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I'm not posh, not in the slightest. My parents spent some money on my education, but I wasn't born to the purple.
A boy becomes an adult three years before his parents think he does, and about two years after he thinks he does.
I was naughty but never demanding. I never asked my parents for shoes or tracksuits. I was happy with what I had.
I wish to thank my parents for making it all possible... and I wish to thank my children for making it necessary.
My parents have a strong work ethic, but their attitude to life, their philosophy, is: 'whatever makes you happy.'
I come from a family of educationists and both my parents as well as my younger brother and his wife are teachers.
I think that if you become a parent, you stop being a child, and your position in relation to your parents changes.
I want some day to be able to love with the same intensity and unselfishness that parents love their children with.
I'm lucky that I have my family, I'm lucky that my parents are still together. Those are the things that I cherish.
I adore my family. I don't love their politics. I think they're wonderful parents. They were dreadful at parenting.
Our children need to remember to love each other, how to honor each other, their parents, God, and their neighbors.
You want to feel like people are hiring you because they want to work with you, not because of who your parents are.
The love and passion I had for the game was my key. I never had that taken out of me by my parents or a silly coach.
Both my parents died on the young side. My father was 45, and my mother was 61, so cancer's affected me in a big way.
My parents played the Bee Gees; Earth, Wind & Fire; Michael Jackson. The best pop music to infiltrate a child's mind.
The blessing that I got from my parents, even if they didn't really teach me about money, was their simple lifestyle.
I grew up loving Broadway musicals. I'd put on my parents' cast albums and stand on the stool and sing in the mirror.
My parents are my backbone. Still are. They're the only group that will support you if you score zero or you score 40.
I thought boxes were the best toy. When my parents got a new car, I ran to my mother and said, 'Did it come in a box?'
As you get older you have more respect and empathy for your parents. Now I have a great relationship with both of them.
I had a weird accent. Dutch people speak American English, and my parents were Jamaican, with their own broken English.
My parents loved classical music. And my father adored Mozart. But for some reason, I always had a reaction against it.
I've gotten a lot of good advice from my parents. Probably the best advice I've ever gotten from my mom is 'Let it go.'
I think my parents raised me well. And I'm pretty straight edge. All my friends make fun of me for being straight edge.
I never felt that I was supposed to be white. Or black, either. My parents just wanted to let me be who I needed to be.
The Internet has become a tool to pick on people and ruin someone's life. I don't think parents realize what's going on.
I had very literal parents and I wanted to survive with metaphor and art, and there was a real sense of shame around it.
My parents signed me up for classical guitar lessons, which made for two years of the most depressing Wednesday evenings.
Both my parents are Scottish, and although I grew up in Canada after moving over, all of my family are proud to be Scots.
My parents wanted me to be a lawyer. But I don't think I would have been very happy. I'd be in front of the jury singing.
When I was a kid, my parents encouraged me to take many different classes. Piano was one that I really fell in love with.
I've prospered because of my father. I know I'll never be his equal, but I've prospered because I've honoured my parents.
I want to thank my parents for somehow raising me to have confidence that is disproportionate with my looks and abilities.
When your parents are Middle Eastern immigrants, you have three choices. You can become a doctor, a lawyer or an engineer.
Above all, I believe every child, no matter their ZIP code or their parents' jobs, deserves access to a quality education.
I was born in Bilaspur in Himachal Pradesh, as my parents are both pandits from there. But I was brought up in Chandigarh.
A lunch date is more fun than a dinner date; you're not tired. It's a secret that not a lot of other parents told me about.
We had a happy childhood, our parents were strict but loving, and I was together with my sisters, who were my best friends.
At some point, you realize your parents are human. They make the best decisions they can with the options available to them.
My parents were very supportive of me and my artistic endeavours. My father and mother came to every school play I ever did.
I never took acting classes, but I knew I could do it based on the skill with which I lied to my parents on a regular basis!
I was in diapers when my parents left me with the babysitter to participate in an armored car robbery. They never came home.
My parents divorced when I was 10, but when my father was there, he was trying to create almost like a little prison for me.
In terms of diet, my parents had a restaurant business so I don't eat any junk food - they taught me to appreciate good food.
Sibling rivalry was, and still is to this day, rampant in my family. We were all competing for my parents' divided attention.
Growing up, my parents were very much about the Egyptian culture. They never really wanted to assimilate in American culture.
My relationship with God and my parents, that's what keeps me together. I know that everything could end as soon as it starts.
We got HBO when I was 7. My parents would be in bed, 'Children of the Corn' would be on at midnight, and I'd watch it on mute.
I think I was born because my parents had two boys and wanted to give it one more go and try for a girl... they got me instead.
My parents gave me a strict upbringing, which at times has caused me to suffer distress but today I am grateful to them for it.