I always joked with my parents. I told them, 'If I don't make it as an actor, my fallback is musician.'
Oscar Isaac
ParentsActorAlwaysMakeMusician
I grew up playing sports, and my dad was always really into that, very passionate about that, as was I, but even my passion for music far outweighs what it was for sports. That's hard for me to believe. And it's hard for me to believe that my parents' passion for music far outweighs their passion for sports, but it does.
Chris Lane
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Being an only child and losing both my parents at an early age, I have found that the friends I have made over the years are the people who help me get through life, good times and bad.
Fannie Flagg
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Our parents more or less just kind of wanted us to pursue our passions. Whatever they would have been, they would have helped light the fire. They are very liberal, artistic people, but they didn't force us into acting. They let us find our own ways.
John Cusack
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The reason why parents mistreat their children has less to do with character and temperament than with the fact that they were mistreated themselves and were not permitted to defend themselves.
Alice Miller
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The Christian fact is very straightforward: To be a student is a calling. Your parents are setting up accounts to pay the bills, or you are scraping together your own resources and taking out loans, or a scholarship is making college possible.
Stanley Hauerwas
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When I was 8 years old, I asked my parents to get me head shots, and they were like, 'What are you talking about? Go outside and play!' I'm so glad they did.
Matt Bomer
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When you're a kid, you're just not equipped to deal with some of the stuff that life brings you. It's why you have parents. And then, when you don't, there better be somebody who fills in that gap, or you're going to be rudderless for a while.
Jon Hamm
LifeParentsBetterYouWhyKid
However my parents - both of whom came from impoverished backgrounds and neither of whom had been to college, took the view that my overactive imagination was an amusing quirk that would never pay a mortgage or secure a pension.
J. K. Rowling
ImaginationParentsCollegeViewPay
My father came by himself across the North Korean border when he was seventeen. And hasn't seen his brothers or sisters or parents since then. And he died some time ago, but never saw any of his relatives. My mother was a refugee in war-torn Korea.
Jim Yong Kim
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I don't like to look back. I love the next challenge and don't keep awards. There are a few that are really important, but my parents have most of them.
Brad Paisley
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My parents were in the Peace Corps.
Jeff Vandermeer
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A lot of older parents worry about being older parents. I hear people say, 'I don't want to be too old to play baseball with my son.' They worry that their kids will be embarrassed by their parents' age.
Penn Jillette
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My parents kept us sheltered from this world of Hollywood. I don't have any great memories of bouncing on Cary Grant's knee or something like that.
Tony Goldwyn
MemoriesGreatParentsWorldUs
When I grew up in Pittsburgh in my parents' restaurant, I was almost like a country bumpkin.
Ming-Na Wen
ParentsRestaurantCountryUpAlmost
Being on set with my dad - that's so cool. People always ask me if that made me nervous, but it's the same element when you're a kid - when your parents come in the auditorium for those school performances. It calms you.
O'Shea Jackson, Jr.
SchoolParentsPeopleMeCoolYou
I remember a conversation with my parents about who the people on the TV were, and learning they were actors and they acted out this story and just thinking that was the most fantastic notion, and that's what I want to do.
David Tennant
LearningParentsPeopleThinkingOut
My parents were very volatile but very loving. My father would get jealous if my mother looked at somebody. I used to be insanely jealous. It comes out of insecurity. It can come and go, but you get to the point in life where you don't have this raging jealousy and protectiveness about your world.
Felicity Kendal
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Parents are key when it comes to keeping kids off drugs. Good parenting is the best anti-drug we have.
Mel Carnahan
GoodBestParentingParentsKeyOff
It's very hard for our parents who see us enter a world that they can't imagine.
Alice Walker
ParentsWorldHardSeeImagineUs
I'm an international baby. I'm happy my parents decided I should be worldwide.
Stefflon Don
HappyParentsBabyShouldDecided
My parents have been married for 42 years. Their marriage has been - from what I can see - a happy one.
Roxane Gay
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It's hard to leave New York: this is where my friends are, my parents are. It is so vital. The whole world seems to look to New York.
Jonathan Ames
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When I first came into the league, I followed my parents for everything. Now, I'm really doing stuff on my own.
J. R. Smith
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