#parent

The defense of our democracy against the forces that threaten it from without has made some of its failures to function at home glaringly apparent. ↗

— Wendell Willkie

#apparent #defense #democracy #failures #forces

Today it is becoming increasingly apparent to thoughtful Americans that we cannot fight the forces and ideas of imperialism abroad and maintain any form of imperialism at home. The war has done this to our thinking. ↗

— Wendell Willkie

#any #apparent #becoming #cannot #done

I feel very blessed to have two wonderful, healthy children who keep me completely grounded, sane and throw up on my shoes just before I go to an awards show just so I know to keep it real. ↗

— Reese Witherspoon

#awards #before #blessed #children #completely

I saw my parents as gods whose every wish must be obeyed or I would suffer the penalty of anguish and guilt. ↗

— Natalie Wood

#every #gods #guilt #i #must

I have a very close relationship with my parents. ↗

— Caroline Wozniacki

#close relationship #i #parents #relationship #very

If you can't hear me, it's because I'm in parentheses. ↗

— Steven Wright

#hear #i #me #parentheses #you

Our parents came home one day and heard us, and they thought it was the radio, but our grandfather told them it was us. ↗

— Barry Gibb

#day #grandfather #heard #home #one day

I have my parents to thank for that, they raised me to be active and play all sports. They taught me the importance of staying healthy, being focused and setting goals in whatever I do. ↗

— Kiana Tom

#being #focused #goals #healthy #i

Call me Jonah. My parents did, or nearly did. They called me John. ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#called #did #john #jonah #me

I regret not having had more time with my kids when they were growing up. ↗

— Tina Turner

#growing #growing up #had #having #i