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fathers quite teens
I used to think when I was in my teens I was very different from my father, but now I see that what we do is probably quite similar. Kazuo Ishiguro
father rain garden
Once the rains abated, my father's garden thrived in the heat like an unleashed temper. Barbara Kingsolver
father adoption tracking
She wasn't tracking down her father to learn more about him. She was tracking him down to learn more about herself. Brad Meltzer
fathers-day dad school
My dad always used to tell me that if they challenge you to an after-school fight, tell them you won't wait-you can kick their ass right now. Cameron Diaz
father long heaven
We want not so much a Father but a grandfather in heaven, a God who said of anything we happened to like doing, 'What does it matter so long as they are contented? C. S. Lewis
father boys years
It's easy for me to say that now, now I'm a father, I've got a four-and-a-half year old boy, I'm a different person. Well, I'm still the same person, but I'm different. Alan Vega
father kids son
I haven't done a lot of things in my career that my kids can watch, because they are 8, 6 and 3, and they are pretty young; so given the concepts that the film was about a superhero, it was a black superhero, and it was a father and son type partnership. Blair Underwood
father silly successful
My father said, If you want to do acting, you have to be successful, which is a silly thing to say. Diane Cilento
father struggle years
I learned a lot in those first years in Miami, while struggling just for survival, by observing my father's fortitude. Desi Arnaz
mother able teach
My mother told me not to listen to anyone. She had been told that she wouldn't be able to teach and she did. Archie Panjabi
mother pain doors
There was no warning, not even a knock. The door flew open, and he forgot his present aches and pains in anticipation of what lay in store. The figure that stood in the door was not that of an enemy. It was worse. It was his mother. Barbara Mertz
mother children home
Look, if you ask a child, 'Would you rather have a fulfilled mother or a stay-at-home Sylvia Plath,' they'll pick Sylvia Plath every time. But I think it's really important that children don't feel their parents' emotional lives depend on their success. Ayelet Waldman
mother children mistake
I have made so many mistakes as a mother. But the one thing that I know I do is I make sure my children know how much I love them and they are absolutely secure in that. Ayelet Waldman
mother daughter two
I have two daughters and I have done everything in my power to prevent them from assimilating, even being aware of, my idiocy about my weight. Ayelet Waldman
mother children husband
If a good mother is one who loves her child more than anyone else in the world, I am not a good mother. I am in fact a bad mother. I love my husband more than I love my children. Ayelet Waldman
mother jeans dresses
You can take the babushka off the Jewish mother and dress her up in a pair of Seven jeans and Marc Jacobs sling-backs, but she's still going to expect a passel of grandkids. Ayelet Waldman
mother children doors
If you would shut your door against the children for an hour a day and say: 'Mother is working on her five-act tragedy in blank verse!' you would be surprised how they would respect you. They would probably all become playwrights. Brenda Ueland
mother father book
I played Little League for one year. That was it. Then my mother realized I liked books and threatened my father. I owe her forever for that. Brad Meltzer
passed
Every day should be passed as if it were to be our last. Publilius Syrus
passed point work
I think we've passed the point of having him anointed at any position. I think anything he earns now, he's got to work his way up the ladder. Mike Tice
sorry
"Sorry" only counts for that which it cannot alter. Benjamin Disraeli
sorry college politics
I'm sorry I ever invented the Electoral College. Al Gore
sorry causes
Don't say you're sorry, 'cause I'm not even breaking. You're not worth the time that this is taking. Demi Lovato
sorry towels born
I'm sorry, but I was born with a towel on my head. Charles Olson
sorry humility self
In order to turn around and do something better, we must first escape the vicious circle of self-righteousness and denial. And that calls for the humility to say "I'm sorry. Please forgive me." Desmond Tutu
sorry broken people
Just let yourself be broken and humiliated. Just your whole life, keep telling people, I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I’m sorry... Chuck Palahniuk
sorry light bats
The bat was looking at Theo and Theo was having trouble following his own thoughts.The bat was wearing tiny sunglasses.Ray Bans,Theo could see by the trademark in the corner of one lens."I'm sorry, Mr.,uh- Case, could you take the bat off your head.It's very distracting." Him." Pardon?" It's a him.Roberto.He no like the light. Christopher Moore
sorry selfish men
I was sorry for her; I was amazed, disgusted at her heartless vanity; I wondered why so much beauty should be given to those who made so bad a use of it, and denied to some who would make it a benefit to both themselves and others. But, God knows best, I concluded. There are, I suppose, some men as vain, as selfish, and as heartless as she is, and, perhaps, such women may be useful to punish them. Anne Bronte
sorry thinking people
Do you know what I think about crying? I think some people have to learn to do it. But once you learn, once you know how to really cry, there's nothing quite like it. I feel sorry for those who don't know the trick. It's like whistling or singing. Anne Rice