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Parents Quotes
"A lot of parents pack up their troubles and send them off to summer camp."
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"I have really great, great parents, and they were very supportive of me."
13
"There were always questions about my parents; I got so fed up with that."
12
"If you want to stay young-looking, pick your parents very carefully."
11
"If I could do one thing over I'd have been nicer to my parents."
11
"I never set out to be a role model, but I guess parents like it because I am dedicated to school."
10
"Is there a doctor in the house? My parents want me to marry you."
10
"My parents were angry, but they were relieved that I was in good condition. They had been afraid the Russians would torture me. They told me not to do it again!"
9
"We share responsibility. It's important to have a good spouse; that's where I sympathize with single parents."
9
"Parents often talk about the younger generation as if they didn't have anything to do with it."
9
"If you're a kid in Southern California, somebody - whether it's you or your parents - somebody throws your hat into the ring and I think everyone had a commercial or two."
9
"I learned the way a monkey learns - by watching its parents."
9
"I think anybody over 30 plays parents because it happens in your thirties and so that's kind of a natural progression. But I'm definitely drawn to it. It's probably the most intense, passionate thing that happens to you as you get older."
9
"When a child is bruised physically or emotionally, parents often reward him with a treat."
9
"Certainly the experiences of Seth and his relationship to his parents and his point of view of the world are very similar to my own and very much based on my experiences at the University of Southern California."
9
"We had to be parents by long distance, which is far from satisfactory."
9
"It can be very difficult to trace your birth parents."
8
"I have a great relationship with my parents. I have not been on lithium."
8
"My parents have always been offended by my weight, embarrassed maybe. It didn't fit with their sensibilities."
8
"I think the shape of our bodies has as much to do with the shape of our parents as it does with training."
8
"My parents didn't treat me as if there was anything in the world I couldn't do, except be unkind."
8
"Usually I'll go to San Diego to hang out with my parents if I want to unwind."
8
"I have parents come up to me and say, 'I don't know who you are, but my kid wants his picture taken with you.'"
8
"I was also interested in chemistry, but my parents were not willing to buy me a chemistry set."
8
"When I was a little kid, I used to really embarrass my parents."
8
"I mean, I grew up with pretty down-to-earth, atheist parents, but I was born a Pisces."
8
"I think all kinds of parents are different in what they're seeking."
7
"Since the child knew his parents would give in, he tried the same trick again and again."
7
"And my parents' separation was tricky. But my mum had always been really honest with me, and treated me like an adult even when I was really young, so I knew they hadn't been getting on."
7
"I think the deepest problem is between my parents and me. I just don't know if it will ever be the same."
7
"As is said about most writers: on the one hand all I ever did from when I was a child was read, and I was a loner, which was furthered by my parents and my upbringing."
7
"I don't visit my parents often because Delta Airlines won't wait in the yard while I run in."
7
"Grilling outside with my parents at the Jersey shore. We would grill lobster and corn in the summer."
7
"I was very lucky. My parents raised me in such a way that it never occurred to me that I wasn't equal."
7
"Parents know how to push your buttons because, hey, they sewed them on."
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