart belongs to the arts, I'm a tomboy at heart, too.”

Heart Art Parent Player Team My Heart Basketball Actresses Supposed To Be Basketball Player Kindergarten Playing Basketball

Author:Zendaya

“While there's plenty to be said for drive and talent, it was my parents' support that started me on the path that led me here today.”

Said Today Parent Support Path Talent Plenty

Author:Tichina Arnold

“You like to explore things, and your parents don't like it because it gets the pots and pans dirty, and because it's noisy - but for you it's fun, you're resting. You're actually doing experiments... Just tell your parents that they're experiments, and you want to become a scientist, and then they won't stop you from doing anything you want.”

Want Fun Parent Scientist Experiments Dirty Pot Noisy Pots And Pans

Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson

“And if I may, call your mom, everybody. I've told this [to], like, a billion people, or so. Call your mom, call your dad. If you're lucky enough to have a parent or two alive on this planet, call 'em. Don't text. Don't email. Call them on the phone. Tell 'em you love 'em, and thank them, and listen to them for as long as they want to talk to you. Thank you. Thank you, Mom and Dad.”

People Ifs Want May Long Two Enough Parent Alive Planets Mom Dad Lucky Phones Billions Ems Email Your Mom Mom And Dad Your Dad

Author:J.K. Simmons

“For some people, becoming a parent does change them, but it never changed me.”

People Doe Parent Changed Becoming Never Change Becoming A Parent

Author:Vinnie Jones

“I signed schoolboy forms for Watford when I was 12, but then my parents got divorced, and I never kicked a ball for three years. I rebelled, I left home, but getting back into football sorted me out. It was the second chance I needed.”

Years Home Form Three Left Parent Chance Football Needed Balls Three Years Divorced Second Chance

Author:Vinnie Jones

“My parents split when I was 13. For a youngster, it's quite devastating. One minute you're all happy families, then everything changes.”

Parent Minutes Splits Things Change Youngsters One Minute Happy Family

Author:Vinnie Jones

“My roots are Scottish. My dad's parents are from Scotland, and my mum's dad is Scots.”

Parent Dad Roots My Dad Mum Scotland Scottish Scots

Author:Katharine Isabelle

“So many times, people told me I can't do this or can't do that. My nature is that I don't listen very well. I'm very determined, and I believe in myself. My parents brought me up that way. Thank God for that. I don't let anything stand in my way.”

People Way Believe Wells I Can I Believe Parent I Believe In Determined My Way Thank God I Believe In Myself

Author:Chantal Sutherland

“My childhood, I wouldn't say it was bad. It helped me grow up. I stayed out of trouble. My parents taught me what's wrong and right, and knowing that I had a little brother following me, I had to make sure I was doing the right thing so he knows what's right, too. I was in the house nine days out of 10. There wasn't nothing good outside for me.”

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Author:Russell Westbrook

“I was raised by my mom. My dad was always traveling, but she allowed me and encouraged me to be close to my dad. So I grew up with three parents: my mom, my dad and my stepmom. Ninety percent of the time I was with my mom, and 10 percent was with my dad.”

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Author:Brian J. White

“My mother was a secretary that elevated herself to having her own international company, my father elevated himself to an NBA player and perennial all-star. So I learned from my parents that it's about hard work, about both of them getting their education, putting people first and leading a life of integrity.”

People Firsts Hard Mother Father Stars Parent Company Player Hard Work Integrity International Nba Secretary Nba Player All Stars

Author:Brian J. White

“My humor came from seeing my parents have sex, smoke weed, my mom being naked - just weird hippie stuff, twisted R-rated humor.”

Sex Stuff Parent Seeing Mom My Mom Naked Smoke Weed Twisted Hippie Smoke Weed

Author:Shia LaBeouf

“My parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles were all funny, and I felt that energy, that delivery, that timing, that sarcasm. All that stuff seeped into my brain.”

Energy Felt Stuff Parent Brain Sarcasm Timing Uncles Grandparent Aunt Delivery Aunts And Uncles

Author:Jeff Ross

“My parents were New Yorkers, and I was conceived in Los Angeles. My father was a makeup artist to Clint Eastwood and Richard Chamberlain.”

Artist Father Parent Makeup Los Angeles New Yorkers Makeup Artist Chamberlain

Author:Michele Lee

“You lie when you're a teenager, I think, because your parents are treating you like you're younger and you - in your mind - think that you're so much older. You make up all of these lies because you think it's what you should do.”

Thinking Should Mind Lying Parent Like You Teenager

Author:Shay Mitchell

“I've always had tremendous support from my parents. I think there's a myth that gay people have lousy relationships with their parents.”

People Thinking Parent Support Gay Myth Gay People

Author:B. D. Wong

“I was being groomed to be a tennis player for sure. My grandparents and parents realised I had a natural athletic ability and if I was forced to do it, I could probably do well. But all I wanted was to play pretend.”

Ifs Wells Play Wanted Parent Natural Ability Player Tennis Grandparent Athletic Realised Tennis Player Athletic Ability

Author:Dakota Fanning

“I don't really date. I have a weird vision of relationships because my parents have known each other since second grade, and they got married right out of college. I've always thought that's what it's supposed to be like, and if it's not, then I don't want to waste my time on it. Even when I was 14, I was like, 'I'm not gonna marry this person. What's the point of doing it?' It's not me being naive. I just know what it's supposed to be like, and I think until I feel that, I cannot be bothered.”

