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“My mother wanted to be a teacher when she was young, and my father didn't approve of it, so she fought very hard to become one. And she did it. So when I said I wanted to become an actress, my mother was very supportive. She always said to me, 'There's no such thing as 'can't.”

Said Hard Wanted Young Mother Father Teacher Actresses Supportive

Author:Archie Panjabi

“I feel like I'm really blessed and lucky that I have a very good social life outside of the gym, and I have a really amazing family. My parents are so supportive. I have a younger brother and two younger sisters, and they're really awesome. So I feel like I get the best of both worlds.”

“Anyone who loses a parent, you have to find those parts of yourself that your parent held true in themselves, especially if they're supportive parents.”

Ifs Parent Loses Supportive Supportive Parents

Author:Anthony Rapp

“As a Christian, I think it’s really important to find a man of God to trust and be supportive of me.”

Thinking Men Important Christian Supportive Man Of God

Author:Leven Rambin

“My parents were very supportive and always encouraged us. My father was a gentle, nice man. My mother was quite a colourful character and a keen reader who encouraged me to write.”

Men Writing Character Mother Father Parent Nice Reader Gentle Supportive Colorful Nice Man

Author:Alexander McCall Smith

“When you talk about a 'broad-based business tax,' that's a pretty broad term. I don't know what that means. But it's not something I would be supportive of.”

Knows Mean Would Be Term Taxes Broads Supportive

Author:Brian Sandoval

“It was something I was more interested in myself. When I went to see my sister dance at ballet, I was really into costumes and the arts, and my family was also supportive of whatever me and my sister wanted to do. I would say I pushed myself the most to be into design.”

Art Wanted Design My Family My Sister Ballet Costumes Supportive

Author:Christian Siriano

“I'm the kindest, most supportive friend ever, probably to my own detriment, but I hope that I am toughening up a little bit.”

Littles Bits My Own Little Bit Supportive

Author:Aisha Tyler

“When evangelical leaders can persuade the president to be concerned about what's happening in Sudan, or sex trafficking around the world, or HIV-AIDS, that's a very good thing. I am completely supportive of that.”

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Author:Jim Wallis

“I would say that my parents were supportive of me.”

Parent Economy Supportive

Author:Sanford I. Weill

“My parents are always supportive of anything their kids do. They point out the pros and cons, but they let you make your own decisions, and when it's bad they stick by you.”

Kids Parent Decision Sticks Supportive Pros And Cons

Author:Eleanor Mondale

“My parents have always been cool. They even became surrogates to friends of mine who didn't have such supportive parents.”

Parent Mines Supportive Surrogates Supportive Parents

Author:Olivia Williams

“I'm used to always being different, in any context. People always want to know how I grew up, so I just say I grew up Muslim. That's the truth. Two Muslim girls can write me two extremely different letters - and they do. Some are very supportive, and some question what I do.”

People Knows Want Writing Two Different Used Girl Know How Grew Grew Up Letters Supportive Being Different

Author:Noureen DeWulf

“I had thirty weeks of prep on 'Captain America.' I have a small team of qualified, supportive, creative producers who are actually helping me achieve my vision of the film. I had a dream cast headed by Chris Evans. I had the best designers, artists, sculptors, craftspeople.”

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Author:Joe Johnston

“My dad's supportive of all my endeavors.”

Dad My Dad Endeavor Supportive

Author:Georgia May Jagger

“Another way to put an end to self-rejection is ask yourself whether what you're telling yourself is what a friend would say, or what an enemy would. Friends are supportive. Enemies put us down and undermine our confidence. So if you say something that an enemy would say, stop. Answer back, 'I'm going to be supportive of myself. As a friend, what I have to say to myself is . . .' Then say something supportive.”

Ifs Way Ends Self Asks Answers Enemy Down And Rejection Being Yourself Supportive Another Way

Book:Everything Happens for a Reason: Finding the True Meaning of the Events in Our Lives

Source: Everything Happens for a Reason: Finding the True Meaning of the Events in Our Lives

“As we gain satisfaction from artificial substitutes for nature we forget that there is no known substitute for Nature, the real thing and its eons of intelligent, life supportive, experience. Each substitute we create falls short of nature's balanced perfection, thus producing our pollution, garbage and relationship conflicts.”

Source: The Web of Life Imperative: Regenerative Ecopsychology Techniques That Help People Think in Balance with Natural Systems

“I was brought up by a really proud, supportive family, so I have that sort of grounding.”

