#rents

My parents felt that acting was far too insecure. Don't ask me what made them think that painting would be more secure. ↗

— John Hurt

#ask #far #felt #insecure #made

You are more likely to be overweight if your friend's, friend's friend is overweight than if your parents are overweight. ↗

— Mark Hyman

#likely #more #overweight #parents #than

My parents both were doing the Civil Rights Movement, were very involved with the civil rights to Congress. And my friends' parents were as well. ↗

— Janis Ian

#civil #civil rights #civil rights movement #congress #doing

I want to prove that you don't have to come from Oxford University or Rada - and you don't have to have parents that support you - to succeed. ↗

— Samantha Morton

#i #oxford #parents #prove #succeed

I was brought up in an environment where my parents expressed their financial concerns in front of their children. ↗

— Natalie Imbruglia

#children #concerns #environment #expressed #financial

My parents were founders of the Cuban Communist Party, and I grew up extremely poor. ↗

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

#communist party #cuban #extremely #founders #grew

My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She's ninety-seven now, and we don't know where the heck she is. ↗

— Ellen DeGeneres

#exercise #family #grandmothers #grandparents #humor

All parents damage their children. It cannot be helped. Youth, like pristine glass, absorbs the prints of its handlers. Some parents smudge, others crack, a few shatter childhoods completely into jagged little pieces, beyond repair. ↗

— Mitch Albom

#inspirational #life #parents #family

Parents are like God because you wanna know they're out there, and you want them to think well of you, but you really only call when you need something. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#god #parents #family

I received my parents' permission and went into the Navy on June 3, 1941. ↗

— Jack Adams

#into #june #navy #parents #permission