#pare

Parents have become so convinced that educators know what is best for their children that they forget that they themselves are really the experts. ↗

— Marian Wright Edelman

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I was a single parent, and I was prohibited from working. ↗

— Alison Moyet

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I wish I had been more prepared, both for success and for failure, when I was younger. ↗

— Molly Ringwald

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My parents were Christian. ↗

— Wyclef Jean

#parents #were

Very good coaches for ski jumpers stand at the top of the slope and watch the jumpers prepare, rather than standing at the bottom and watching them land. ↗

— Roland Joffe

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There was a point where I really felt I had 'penniless divorcee lone parent' tattooed on my head. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

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My parents were very artistic, but busy. ↗

— Katey Sagal

#busy #parents #very #were

Parents lend children their experience and a vicarious memory; children endow their parents with a vicarious immortality. ↗

— George Santayana

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So what are we given? We're also given, my generation, the disillusionment of our parents. ↗

— Jewel Kilcher

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Luck can often mean simply taking advantage of a situation at the right moment. It is possible to make your luck by being always prepared. ↗

— Michael Korda

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