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Parents Quotes


"A lot of parents pack up their troubles and send them off to summer camp."



"I don't think any child could really be happy between five and eight away from their parents."


"There were always questions about my parents; I got so fed up with that."


"I have really great, great parents, and they were very supportive of me."


"I learned the way a monkey learns - by watching its parents."


"My parents didn't treat me as if there was anything in the world I couldn't do, except be unkind."


"Certainly the experiences of Seth and his relationship to his parents and his point of view of the world are very similar to my own and very much based on my experiences at the University of Southern California."



"When I was a kid my parents moved a lot, but I always found them."


"If you're a kid in Southern California, somebody - whether it's you or your parents - somebody throws your hat into the ring and I think everyone had a commercial or two."


"I think the deepest problem is between my parents and me. I just don't know if it will ever be the same."


"Since the child knew his parents would give in, he tried the same trick again and again."


"I think the shape of our bodies has as much to do with the shape of our parents as it does with training."


"My parents have always been offended by my weight, embarrassed maybe. It didn't fit with their sensibilities."



"I was very lucky. My parents raised me in such a way that it never occurred to me that I wasn't equal."


"I think all kinds of parents are different in what they're seeking."


"As is said about most writers: on the one hand all I ever did from when I was a child was read, and I was a loner, which was furthered by my parents and my upbringing."


"I have parents come up to me and say, 'I don't know who you are, but my kid wants his picture taken with you.'"



"I never set out to be a role model, but I guess parents like it because I am dedicated to school."


"If you want to stay young-looking, pick your parents very carefully."


"My biggest musical influences are probably my parents."


"Parents often talk about the younger generation as if they didn't have anything to do with it."


"I think anybody over 30 plays parents because it happens in your thirties and so that's kind of a natural progression. But I'm definitely drawn to it. It's probably the most intense, passionate thing that happens to you as you get older."



"My parents were absolutely delighted that I knew what I wanted to do."


"We share responsibility. It's important to have a good spouse; that's where I sympathize with single parents."


"My parents were very supportive. They went to every show. And they never told me not to do what I was doing."


"I didn't want my parents to support me. I wanted to prove that I could do it by myself."



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


"I don't visit my parents often because Delta Airlines won't wait in the yard while I run in."



"I was also interested in chemistry, but my parents were not willing to buy me a chemistry set."


"I mean, I grew up with pretty down-to-earth, atheist parents, but I was born a Pisces."


"It can be very difficult to trace your birth parents."



"My parents had a pub and each Sunday there was an accordionist. They have told me that when I was in my cradle, I already was imitating the gestures of the musician."


"Parents know how to push your buttons because, hey, they sewed them on."


"I have a great relationship with my parents. I have not been on lithium."



"I could tell that my parents hated me. My bath toys were a toaster and a radio."
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