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Parents Quotes

"My biggest musical influences are probably my parents."

"My biggest musical influences are probably my parents."

Bobby McFerrin, American Musician

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"My parents were in short street, so they had to go abroad to economize."

"My parents were in short street, so they had to go abroad to economize."

Queen Mary, British Royalty

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"My parents own a restaurant in Albuquerque."

"My parents own a restaurant in Albuquerque."

Neil Patrick Harris, American Actor

12

"The remoteness of my parents from the schools, so unfashionable today, was often painful for me, but I learned early to deal with an outside and sometimes hard world."

"The remoteness of my parents from the schools, so unfashionable today, was often painful for me, but I learned early to deal with an outside and sometimes hard world."

Martin Lewis Perl, American Physicist

Parents, Schools, Today, World

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"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."

"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."

Toots Thielemans, Belgian Musician

12

"Yes, we do mimic our parents in a lot of ways."

"Yes, we do mimic our parents in a lot of ways."

Deana Carter, American Musician

12

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

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

Annette Bening, American Actress

12

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

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

Victoria Principal, American Actress

12

"For a while we lived in a tent we'd pitched inside his parents' house and we slept on pillows."

"For a while we lived in a tent we'd pitched inside his parents' house and we slept on pillows."

Shelley Duvall, American Actress

12

"My parents taught me I could be anything in the world I wanted to be."

"My parents taught me I could be anything in the world I wanted to be."

Joan Jett, American Musician

11

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

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

LaToya Jackson, American Musician

11

"Grilling outside with my parents at the Jersey shore. We would grill lobster and corn in the summer."

"Grilling outside with my parents at the Jersey shore. We would grill lobster and corn in the summer."

Bobby Flay, American Celebrity

Parents, Summer

11

"Between them, my parents had 10 marriages."

"Between them, my parents had 10 marriages."

Lorna Luft, American Actress

10

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

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

Rodney Dangerfield, American Comedian

10

"Our parents decided not to teach us Chinese. It was an era when they felt we would be better off if we didn't have that complication."

"Our parents decided not to teach us Chinese. It was an era when they felt we would be better off if we didn't have that complication."

Maya Lin, American Architect

10

"I haven't actually spoken to my parents since the hurricane."

"I haven't actually spoken to my parents since the hurricane."

Faith Ford, American Actress

10

"We didn't do wrong things because we didn't want to embarrass our parents."

"We didn't do wrong things because we didn't want to embarrass our parents."

Paul Prudhomme, American Celebrity

Parents, Want, Wrong

9

"My parents were so poor when I was a kid, I never went anywhere. I take our youngsters with us because I don't know anything that teaches them so much."

"My parents were so poor when I was a kid, I never went anywhere. I take our youngsters with us because I don't know anything that teaches them so much."

Alan Ladd, American Actor

9

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

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

Rodney Dangerfield, American Comedian

8

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

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

Billy Graham, American Clergyman

Parents, Respect, Will

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