#parent

In an era when party fundraising is badly tainted, dinners are a really good way of raising cash for campaigning. Lots of people giving very small amounts of money through ticket sales and raffle prizes: yes, it's much harder work than big donations, but I think it's a more democratic and transparent way of fundraising. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#big #campaigning #cash #democratic #dinners

My parents were truly severe. ↗

— Miuccia Prada

#severe #truly #were

One curious thing about growing up is that you don't only move forward in time; you move backwards as well, as pieces of your parents' and grandparents' lives come to you. ↗

— Philip Pullman

#backwards #come #curious #forward #grandparents

Political activities in Russia should be as transparent as possible. Financing political activities from abroad is something the state should keep an eye on. ↗

— Vladimir Putin

#activities #eye #financing #keep #political

The only group in America that deserves to scrutinize what we are doing... are parents. ↗

— Jack Valenti

#deserves #doing #group #only #parents

But the further step, by means of which a civilization is given its quality or culture, is only attained by a process of cellular division, in the course of which the individual is differentiated, made distinct from and independent of the parent group. ↗

— Herbert Read

#cellular #civilization #course #culture #differentiated

I didn't spend much time with my parents when I was growing up. ↗

— Michael Reagan

#growing up #i #much #parents #spend

Neither of my parents would ever stand in the way of any of their children speaking their minds. ↗

— Ron Reagan

#children #ever #minds #neither #parents

I never took acting classes, but I knew I could do it based on the skill with which I lied to my parents on a regular basis! ↗

— Ryan Reynolds

#based #basis #classes #could #i

Apparently, the image of our president is as offensive to MTV as it is to me. ↗