Proud Supportive Grounding Supportive Family

Author:Aaron Taylor-Johnson

“I've been very lucky to work with a lot of amazingly supportive directors.”

Lucky Directors Supportive

Author:Megan Hilty

“With me, growing up in a theater family and having them be so supportive, from the jump, and being a part of this theater community where the brass ring is working, wherever that is, and then to play a character where he's not really concerned with that and is really just concerned with the monetary aspect of the job, and then to be identified with someone who is the antithesis of your energy and where you come from, has been a very interesting and surreal ride.”

“I was going to be a High School teacher. I was studying at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, up in Canada. I was also acting in a wonderfully supportive theatre community in Edmonton. There's a lot of support for theatre there. So, I was having a great time, but I didn't consider acting as a serious career initially, because even the most successful actors that I know in Edmonton are not super successful. Acting over there is just not a success-oriented career.”

“I'm no expert in what country artists go through or how country audiences would react, but I'll say that the work I did to put myself in Will Lexington's shoes absolutely led me to believe that it would ruin his career. Meanwhile, I was getting lots of supportive messages saying, "Will Lexington should just come out! It's 2015 already, audiences are going to embrace it!"”

Should Believe Country Artist Careers Audience Messages Embrace Shoes Ruins Experts Supportive Lexington Country Artist

Author:Chris Carmack

“The weekly cartoons, as were my plays, came from a sense of criticism, criticism of the times, critical of the culture, of our manners and attitudes towards each other. The children's books come from the reverse. They're more supportive, since we're living in a time where we talk more about kids and do less, we talk about balancing the budget and we do it by cutting education.”

Children Book Play Kids Culture Attitude Cutting Criticism Critical Manners Budgets Reverse Cartoon Supportive Children's Books

Author:Jules Feiffer

“Later in life, one of the compensations is gliding effortlessly into focus in a thing. Since it is who we are, anything that is not the focus or supportive thereof is just not us. Even outside issues, when they arise, are interesting in that they only help define the focus more clearly.”

Helping Interesting Issues Focus Arise Who We Are Supportive Compensation Later In Life Gliding

Author:Twyla Tharp

“I had a lot of self-loathing, .. I've been self-sustained since I was 11. I've always been the one making the money, and to be flat on my back and .. so vulnerable and then be completely loved. To have my wife be there, 110% supportive. To have my children say, 'It's OK, Mom.' To have the people that I work for say, 'It's OK.' To have my fans go, 'It's all right.' It's like, what was I afraid of? I'm going to get healthy now, and I'm not going to carry that baggage anymore.”

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Author:Melissa Etheridge

“I like to think that there is a clear majority of people who's be supportive of the idea, It does save the existing industry. It does provide hundreds of millions of dollars for the Commonwealth.”

People Thinking Doe Ideas Millions Clear Industry Majority Dollars Supportive Commonwealth

Author:Steven Morrissey

“We've done several concerts to promote literacy.. anywhere from children in Africa to children in St. George. It's definitely something that we have always been supportive of.”

Children Done Concerts Literacy Supportive

Author:Justin Smith

“Both my mother and father were very supportive of any career move any of us wanted to make.”

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Author:James Gandolfini

“I don't work with men who are antagonistic to the liberation of women. I do work with quite a number of men who are supportive of the enlightenment of women. Such men are rare.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“No matter where you are - whether you just won the lottery, or met the person of your dreams, or you're on stage and people are being supportive - whatever it is, you're still you. And whatever work you've done to be comfortable with yourself, you know, you're not really going to advance beyond that point unless you put in that work. There's no magic fix.”

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Author:Michelle Chamuel

“The problem with certainty is that sometimes it can sound cold and heartless, although it is the most compassionate and supportive answer.”

Sometimes Problem Sound Answers Cold Certainty Compassionate Supportive Heartless

Author:Yehuda Berg

“I monitor my self-talk, making sure that it is uplifting and supportive of myself and others.”

Self Uplifting Supportive Self Talk

Author:Louise Hay

“When you're ambitious, it's really hard to be supportive of other people. But it's our job to try, even though one gets jealous.”

People Trying Hard Jobs Jealousy Jealous Ambitious Supportive Get Jealous

Author:Squeak Carnwath

“We're defining the competitive landscape... of who can provide the most supportive services that make life easier, keep track of things, that complement human memory in a way that helps us get things done.”

Way Humans Done Helping Memories Easier Track Landscape Supportive Defining Things Done Complement

Author:Eric Horvitz

“My parents were lovely. They've always been supportive. When you love your child, you don't know what to do with someone who wants to do what no one else does successfully. If I had someone younger I loved, I'd be worried for them too if I didn't have guidance to give them.”

