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My father-in-law ... was a great inspiration to me both in life and in his preparation for death. — Billy Graham

In all of us, there is a child that exists while we have our parents. With my mother gone, I feel a sadness for the loss of the child within myself. — J.L. Witterick

Both of my parents are surfers, of course, so they understood where my passion for surfing was at and I guess they saw the talent that I had. — Bethany Hamilton

I have been using Victorinox Cutlery since I was a young man, when my parents gave me a block set to properly equip me for my culinary apprenticeship. — Daniel Humm

I had great representatives looking out for my best interests and safety. They just happened to be my parents. — Eric Lindros

I want to thank my parents for somehow raising me to have confidence that is disproportionate with my looks and abilities. — Tina Fey

My parents gave me a boxer puppy as a present. I have wanted a dog for years and must first give her attention in the morning. — Natalie Du Toit

I credit my parents for instilling in me a good work ethic and the sensibility that God serves those best who serve themselves. — Ken Osmond

My parents did divorce, but my dad has always been present for me and loving me and my mom as well when she was alive. — Rob Lowe

Every time I get a tattoo, my parents say they'll disown me. I have to get them airbrushed for Charmed. Witches don't have tattoos, I guess. — Alyssa Milano

At the age of 12, my parents gave me a chemistry set for Christmas, and experimentation soon became a consuming passion in my life. — John Vane

I had a hard childhood. Hard for my parents. Not that bad for me. — Michael Grant

Some of the things I hated my parents for when I was younger are the same things I love my parents for now that I'm older. — Steve Maraboli

My parents were both very intellectually honest, straightforward, and for them, faith meant that you were fully engaged. — Rob Bell

My parents were inspired by Bob Dylan and Dylan Thomas when naming me. They specifically saved this masculine name for their only girl. — Dylan Lauren

For a long time, I'd wanted to write a book that I would be proud and happy and psychologically and morally comfortable about my parents' reading. — Glen Duncan

My parents worked for Exxon, and they gave me every chance to take part in music. I took guitar lessons, and I was in the choir at school. — Lyle Lovett

The love and passion I had for the game was my key. I never had that taken out of me by my parents or a silly coach. — Bobby Orr

When I was ten, I caught glandular fever and had to have a year off school. My parents arranged for a tutor to keep me on track with my studies. — Anne Sebba

Self-esteem wasn't the issue for my parents or their parents. Survival was their primary goal. — Julia A. Boyd

We love you. If you need help, look for my parents - they're using the names Della and Jim Goodkind - and tell them I sent you. — Alexandra Bracken

My parents were able to pay our expenses, but not for education. We were encouraged to work hard in school and get scholarships. — Martha Stewart

I've never had much sympathy for orphans, I mean, when I was their age I would have killed to have no parents to make me clean my room and stuff — Zach Braff

My parents gave me a strict upbringing, which at times has caused me to suffer distress but today I am grateful to them for it. — Brigitte Bardot

My parents were not one for photography, and my dad earned the nickname 'Henry VII' for his ability to slice the heads off of subjects for his snaps — Mark Barrowcliffe

My parents, both of them had teachers in their family and were pretty well read. So my father voted for [Dwight] Eisenhower. — Jeff Sessions

Both my parents are actors, and I saw them struggle with work, waiting for phone calls. — Charlotte Le Bon

I watched a lot of movies when I was younger and I remember, when I was seven years old, I asked my parents if I could have an agent for Christmas. — Meaghan Rath

No more excuses. I can't blame anything on my parents. I'm responsible for my mistakes and my choices. — Brad Pitt

For two years I watched my parents' lives wind to a close. This made me aware of old age as a one stage, the final one, of a long journey. — Alix Kates Shulman

The Columbia years are the most sentimental for me. My parents were together through most of that time and we were a happy, sort of normal family. — Nancy Sinatra

My parents are worried, of course, but how can I feel sorry for them, since they made me this way and then deserted me? — Gillian Flynn

