Both my parents were high school teachers, and they were beloved high school teachers, so I constantly meet people through my dad's life where they'd be like, 'Your dad changed my life. He's the reason I became a lawyer. He's the reason I started writing. He's the only reason I stayed in school.'
Janet Varney
LifeSchoolParentsPeopleWriting
My parents were quite strict; we couldn't just listen to whatever music we wanted. It was very much like they monitored what we listened to.
Laura Mvula
MusicParentsListenWhateverJust
I'm exceptionally open with my own parents, and they're exceptionally open with me.
Claire Danes
ParentsMeMy OwnOpenOwn
My parents had some problems of their own that put me in a position of having to deal with very grown-up stuff at a very young age. I needed some help with that, therapy-wise.
Dakota Johnson
AgeParentsMeProblemsHelpYoung
My background is in largely in theatre and acting. I grew up in a town with a well-respected Shakespeare Festival, and I fell in with some kids whose parents worked there. We staged all-kid versions of 'Hamlet', 'Cymbeline', a few others. All the while, I was making short films; monster movies, slapstick comedies, claymation.
Matt Ross
ParentsTheatreShortActingMovies
It is a lonely existence to be a child with a disability which no-one can see or understand, you exasperate your teachers, you disappoint your parents, and worst of all you know that you are not just stupid.
Susan Hampshire
ChildParentsStupidLonelyYou
My parents pushed me toward trombone because they didn't need another trumpet player.
Trombone Shorty
ParentsMeNeedTrumpetBecause
When I was a child in the 1940s and early 1950s, my parents and grandparents spoke of Britain as home, and New Zealand had this strong sense of identity and coherence as being part of the commonwealth and a the identity of its people as being British.
Michael King
HomeIdentityChildParentsPeople
My parents always made education and school the number one priority. They believed that an education is the best gift you can give to your child.
Debra Messing
EducationBestSchoolChildParents
Previously, young children had to be shown by their parents how to use a mouse or a remote, and the connection between what they were doing with their hand and what was happening on the screen took some time to grasp. But with the iPad, the connection is obvious, even to toddlers.
Hanna Rosin
ChildrenTimeParentsDoingYoung
Certain people are not going to connect with a book about the effect a dog has on a family. But every one of us has parents and has either said goodbye to those parents or knows that someday they will.
John Grogan
FamilyDogParentsPeopleGoodbye
My parents thought I was crazy. When I graduated, you didn't hear of basketball players going to Japan. Everyone went to Europe somewhere.
Anne Donovan
ParentsCrazyBasketballThoughtYou
I think the biggest difference is that I've noticed Western parents seem much more concerned about their children's psyches, their self-esteem, whereas tough immigrant parents assume strength rather than fragility in their children and therefore behave completely differently.
Amy Chua
StrengthChildrenParentsThinkMore
A little-known secret is that being a pro athlete is not that great. It's a pretty short lifespan. I know all these parents are out there driving their children to be professionals, but so many pros will tell you, 'No, you don't want to do this.'
Timothy Olyphant
ChildrenGreatParentsShortDriving
I think when your parents die, it is kind of like a moving sidewalk: you're not just on the sideline and watching them go by. You know, you're going to the same place they are.
Roz Chast
ParentsMovingThinkDieYouPlace
But parents and schools have their priorities; making sure our kids eat right because research shows a clear connection between nutrition and student performance in school.
Jared Polis
SchoolParentsResearchPerformance
You think I'm going to ask these sweet 14 year olds to ask their parents to buy a $100 ticket then run around in latex and lip sync? No way.
Lady Gaga
ParentsSweetThinkYearYouRun
If your parents didn't have any children, there's a good chance that you won't have any.
Clarence Day
GoodChildrenParentsChanceYou
My parents worked in the art world. They were really supportive of my music in that they allowed me to drop out of school and move out of our home, which not many parents would do.
Ed Sheeran
HomeMusicArtSchoolParentsWorld
My parents knew there was no point in pushing the football thing. I hated the boots.
Matthew Williamson
FootballParentsBootsPointPushing
I grew up loving Broadway musicals. I'd put on my parents' cast albums and stand on the stool and sing in the mirror.
Susan Lucci
MirrorParentsStandLovingUpSing
I just like being on my own on trains, traveling. I spent all my pocket money travelling the London Underground and Southern Railway, what used to be the Western region, and in Europe as much as I could afford it. My parents used to think I was going places, but I wasn't, I was just travelling the trains.
Tony Judt
MoneyParentsThinkLondonMy Own
I've learned a lot from my parents.
Mirai Nagasu
ParentsLearnedLot
Even though I played national level badminton, I told my parents when I was in 10th that I was not interested in continuing. Being a model or actor fascinated me from a young age, and I even did a couple of ads when I was just eight years old.
Deepika Padukone
AgeParentsMeYoungActorOld
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