#parent

A person like myself, born and raised in the inner city of Atlanta, Georgia, to lower-middle-class parents. But I had the opportunity to get an education, to go and earn a commission in the United States Army, to serve for 22 years, to lead men and women in combat. ↗

— Allen West

#atlanta #born #city #combat #commission

Apparently it'll all settle down and they'll forget about it soon. ↗

— Dominic West

#apparently #down #forget #settle #soon

I've always enjoyed acting. When we were younger, my sisters and I would put on plays for our parents. ↗

— Serena Williams

#always #enjoyed #i #our #parents

I have always been pushed by the negative. The apparent failure of a play sends me back to my typewriter that very night, before the reviews are out. I am more compelled to get back to work than if I had a success. ↗

— Tennessee Williams

#am #apparent #apparent failure #back #been

My parents are both teachers, so we had the summers off. ↗

— Vanessa Williams

#had #off #parents #summers #teachers

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

Orphans, dead parents, lonely children at Christmas, morose spoken word recordings, everything you love about the holidays. Move the turkey over so you can fit your head in the oven. ↗

— April Winchell

#children #christmas #dead #everything #fit

My parents pretty much realized that I would do whatever I wanted, and that was it, really. ↗

— Amy Winehouse

#much #parents #pretty #realized #really

I hope to find the roles that are age appropriate but not yearning to be younger, or parenting ad nauseam. ↗

— Debra Winger

#age #appropriate #find #hope #i