I grew up as an only child with a single mother. Because we were poor and because I knew my father had emigrated from Syria, I imagined he looked like Omar Sharif.
Mona Simpson
FatherMotherChildPoorSingleUp
Often as a child you see someone with a learning disability or Down's Syndrome and my mum and dad were always very quick to explain exactly what was going on and to be in their own way inclusive and welcoming.
Christopher Eccleston
LearningChildSomeoneYouDownWay
Miss Child is never bashful with butter.
Phil Donahue
FoodChildNeverMissButter
The courts don't remove children from their home because the child underperformed at school or required extra long walks or a game of basketball in order to blow off the steam all 5-year-olds have. It's because the parents were unfit, not the kids.
Angela Featherstone
HomeChildrenSchoolChildParents
Each time somebody working for the Maison has a baby, the atelier creates miniature blouses-blanches, exactly like the ones we wear, with the child's name embroidered across the front. That is our welcome-to-this-world gift.
Martin Margiela
TimeChildBabyGiftNameWear
As a child, I was taught that you can achieve, and you can do anything you want.
RJ Mitte
ChildYouAchieveWantAnything
I just couldn't imagine hitting a child. But in 'The Slap' it's an extreme situation. You have to ask yourself - would you step in if a child was out of control?
Jonathan LaPaglia
YourselfStepChildControlYouAsk
There is nothing more painful than watching a child with a terminal disease.
Ara Parseghian
ChildNothingMoreWatchingPainful
I don't consider 41 being in prime of life. Even if I conceived a child tomorrow I'd be 52 by the time it was 10. I'm not sure I'd have the energy, and I find that quite scary.
Jeremy Northam
LifeTimeChildTomorrowEnergy
One thing, parents: you need to realize is you've got to stop letting artists raise your kids. You're the parent. Why don't you monitor what your child wears? Ariana Grande didn't sign on to be a role model.
Tionne Watkins
ChildParentsParentYouRole Model
Cooking ought to be, quite literally, child's play. And every child ought to have access to the game. Just don't tell them it's healthy.
Stephanie Coontz
CookingChildGamePlayHealthy
A child is owed the greatest respect; if you have ever have something disgraceful in mind, don't ignore your son's tender years.
Juvenal
SonRespectChildMindIgnoreYou
You can't force your child to go to bed. Well, you can, but it doesn't work.
Monica Potter
WorkChildYouBedGoForce
Whether we notice it or not, we spend our days negotiating for something: for our spouse to do more housework, a child to eat just three more bites or go to bed on time, an extended deadline on a project, a salary increase, a better rate on a vacation package.
Christopher Voss
TimeVacationChildBetterGoThree
I was a studious child, heavily into academics. For the longest time, I wouldn't talk.
Sushant Singh Rajput
TimeChildTalkAcademicsLongest
To bring a healthy child into this world, raise them right and watch them grow is the biggest miracle there is.
Matthew McConaughey
ChildWorldGrowHealthyRightThem
As a very small child I found recorded noise and the solitary singer beneath the spotlight so dramatic and so brave... walking the plank... willingly... It was sink or swim. The very notion of standing there, alone, I found beautiful.
Morrissey
AloneBeautifulChildBraveSmall
An un-named song is like an un-named child, it has no identity.
Robyn Hitchcock
IdentityChildSongLike
An unhappy mother does not raise a happy child.
Joni Mitchell
MotherHappyChildUnhappyRaise
No one could save me from the grief of losing my child or losing my first marriage. I had to do that on my own.
Ariel Levy
MarriageGriefLosingChildMeOwn
My parents owned a pharmacy in Budapest, which gave us a comfortable living. As I was their only child, they wanted me to become a pharmacist. But my own preference would have been to study philosophy and mathematics.
John Harsanyi
MathematicsChildParentsMeLiving
Whether you like it or not, a child really connects you to that time when everything's new. It's so important - not just for artistic endeavors, but for humanity.
Tim Burton
TimeChildHumanityYouNewJust
I have to have another child. I have to bring someone into this world that will be here for Dashiell.
Sophie B. Hawkins
ChildWorldSomeoneWillBringHere
As the daughter of a schoolteacher, I feel very strongly that the most important thing in school takes place right there in that classroom, and the interaction between the teacher and the child.
Kerry Healey
DaughterTeacherSchoolChildFeel
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