#rents

Because I saw my parents relaxing in armchairs and reading and liking it, I thought it was a peaceful grown-up thing to do, and I still think that. ↗

— Maeve Binchy

#grown-up #i #liking #parents #peaceful

I never wanted to write. I just wrote letters home from a kibbutz in Israel to reassure my parents that I was still alive and well fed and having a great time. They thought these letters were brilliant and sent them to a newspaper. So I became a writer by accident. ↗

— Maeve Binchy

#alive #became #brilliant #fed #great

I have a Web site that parents and girls can use to learn about Title IX and take action if they find their school is not in compliance. Thirty years after Title IX passed, 80 percent of schools are not in compliance. ↗

— Geena Davis

#action #after #compliance #find #i

I never set out to be a role model, but I guess parents like it because I am dedicated to school. ↗

— Tatyana Ali

#because #dedicated #guess #i #i am

Much of what Tea Party candidates claimed about the world and the global economy during the 2010 elections would have earned their adherents a well-deserved F in any freshman economics (or earth science) class. ↗

— Eric Alterman

#adherents #any #candidates #claimed #class

My parents were married 53 years, good and bad. Can I do that? Probably not. But I really hope I can. ↗

— Scott Baio

#good #good and bad #hope #i #i can

My parents were early converts to Christianity in my part of Nigeria. They were not just converts; my father was an evangelist, a religious teacher. He and my mother traveled for thirty-five years to different parts of Igboland, spreading the gospel. ↗

— Chinua Achebe

#converts #different #different parts #early #father

Dad needs to show an incredible amount of respect and humor and friendship toward his mate so the kids understand their parents are sexy, they're fun, they do things together, they're best friends. Kids learn by example. If I respect Mom, they're going to respect Mom. ↗

— Tim Allen

#best #dad #example #friends #friendship

It's amazing how coke encompasses everything in your life. Addicts cannot confront life because they only think of their next hit. I ruined life for my parents, my sister and all my friends. ↗

— Kirstie Alley

#because #cannot #coke #confront #encompasses

In my case, I was born to parents who were very young, and I don't think they were entirely ready to have a child. My dad was going to college and working two or three jobs at the same time, and my mum was working and going to school. ↗

— Gillian Anderson

#case #child #college #dad #entirely