#rents

My parents were absolutely delighted that I knew what I wanted to do. ↗

— Vivien Leigh

#delighted #i #knew #parents #wanted

I grew up with an artist father, and my parents' friends were also mainly artists or writers, so he connects what I do with his example. ↗

— Jonathan Lethem

#artist #artists #connects #example #father

I have a sense that many Americans, especially those like me with European or foreign parents, feel they have to invent their families just as they have to invent themselves. ↗

— Philip Levine

#european #families #feel #foreign #i

Is there a doctor in the house? My parents want me to marry you. ↗

— Wendy Liebman

#doctor #house #marry #me #parents

Again, I was influenced by my father, who was very much an atheist and took pride in combating the traditional or orthodox forms of Judaism, which his parents and which my mother's parents were very steeped in. ↗

— Robert Jay Lifton

#atheist #combating #father #forms #his

Being from a very traditional Chinese-American family, my parents believed the only options to have a successful life were to be a doctor, a lawyer, an engineer or a business person. ↗

— Phillip Lim

#being #believed #business #business person #doctor

I think my parents were immigrants, you know, so I guess I would be first generation. Growing up in California. ↗

— Phillip Lim

#first #generation #growing #growing up #guess

I think it's more and more important to spend time with your children, because it seems to be harder and harder for them to succeed as their parents have succeeded. ↗

— Dan Marino

#children #harder #i #i think #important

Fits did not go over well in my house. There was a lot of discipline and obedience and you had to be very ladylike. Ladies didn't curse and I still don't curse in front of my parents. ↗

— Daisy Fuentes

#did #discipline #fits #front #go

Parents are usually more careful to bestow knowledge on their children rather than virtue, the art of speaking well rather than doing well; but their manners should be of the greatest concern. ↗

— R. Buckminster Fuller

#bestow #careful #children #concern #doing