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As far as I was concerned, the Depression was an ill wind that blew some good. If it hadn't occurred, my parents would have given me my college education. As it was, I had to scrabble for it. ↗

— Sargent Shriver

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My parents had always preached the virtues of hard work. But hard work is one thing; economic struggle is another. ↗

— Sargent Shriver

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My parents were second cousins. That is enough to explain all of my peculiarities. ↗

— Sargent Shriver

#enough #explain #parents #peculiarities #second

The most important role models should and could be parents and teachers. But that said, once you're a teenager you've probably gotten as much of an example from your parents as you're going to. ↗

— Andrew Shue

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I can think of no one that my grandparents knew, that told me stories and that I experienced myself, had any sense of social inferiority growing up in segregated Washington. None whatsoever. ↗

— Ed Smith

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That thing, 'You must stay together for the kids', is out of fashion but is right. It's not arguing parents that children don't like, it is having one parent. ↗

— Iain Duncan Smith

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By measuring the proportion of children living with the same parents from birth and whether their parents report a good quality relationship we are driving home the message that social programmes should promote family stability and avert breakdown. ↗

— Iain Duncan Smith

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Getting a family into work, supporting strong relationships, getting parents off drugs and out of debt - all this can do more for a child's well-being than any amount of money in out-of-work benefits. ↗

— Iain Duncan Smith

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To middle-class parents, the project team may have seemed unfit for children, but it was exactly what I needed. ↗

— Willie Stargell

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Unfortunately, inner feelings and potential are often stunted by our parents, relatives or peers. ↗

— Willie Stargell

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