#rents

When I was a little kid, I used to really embarrass my parents. ↗

— Russell Crowe

#i #kid #little #little kid #parents

My parents were really encouraging. But I had to teach them the proper way you respond to an actor after seeing a play - regardless of whether you like their performance you tell them how great they are because they have to go on again the next night. ↗

— Billy Crudup

#after #again #because #encouraging #go

My parents discussed singing every night over the dinner table; I had a tremendous music education. ↗

— Renee Fleming

#dinner table #discussed #education #every #every night

My parents were both high-school music teachers. ↗

— Renee Fleming

#high-school #music #parents #teachers #were

When I made my first album, there was no indication that anybody other than my parents were going to buy it. ↗

— Trisha Yearwood

#anybody #buy #first #going #i

I'm close with my parents. I have a lot of acquaintances, but my very good close friends are few I can count my very good friends on one hand. And that's how I like it to be. ↗

— Calista Flockhart

#close #close friends #count #few #friends

If my parents had discouraged me, I would have turned out very differently. They raised me in an open-minded, liberal environment. ↗

— Tom Ford

#discouraged #environment #had #i #liberal

It's not an accident that both my sister and I are writers. Our parents created an accidental Petri dish. My family has great storytellers, and I grew up in a very funny, conversational house and didn't have television. This small family farm was a bubble world that didn't have much to do with reality. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#accidental #both #bubble #conversational #created

The only reason we make good role models is because you guys look up to athletes and we can influence you in positive ways. But the real role models should be your parents and teachers! ↗

— Dante Hall

#because #good #guys #influence #look

I try to keep a balance. I actually believe that children want normal parents, they don't want celebrities or important parents or anything different from all the other parents. ↗

— Linda Hamilton

#anything #balance #believe #celebrities #children