#pare

Love can change a person the way a parent can change a baby- awkwardly, and often with a great deal of mess. ↗

— Lemony Snicket

#change #humor #love #parents #change

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

— Alison Moyet

#parent #prohibited #single #single parent #working

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

— Molly Ringwald

#both #failure #had #i #i wish

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

#coaches #good #land #prepare #rather

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

— J. K. Rowling

#had #head #i #lone #parent

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

— Jewel Kilcher

#disillusionment #generation #given #my generation #our

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

#always #being #luck #make #mean

Relinquishing apparent national sovereignty does not have to entail a loss of national sovereignty, but can actually be a benefit. ↗

— Ulrich Beck

#apparent #benefit #does #entail #loss

The child gets two confusing messages when a parent tells him which is the right fork to use, and then proceeds to use the wrong one. So does the child who listens to parents bicker and fuss, yet is told to be nice to his brothers and sisters. ↗

— Rachel Blanchard

#brothers #child #confusing #does #fork