#parent

Charles Laughton signed me to my first movie contract at 17. He later asked my parents if he could adopt me. ↗

— Maureen O'Hara

#asked #charles #contract #could #first

The Parent Trap gave my career another boost, starring in family comedies. ↗

— Maureen O'Hara

#boost #career #comedies #family #gave

The Parent Trap wouldn't have been as special without the remarkable performances by Hayley Mills. ↗

— Maureen O'Hara

#hayley #mills #parent #performances #remarkable

Our parents and grandparents understood this truth deeply. They believed - as we do - that to create jobs, a modern economy requires modern investments: educating, innovating and rebuilding for our children's future. Building an economy to last, from the middle class up, not from the billionaires down. ↗

— Martin O'Malley

#billionaires #building #children #class #create

So, look, in order to move our country forward, we have to do the things our parents and grandparents did. They believed enough in our country to invest in our country, to create jobs, to make modern investments. And those are the things that we need to get back to with a balanced approach. ↗

— Martin O'Malley

#back #balanced #believed #country #create

David Stern should get with the mothers of the NBA and let the moms decide what the dress code should be. I asked my mother if I could wear a chain, and she told me yeah. So I do stuff that my parents allow me to do. ↗

— Shaquille O'Neal

#asked #chain #code #could #david

And in that time, I lost my dad and had kids of my own. It was like, OK, I get it now. I know what fatherhood is all about. And you look at your parents differently. ↗

— Paul Reiser

#dad #differently #fatherhood #get #had

For a lot of kids, the Boys and Girls Club is really a sanctuary, an oasis of sanity and safety for them because their home life is so tragic. Some of these kids have only one parent, and that one is addicted to drugs. ↗

— Judge Reinhold

#because #boys and girls #club #home #home life

But even after the first week, when Hart got out of the presidential race because of the Washington Post's threat to reveal a long-term relationship Hart had apparently been having with a prominent Washington woman, the media continued to embellish my past. ↗

— Donna Rice

#apparently #because #been #continued #embellish

My work ethic came from my parents and my fear of failure. I came from a small, predominantly black school and I didn't want to let them down. ↗

— Jerry Rice

#came #down #ethic #failure #fear