Famous Quotes: Parents

My mom taught me not to talk about money.
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Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of inert facts.
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I can only be so long without work before I start getting antsy.
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One science only will one genius fit; so vast is art, so narrow human wit.
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My parents were the same in the pulpit as they were at home. I think that's where a lot of preachers' kids get off base sometimes. Because they don't see the same things at both places.
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I would argue that we have a generation of young people, particularly minorities, who are no longer putting up with the kinds of things their parents put up with. They're much more self-confident. It's no longer acceptable to make fun of people because of race or sex. But it has always been present in American society.
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My husband is a composer, so he plays piano all the time and I sit there and clap telling my unborn child, 'Hear me clap, hear the music.' I know music, in general, is supposed to be good for babies to hear.
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I'm worried about parents who aren't parenting.
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Money is everywhere but so is poetry. What we lack are the poets.
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When I went on to write my next book, Working With Emotional Intelligence, I wanted to make a business case that the best performers were those people strong in these skills.
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Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets.
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Children learn to smile from their parents.
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I think kids ought to travel. I think it's very good to carry kids around. It's good for them. Of course it's tough on the parents.
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My parents had an experience of life that is as opposite to mine as you can imagine.
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Depending on what day of the week it is and what time of the month it is, I'm a good friend or not a good friend. I'm more or less a good mom or not a good mom, more or less a good mate or not a good mate. That's just life, whether or not you're public.
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As I prepare for this next phase in my life, I ask that people continue to offer the prayers that have protected me thus far. I also pray that I will always see those who are not seen and easy to forget in the hustle and bustle of Washington politics.
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I've always traveled, as a kid my parents moved me around, a different place in Germany every four years. But I got the travel bug when I was a kid, living in different countries.
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It would have been nice for Greg to eventually grow into a mature relationship with Laura. He was moving toward that already but then took a turn into the juvenile with Paige.
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I live my life parallel with my work, and they are both equally important. I'm always amazed how much people talk about celebrity and fame. I don't understand the attraction.
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If at first you don't succeed, blame your parents.
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