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Author:Dakota Fanning

“Being a parent is very important to me.”

Important Parent Being A Parent

Author:Diana Ross

“You have to feel fortunate to be one of the people whom parents don't mind their children looking up to. The older I get, the more I think about the amount of influence I have on these young girls, and it's scary sometimes. But I also understand how lucky I am to have that.”

People Thinking Feels Mind Children Sometimes Young Girl Parent Influence Amount Lucky Scary Fortunate

Author:Beyonce Knowles

“When you have parents who are a little out of their minds, somebody has to take responsibility.”

Mind Littles Parent Responsibility Taking Responsibility

Author:Shannon Woodward

“I like my parents but they are just not good parents. They are nice enough people. I'm not interested in hurting their feelings.”

People Enough Feelings Parent Hurt Nice Not Interested Good Parent

Author:Adam Carolla

“I was at a school in England, a prep school, from the ages of 8 and 13. And every play they did was a musical. Parents love musicals. And I don't sing. It was driving me crazy. 'We're doing 'Macbeth.'' 'Yes!' 'The musical!' And I was always in the chorus, because of course, in all the main parts, you had to be able to sing.”

Play Age Able School Courses Parent Crazy England Musical Driving Chorus Parents Love Preps Drive Me Crazy

Author:Charlie Cox

“My style is very inspired by both my parents, so we all have the same taste.”

Parent Style Taste Inspired Very Inspired

Author:Zoe Kravitz

“My parents, products of the Great Depression, were successful people, but lived in a state of constant fear that my sister and I, and they, would sink into the kind of economic insecurity that their generation knew so well.”

People Wells Kind States Parent Successful Generations Economic Products Constant Insecurity My Sister Successful People Great Depression Insecurity And Fear

Author:Ben Stein

“All parents believe their children can do the impossible. They thought it the minute we were born, and no matter how hard we've tried to prove them wrong, they all think it about us now. And the really annoying thing is, they're probably right.”

Thinking Believe Children Matter Hard Parent Can Do Born Impossible Minutes Prove Annoying Prove Them Wrong Annoying Things

Author:Cathy Guisewite

“Get on the fashion nerves of your peers, not your parents - that is the key to fashion leadership.”

Parent Fashion Keys Nerves Peers

Book:Role Models

Source: Role Models

“My parents were really nice to me.”

Parent Nice Really Nice

Author:Bryan Callen

“To have a son in wartime is the worst curse that can befall a mother, no matter what anyone says.”

Matter Mother Parent Worst Son No Matter What Curse Wartime

Author:Slavenka Drakulic

“You should have access to ideas and information regardless of your age. If anyone is going to limit or guide a young person, it should be the parent or guardian and only the parent or guardian.”

Ifs Should Persons Ideas Age Young Parent Information Limits Should Have Guides Access Guardian

Author:Judith Krug

“We know that there are children out there whose parents do not take the kind of interest in their upbringing and in their existence that we would wish, but I don't think censorship is ever the solution to any problem, be it societal or be it the kind of information or ideas that you have access to.”

Thinking Knows Kind Children Ideas Problem Wish Parent Interest Existence Information Solutions Access Censorship Upbringing

Author:Judith Krug

“It seems like people my age are over-protected today, even to the point where a lot of parents refuse to put their kids in the position to make important decisions, to aspire to great things, because they don't want to put them in a position to fail.”

People Want Important Seems Kids Age Today Parent Decision Failing Position Refuse Great Things Protected Aspire Important Decisions

Book:Unsinkable: A Young Woman's Courageous Battle on the High Seas

Source: Unsinkable: A Young Woman's Courageous Battle on the High Seas

“I was so thankful that my parents trusted me enough and had enough faith in my abilities to let me follow my passion and try to do something great, even if I might fail.”

Ifs Trying Enough Might Passion Parent Ability Failing Let Me Trusted My Passion Had Enough

Book:Unsinkable: A Young Woman's Courageous Battle on the High Seas

Source: Unsinkable: A Young Woman's Courageous Battle on the High Seas

“We, who have had tender, perfect mothers, would like to make it law that the other kind should always be called 'she-parents,' or 'female progenitors,' or any other descriptive title, but not profane the sacred name of mother!”

Should Kind Law Mother Names Parent Perfect Female Sacred Titles Profane

Book:The Rosary: Easyread Comfort Edition

Source: The Rosary: Easyread Comfort Edition

“each generation devises better ways to survive. Civilization may, in one sense, be a tribute to the ingeniousness of some children in outwitting parents.”

Way May Children Parent Generations Civilization Survival Better Ways Tribute Outwitting

Author:Lucy Freeman

“Life for the unhappy is an endless search for 'the good parent,' one who will truly love him instead of making him afraid.”

Parent Endless Unhappy Unhappiness Good Parent

Author:Lucy Freeman

“My parents professed to believe in God, but I rarely heard his name mentioned unattached to 'damn' or 'sakes' or 'willing.”

Believe God Names Parent Heard Willing Sake Damn Believe In God Swearing

Author:Edith Konecky

“in the context of loss, each child is an only to her or his parents. Human relationships do not fill in for, do not substitute for, do not replace each other.”

Humans Children Death Parent Loss Substitutes Human Relations Human Relationships

Author:Marcia Falk

“Ours was a storytelling family even in pleasing times, and in those days my parents looked on words as our sustenance, rich in their flavor and wholesome for the soul.”

Soul Stories Parent Family Rich Storytelling Flavor Sustenance

Author:Natalie Kusz

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