#raised

Divorce is so common and accepted in America that beating myself up over it may sound ridiculous. But I was raised to believe that divorce wasn't an option; to me, divorce equaled failure. I wasn't able to change that equation until I found myself in the right relationship. ↗

— Trisha Yearwood

#accepted #america #beating #believe #change

So my dad raised me, and he's a huge football fan. ↗

— Lisa Guerrero

#fan #football #huge #me #raised

Circle are praised, not that abound, In largeness, but the exactly round. ↗

— Edmund Waller

#circle #exactly #praised #round

If you're lucky enough to be raised in a rich family, good. But learn how to respect that luck. It's not a given, you know? It's not like, 'Well, it's normal'. No, it's not normal. It's lucky. ↗

— Christopher Lambert

#family #given #good #how #know

I was raised Jewish, my wife was raised Catholic. Though we respect each other's heritage, and while many of our friends are deeply religious, we have chosen to focus on our similarities, not our differences. We teach our children compassion, charity, honesty and the benefits of hard work. ↗

— Steven Levitan

#catholic #charity #children #chosen #compassion

Almost anything that can be praised or advocated has been put to some disgusting use. There is no principle, however immaculate, that has not had its compromising manipulator. ↗

— Wyndham Lewis

#almost #anything #been #compromising #disgusting

I think I meant that, given the circumstances of my childhood, I had the illusion that it's easier to be alone. To have your relationships be casual and also to pose as a solitary person, because it was more romantic. You know, I was raised on the idea of the ramblin' man and the loner. ↗

— Steve Martin

#also #because #casual #childhood #circumstances

I naturally wanted to be saved, so when I came home I told my mom I wanted to be confirmed. That's the way I related to it, being raised an Episcopalian. I went to Dallas and got confirmed. ↗

— T-Bone Burnett

#came #confirmed #dallas #episcopalian #got

When I was elected President nobody asked me to negotiate between Israel and Egypt. It was not even a question raised in my campaign. But I felt that one of the reasons that I was elected President was to try to bring peace to the Holy Land. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

#between #bring #campaign #egypt #elected

God was treated like this powerful, erratic, rather punitive father who has to be pacified and praised. You know, flattered. ↗

— John Cleese

#father #flattered #god #know #like