My parents have been married for 42 years. Their marriage has been - from what I can see - a happy one. — Roxane Gay

My parents ... They died today ... They died for me. -Tris
They loved you ... To them there was no better way to show you. -Four — Veronica Roth

It's like my parents' musical tastes are the mother and father of my music. It's their fault for making me so emotional and in tune with my emotions! — Chet Faker

I know I can't eat whatever I want and look the way I want, so you need to work for it. I give credit to Pilates and my parents' good genes. — Genesis Rodriguez

My parents were big supporters of me going to college. It was the right thing for me to do. But it was the toughest decision I had to make. — Garrett Atkins

My parents were just searching for an alternative way of raising their children. — Joaquin Phoenix

My parents mistook me for a sack of potatoes so I sat in the corner of the kitchen for the first 13 years of my life. My birth name is Thom Potatoes. — Thom Yorke

For many decades my relations with my parents constituted unfinished business. I had dealt with them through sheer avoidance and guilt. — Alix Kates Shulman

My parents loved classical music. And my father adored Mozart. But for some reason, I always had a reaction against it. — Simon McBurney

My parents are my role models. All they've done for me, they're just major people in my life. They've stood by me and got me where I am today. — Keke Palmer

Unfortunately I have no rags-to-riches story to tell. Money never played a big role for me. My parents just had it. — Stelios Haji-Ioannou

I swear, your parents must've fed you kids stupidity for breakfast each day. It blows my mind how idiotic you all are. — Brittainy C. Cherry

What happened to my family should never happen to any parents. But it will. And this book is for them. — Bob Begin

My parents did not pay a cent for my education; they didn't give me a car or furniture - I did that 100% on my own. I had to pay back a lot. — Constance Wu

My parents never looked at my acting as a career. They saw it as a way to help provide for the household. — Paul Walker

I thank my parents for the greatest gift of all: poverty — Roberto Benigni

My first job paid well for a young attorney. I was making over $50,000, which was more than either of my parents had ever made. I thought I was rich. — Marco Rubio

I've learned great lessons from my parents for things on the court and off. I really look up to them. — Dwyane Wade

My father's parents were Irish. Only a year before my father died, he and I went back to Ireland for a week to look at the old homestead. — John C. Hawkes

Ever since I can remember feeling love for my parents, I've been frightened of losing them. — Julia Sawalha

I was born in Canada for a reason. It was because my parents wanted me to have the freedoms that this country offers. — Patrick Chan

My parents were always very supportive and accepting. They even shared my curiosity for life, or perhaps I theirs. — Jason Mraz

My parents have been there for me, ever since I was about 7. — David Beckham

My parents have been dead for many years, and when your folks are gone there is nobody standing between you and eternity. — Tony Parsons

I'd like to thank my parents for always stressing, be an individual. — Shelby Lynne

My parents not only did it for a living, but they were really good at it. — Kiefer Sutherland

I was always singing around my house, and my parents thought they should put me into voice lessons just for fun. — Jennifer Damiano

I know my parents loved me - they certainly did everything they could for me - but displays of affection were kept on a distinctly low flame. — Laurie Graham

When I was about 12, I wanted a CD player for Christmas, but instead my parents gave me a really crappy electric guitar. — Sam Endicott

My parents instilled in me that life was going to be very difficult and that I'd have to work for everything. — Joan Collins

What a comfort it was for me to know that no matter where I was in the world, my mother was praying for me. — Billy Graham

I don't want kids listening to my music thinking it's for their parents. I want them to feel it's theirs. — Mayer Hawthorne

I was six when my parents divorced, and that was tough for me. — Andie MacDowell

All my parents' music came from greatest hits albums. It was like the thought of getting even one bum track was too much for them to handle. — Carol Rifka Brunt

My parents didn't exercise, so it was not something I saw was good for you or fun. I wish I had grown up knowing to do that. — Christina Hendricks