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Author:Lana Del Rey

“I've always had good support of parents for doing what I wanted to do. When it became music they were just as supportive as well.”

Wells Wanted Parent Support Supportive

Author:Negash Ali

“Juggling a career and a family is a challenge for anyone, and even more so (in general) for women. Probably the most important advice to any woman interested in a career is to pick your life partner with care. Having a supportive partner is key to trying to manage the constraints of these two demanding roles.”

Trying Two Important Care Challenges Careers Roles Advice Keys Picks Partners Manage Supportive Constraints Juggling Life Partner

Author:Daphne Koller

“Because of my unique experience as my mom's child, the beginning of my journey was more about me trying to figure out who I was on my own. My mom is one of the greatest moms and so supportive of all my siblings and of all of us being who we are, and not who she wanted us to be.”

Trying Children Wanted My Own Journey Figures Mom Unique My Mom Who We Are Supportive Sibling My Journey My Siblings Unique Experiences Greatest Mom

Author:Tracee Ellis Ross

“The clerical work is par for the course. "Keep on file in numerical order" means throw in wastebasket. You'll soon learn the language. "Let it be a challenge to you" means you're stuck with it; "interpersonal relationships" is a fight between kids; "ancillary civic agencies for supportive discipline" means call the cops; "Language Arts Dept." is the English office; "literature based on child's reading level and experiential background" means that's all they've got in the Book Room; "non-academic-minded" is a delinquent; and "It has come to my attention" means you're in trouble.”

Source: Up the Down Staircase

“Old friends, like old shoes, are comfortable. But old shoes, unlike old friends, tend not to be supportive: it is easier to stumble and sprain an ankle while wearing a pair of old shoes than it is in new shoes, with their less yielding leather.”

Easier Comfortable Shoes Pairs Supportive Leather Old Friends Ankles Old Shoes New Shoes

Book:The Unbearable Lightness of Scones

Source: The Unbearable Lightness of Scones

“Dad was supportive, intelligent, read to me as a kid, left me a trillion dollars. It's hard to complain.”

Hard Kids Left Dad Intelligent Dollars Complaining Supportive

Author:Rick Remender

“We keep a change in place by helping to create a new, supportive, and sufficiently strong organizational culture.”

Helping Culture Strong Supportive Organizational

Book:Successful Organizational Change: The Kotter-Cohen Collection (2 Books)

Source: Successful Organizational Change: The Kotter-Cohen Collection (2 Books)

“A chance to collaborate with one of my favorite bands in a completely open and supportive creative environment... some our best work.”

Chance Creative Environment Band My Favorite Collaboration Supportive Best Work Favorite Bands

Author:Dave Genn

“A friend is like a good bra: hard to find, comfortable, supportive, always lifts you up, makes you look better, never lets you down or leaves you hanging, and always close to your heart.”

Looks Heart Hard Comfortable Lifts Supportive Bras Lift You Up

Author:Jasinda Wilder

“They were totally supportive, always saw everything I did. One of the thrills of my life was when they went to the theater to see something that I wasn't in. It opened doors for them that otherwise would have been totally closed.”

Has Beens Saws Doors Theater Supportive Opened Doors

Author:Derek Jacobi

“What's important is to be supportive of all who practice. Anyone on any level, even if they don't call it self-discovery, who is seeking to awaken to their own potentials and possibilities, to the inner freedom, deserves your respect and support.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“Those who practice deserve your respect. If you respect them, you respect yourself. It's easy to be critical, but it does no good. What's important is to be supportive of all who practice.”

Ifs Doe Important Easy Practice Buddhism Deserve Critical Buddhist Supportive Etiquette What's Important Respect Yourself

Author:Frederick Lenz

“I know now that there are men out there who are, for me, the whole package, who are supportive of my successes because they know I will be just as supportive of theirs. I'm less tolerant of foolishness now; I know that it's important I not tie myself up with the wrong person, because then I will miss the right person coming along.”

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Author:Ginnifer Goodwin

“I just try to surround myself with good, positive supportive people who are trying to make the world better.”

People World Trying Surround Supportive Good Positive

Author:Tyler Oakley

“I like the connection with fans and people who have been supportive of me. And I love the idea of real feedback and a two-way street, which is very, very modern.”

People Way Has Beens Two Ideas Real Fans Streets Modern Connections Supportive Feedback Two Ways Two Way Street

Author:Elizabeth Taylor

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