#pare

My parents had always preached the virtues of hard work. But hard work is one thing; economic struggle is another. ↗

— Sargent Shriver

#another #economic #had #hard #hard work

My parents were second cousins. That is enough to explain all of my peculiarities. ↗

— Sargent Shriver

#enough #explain #parents #peculiarities #second

There are 80 million moms in the United States. Forty million stay at home with their children. ↗

— Andrew Shue

#children #forty #home #million #moms

The most important role models should and could be parents and teachers. But that said, once you're a teenager you've probably gotten as much of an example from your parents as you're going to. ↗

— Andrew Shue

#could #example #going #gotten #important

I joined another circle and the leader gave us a little leaflet in very small print, asking us to read it carefully and then come prepared to ask questions. It was a technical Marxist subject and I did not understand it nor did I know what questions to ask. ↗

— Agnes Smedley

#ask #asking #carefully #circle #come

It is more interesting to be compared to someone famous, because it lets you gauge what perceptions people have about your appearance. ↗

— Arthur Smith

#appearance #because #compared #famous #gauge

I really have always wanted to be a parent, and when I hit 36 and had just ended a relationship, I remember thinking how much I still wanted it. But I thought I'd adopt. ↗

— Courtney Thorne Smith

#always #ended #had #hit #how

The food is absolutely atrocious, and parents have no idea. Parents are giving their kids three dollars and saying, 'Okay, see you later. Go off to school and have a good lunch.' ↗

— Morgan Spurlock

#atrocious #dollars #food #giving #go

When a noble life has prepared for old age, it is not decline that it reveals, but the first days of immortality. ↗

— Anne Louise Germaine de Stael

#days #decline #first #immortality #life

My parents always pushed creativity on us, but they made it seem like the fun thing to do. ↗

— Gwen Stefani

#creativity #fun #fun thing #like #made