Of wanting to pay my own way. I never asked my parents for money. I preferred to steal from my parents than ask them for money. — Anjelica Huston

My parents ingrained in me early on that the perfect score is always something to strive for. I want to win and I want to succeed no matter what. — Andrea Jung

My parents never said I had to be 16 to date, but that has been the rule for all my friends. — Miranda Cosgrove

I was quite shy. I used to write stories all the time, and I think that was a worry for my parents. — Anne-Marie Duff

My parents have been together for 65 years. They're both really stubborn. They're not quitters. — Mary-Louise Parker

When my parents were paying for my sport, it wasn't just me out on the ice. Pretty much every dollar my mom made teaching went into my skating. — Ashley Wagner

I really, really admire my parents so much, for how they raised me. They're some of the best human beings I know. — Missy Peregrym

I'd like to thank my parents for making this night possible. And my children for making it necessary. — Victor Borge

I can remember my sister and me volunteering for Nixon. My parents liked him. I liked my parents. So I figured he was good. — Douglas McGrath

My parents are divorced, and that was the last thing I wanted for myself. I waited until I was 36 to propose, and I'm really proud of that. — Josh Duhamel

I was ranked No in the world and then I was out for months between my shoulder surgery and my parents getting in a motorcycle accident in , — Tommy Haas

My parents walked in on me Googling 'agents for kids' when I was 9. — Graham Phillips

We were very kooky and inventive, and it didn't take long for my parents to realize we should all be auditioning for things. — Ashley Williams

Of everyone on this ship, even the frozen bodies of my parents, Elder's the only one who handed me truth and waited for me to accept it. — Beth Revis

I had been accepted to film school, but my parents couldn't afford it, and yet they made too much money for me to get a scholarship. — Ryan Murphy

My parents were supportive of my creativity but did not have a lot of patience for whimsy with zero production value. They had stuff to do. — Mindy Kaling

I think I've wanted to be an actress since the day I was born. I even asked my parents for an agent for my seventh birthday! — Shoshannah Stern

My parents are both average size. For them to have a child who was very, very different and very, very small must have been incredibly hard. — Warwick Davis

I'm decorating my parents' house for Christmas ... I hope they find my manger with a baby yeezus in it as funny as I do! — Lisa Lampanelli

The loss of my parents was definitely the hardest thing I've had to endure. I just felt really dead inside for a long time. — Jonathan Bennett

When I was growing up, my parents always told me that I had to do what I thought was right and not listen to other people. That was hard for me. — Hillary Clinton

Part of my whole project from the beginning was to make an absent world present for my parents, which was India. — Jhumpa Lahiri

I wouldn't be here if it were not for the grant system that paid for me to go to art school - because my parents couldn't have afforded it. — Peter Capaldi

To both my parents, the world is a battle for attention, a war to be heard. — Chuck Palahniuk

Divorce is, of course, difficult for a child. I didn't go through it as my parents stayed together, but I have a lot of friends who did. — Elizabeth Hurley

I was raised in a community of Christian orthodoxy that had traveled with my parents to Los Angeles when they moved there for my father's job. — Margaret Stohl

Neither my mom nor my dad ever bought me any comic books. Certainly not for Christmas. I suspect that doing so would have violated the Parents' Code. — Michael Dirda

I inherited my ability from both parents; my mother's ability for spending money, and my father's ability for not earning it. — Laurence J. Peter

My parents always wanted me to know why eating healthfully was important to overall performance, probably to drown out my whining for junk food. — Daphne Oz

I spent some time back in Mexico at 16 because my parents thought it would be prudent for me to learn Spanish, because I held a Mexican passport. — Lupita Nyong'o

I'm still craving approval from my parents. It took a lot of success for me to realize it was never coming. It's just not in their nature. — Andrew Stanton

I always wanted to make sure my parents didn't have to work again for the rest of their lives. — Deion Sanders

I have a secret sibling that I never knew existed and who was given up for adoption at birth by my parents, and she was born without legs. — Dominique Moceanu