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They were talking more distantly than if they were strangers who had just met, for if they had been ...

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How strange was the relation between parents and children! When they were small the parents doted on...

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There’s no winning arguments with your parents, so why get all pumped up over them? It is way better...

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Is there a doctor in the house? My parents want me to marry you.

While my mother lived, I always felt to a certain degree as if I had somebody who was my superior an...

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The parents have a right to say that no teacher paid by their money shall rob their children of fait...

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For the last four years of her life, Mother was in a nursing home called Chateins in St. Louis ... [...

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The most influential of all educational factor is the conversation in a child's home.

The most influential of all educational factor is the conversation in a child's home.

Sun is bad for you. Everything our parents said was good is bad. Sun, milk, red meat...college,

Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets.

A father is a reality-concealing machine, a machine for dishing up lies to kids, and that isn't even...

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Yukio MishimaThe Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea

I wanted to be a child actor so bad that every day I'd beg my parents if I could audition, but my mo...

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My parents had chosen the medical profession for me. I even studied a few semesters at St Xavier's C...

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My parents didn't make a lot of money. My dad was not a high school graduate - he didn't have a care...

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Following Michael Brown's death, I went to Ferguson and met with his parents. I stood with them as t...

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They fuck you up, your mum and dad', and if you're planning on writing that's probably a good thing....

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I have often been struck by the fact that most parents who are experiencing positive and rewarding r...

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Both my parents are Italian. My mom was born and raised in Italy. My dad was born in Canada, but the...

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As a kid, my parents would always listen to a lot of Beatles, Queen, Elvis. My mom was born and rais...

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I first picked up a guitar when I was ten years old; my parents surprised me with it for my tenth bi...

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Matthew knew that phrenology was nonsense, and yet, years later, he found himself making judgments s...

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If you live long enough as a parent nowadays, you discover that you have made mistakes you didn't bo...

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You cannot let your parents anywhere near your real humiliations.

Four years after my father's death, when the subject of parents came up in conversation i would rela...

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Who would know but ten years ago that kids would be texting each other all the time, that that would...

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Until the age of five, my parents spoke to me in Chinese or a combination of Chinese and English, bu...

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There's no better cure for the fear of taking after one's father, than not to know who he is.

My parents, especially my mother, were no influence on me whatsoever.

A mother is always a mother, since a mother is a biological fact, whilst a father is a movable feast...

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There is only room in the lifeboat of your life for one, and you always choose yourself, and turn yo...

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Anna QuindlenOne True Thing

I have heard that, with some persons, temperance – that is, moderation – is almost impossible; and i...

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Her purse was a weight, ballast; it tethered her to the earth as her mind floated away.

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Anne LamottPlan B: Further Thoughts on Faith

I am most anxious to give my own children enough love and understanding so that they won't grow up w...

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Orphans, dead parents, lonely children at Christmas, morose spoken word recordings, everything you l...

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I've always wanted to be sure my parents approve of what I do. Even with my tattoos, my mom went wit...

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Even with protection, even with death threats, I can publish, I can travel and I can live the life t...

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All our lives my brother and I were caught by the fictions my parents told us—fictions about themsel...

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Azar NafisiThings I've Been Silent About: Memories

I'm worried about parents who aren't parenting.

Bias has to be taught. If you hear your parents downgrading women or people of different backgrounds...

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Even when I was a little girl, I remember going to the Museum of Modern Art. I think my parents took...

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My parents used to throw great New Year's Eve parties. They invited such an eclectic mix of showbiz ...

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Although I was born to famous parents, I know and feel the problems of ordinary citizens.

The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.

The affection of parents makes infants feel safe in this dangerous world, and gives them boldness in...

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It is not difficult for an unwise mother quite unintentionally to centre the heterosexual feelings o...

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When a child reaches adolescence, there is very apt to be a conflict between parents and child, sinc...

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Both men and women who have children as a rule regulate their lives largely with reference to them, ...

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My parents have a ridiculous work ethic; my dad just works, works, works, works, works. I think it w...

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It’s a bit burned,” my mother would say apologetically at every meal, presenting you with a piece of...

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Bill BrysonThe Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid

I became quietly seized with that nostalgia that overcomes you when you have reached the middle of y...

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Bill BrysonThe Lost Continent: Travels in Small Town America

Parents are not interested in justice, they're interested in peace and quiet.

When I was growing up, my parents were almost involved in various volunteer things. My dad was head ...

