#pare

My parents were strict, but it was the world I lived in. I had no idea there was a world outside. ↗

— Katy Perry

#i #idea #lived #no idea #outside

My parents are very quirky, eccentric. They have their own world. ↗

— Katy Perry

#own #parents #quirky #their #very

The media tried to destroy my parents and has taken things completely out of context, but there's not a whole lot you can do in terms of fighting back. You have to hope that it passes, which it always does. But they have to be careful. They didn't necessarily sign up for this. ↗

— Katy Perry

#back #be careful #careful #completely #context

Being compared to Ian Thorpe, that could be one of the greatest compliments you could ever get in swimming - being compared to him and Mark Spitz. ↗

— Michael Phelps

#compared #compliments #could #ever #get

I've covered a lot of ground geographically and emotionally and for years I lost my connection with my family. But the best comfort you can have, whether you are on the phone or sitting there in the living room with them, is with your parents, and to me family has always meant protection. When you smile you get a smile back, unconditionally. ↗

— Brigitte Nielsen

#back #best #comfort #connection #covered

One of life's most painful moments comes when we must admit that we didn't do our homework, that we are not prepared. ↗

— Merlin Olsen

#comes #homework #life #moments #most

Apparently God takes reception of Holy Communion seriously. Apparently some things are more sacred than politics. Apparently it's all or nothing when it comes to being Catholic. ↗

— Carl Olson

#being #catholic #comes #communion #god

I take my children everywhere, but they always find their way back home. ↗

— Robert Orben

#always #back #children #everywhere #find

Now the true soldiers of Christ must always be prepared to do battle for the truth, and must never, so far as lies with them, allow false convictions to creep in. ↗

— Origen

#always #battle #be prepared #christ #convictions

On my parents' scale of values, the more Western something was, the more cultured it was considered. ↗

— Amos Oz

#cultured #more #parents #scale #something