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New Rule: Don't name your kid after a ballpark. Cubs fans Paul and Teri Fields have named their newb...

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Bill MaherThe New New Rules: A Funny Look At How Everybody But Me Has Their Head Up Their Ass

My parents used to take me to the pet department and tell me it was a zoo.

My parents always looked like they loved being together. That's what I took from them, and that's ho...

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A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone.

Only God Himself fully appreciates the influence of a Christian mother in the molding of character i...

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Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

Parents have bought into the world’s pastimes chock-full of pop culture, and it is searing the souls...

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Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

If God gives you responsibility for aging parents, seek what is best for them, not what is most conv...

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Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

What a comfort it was for me to know that no matter where I was in the world, my mother was praying ...

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Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

Although the testimony of my mother’s life helped mold me and taught me how to live, the testimony o...

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Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

If ever we needed to put the Golden Rule into action, it’s with our aging parents.

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Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

In searching for ways to bridge the generation gap, there is no doubt that we, as parents, will have...

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Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

The greatest tribute a boy can give to his father is to say, “When I grow up, I want to be just like...

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Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

The influence of a mother upon the lives of her children cannot be measured. They know and absorb he...

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Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

Many parents preach to their children but do not set good examples. Parents want the children to do ...

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Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

Both my parents had a great influence on me. I never heard my father use a profane or even a slang w...

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Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

Parents, pray that God may crown your home with grace and mercy.

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Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

What a blessing it is for parents to believe in their children.

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Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

My father-in-law . . . was a great inspiration to me both in life and in his preparation for death.

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Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

Parenting is the most important responsibility most of us will ever face, and none of us does it per...

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Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone.

Only God Himself fully appreciates the influence of a Christian mother in the molding of character i...

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Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

Parents have bought into the world’s pastimes chock-full of pop culture, and it is searing the souls...

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Picture of Billy Graham
Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

If God gives you responsibility for aging parents, seek what is best for them, not what is most conv...

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Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

What a comfort it was for me to know that no matter where I was in the world, my mother was praying ...

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Picture of Billy Graham
Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

Although the testimony of my mother’s life helped mold me and taught me how to live, the testimony o...

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Picture of Billy Graham
Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

If ever we needed to put the Golden Rule into action, it’s with our aging parents.

Picture of Billy Graham
Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

In searching for ways to bridge the generation gap, there is no doubt that we, as parents, will have...

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Picture of Billy Graham
Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

The greatest tribute a boy can give to his father is to say, “When I grow up, I want to be just like...

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Picture of Billy Graham
Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

The influence of a mother upon the lives of her children cannot be measured. They know and absorb he...

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Picture of Billy Graham
Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

Many parents preach to their children but do not set good examples. Parents want the children to do ...

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Picture of Billy Graham
Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

Both my parents had a great influence on me. I never heard my father use a profane or even a slang w...

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Picture of Billy Graham
Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

Parents, pray that God may crown your home with grace and mercy.

Picture of Billy Graham
Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

What a blessing it is for parents to believe in their children.

Picture of Billy Graham
Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

My father-in-law . . . was a great inspiration to me both in life and in his preparation for death.

Picture of Billy Graham
Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

Parenting is the most important responsibility most of us will ever face, and none of us does it per...

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Picture of Billy Graham
Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone.

Only God Himself fully appreciates the influence of a Christian mother in the molding of character i...

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Picture of Billy Graham
Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

Parents have bought into the world’s pastimes chock-full of pop culture, and it is searing the souls...

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Picture of Billy Graham
Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

If God gives you responsibility for aging parents, seek what is best for them, not what is most conv...

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Picture of Billy Graham
Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

What a comfort it was for me to know that no matter where I was in the world, my mother was praying ...

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Picture of Billy Graham
Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

Although the testimony of my mother’s life helped mold me and taught me how to live, the testimony o...

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Picture of Billy Graham
Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

If ever we needed to put the Golden Rule into action, it’s with our aging parents.

Picture of Billy Graham
Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

In searching for ways to bridge the generation gap, there is no doubt that we, as parents, will have...

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Picture of Billy Graham
Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

The greatest tribute a boy can give to his father is to say, “When I grow up, I want to be just like...

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Picture of Billy Graham
Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

The influence of a mother upon the lives of her children cannot be measured. They know and absorb he...

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Picture of Billy Graham
Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

Many parents preach to their children but do not set good examples. Parents want the children to do ...

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Picture of Billy Graham
Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

Both my parents had a great influence on me. I never heard my father use a profane or even a slang w...

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Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes