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My parents, Arthur and Olwen, were honest, working-class people who raised my brother Arthur, sister June, and me with the values of that era - patriotism, stoicism, honesty, concern for your neighbours, and judging a man by what he did rather than what he had.
David Jason
Me
Man
Patriotism
Honesty
People
Values
Parents
Sister
Neighbours
Brother
Rather
Had
He
Concern
Judging
Era
Were
June
Arthur
Than
Stoicism
Did
Your
Working-Class
Who
Raised
Honest
I'm a father myself for the first time in my life, and I had very very loving parents.
David Keith
Life
Time
Myself
Father
My Life
Parents
First
Had
First Time
Very
Loving
Loving Parents
When I was in Taiwan, we were there for about 8 months, and I was 11 at the time, so it was definitely a culture shock. But it was a really interesting time to be there. I didn't entirely realize how different it is from the States. I just accepted it because I was there and my parents needed to be there.
David Lambert
Time
Culture
Parents
Months
States
Definitely
About
Entirely
Taiwan
Because
Accepted
How
Were
Shock
Just
Different
Interesting
Realize
Really
Needed
I grew up in a deeply Catholic home. Our parents always encouraged us to march to our own drums, though, so some of us are still Catholic and some are not. That's always going to be a part of me though; little bits of it trickle into my work. Whether it's an embrace or a rejection, I'm not always sure, but I can't avoid it.
David Lowery
Work
Home
Me
Parents
Own
Rejection
Our
Bits
Though
Trickle
Embrace
Some
Part
Drums
Catholic
Sure
Always
Still
Encouraged
Up
Going
Grew
Whether
Little
Us
Avoid
March
Deeply
When I talk about my artist parents, people imagine a bohemian environment and think, 'Aha, so that's where he gets it from!' But we were as white, straight, and middle-class as the next family on our white, straight, middle-class housing estate.
David Mitchell
Family
People
Parents
White
Think
Our
About
He
Environment
Talk
Housing
Were
Gets
Artist
Where
Estate
Straight
Next
Bohemian
Imagine
I'm from a time and place where bigheadedness was a really savage crime, and you'd get cut down for it by your peers and parents.
David Mitchell
Savage
Time
You
Crime
Parents
Down
Peers
Get
Where
Place
Cut
Really
Your
My parents are very hard working people who did everything they could for their children. I have two brothers and they worked dog hard to give us an education and provide us with the most comfortable life possible. My dad provided for his family daily. So, yes, that is definitely in my DNA.
David Oyelowo
Life
Education
Daily
Family
People
Dog
Parents
Everything
Definitely
Possible
Brothers
Give
Could
Most
Comfortable
Comfortable Life
His
Provide
Provided
Yes
Very
Did
Children
Us
Worked
Working
Hard
Working People
Who
Dad
Hard-Working
Two
Proud parents document the arrival and growth of their future CIA officer in all forms of social media that the world can access for decades to come.
David Petraeus
Future
CIA
World
Social Media
Parents
Come
Document
Access
Proud
Arrival
Decades
Officer
Forms
Social
Media
Growth
My parents are artists and they decided they would prefer to paint in the Mediterranean rather than in Scotland.
David Russell
Parents
Mediterranean
Would
Rather
Scotland
Than
Artists
Decided
Prefer
Paint
When I was six years old, my parents took me to this farmers' market with a petting zoo. They put me on a pony and, for some reason, it took off at a run and they had to chase it down. They tell me it was kind of traumatic.
David Schwimmer
Me
Old
Parents
Down
Took
Market
Tell
Kind
Run
Some
Chase
Had
Put
Years
Off
Six
Pony
Farmers
Reason
Traumatic
Zoo
My parents from a very young age raised my sister and I under a pressure to achieve. They're both attorneys. So good marks, getting through university, there was a huge emphasis and pressure to do well and keep going.
David Schwimmer
Good
Age
Achieve
Pressure
Parents
Sister
Young
Marks
Both
Through
Emphasis
Attorneys
Well
Huge
Very
Getting
Going
Young Age
Keep
Keep Going
Raised
University
After a few months in my parents' basement, I took an apartment near the state university, where I discovered both crystal methamphetamine and conceptual art. Either one of these things are dangerous, but in combination they have the potential to destroy entire civilizations.
David Sedaris
Art
Dangerous
Parents
Few
State
Took
State University
Months
Destroy
Entire
Potential
Both
Civilizations
Combination
Conceptual
Conceptual Art
Crystal
Discovered
Where
After
Either
Apartment
Near
Basement
Things
University
I totally believe parents should talk to their kids about drugs. I totally believe that educating them in every way is really important. But on the other hand, I've learned it's not as simple as that.
David Sheff
Simple
Parents
Important
Believe
Every
Other
Way
Kids
Totally
About
Talk
Learned
Educating
Hand
Them
Really
Should
When I was a child, my parents didn't know anything about drugs. They didn't even drink.
David Sheff
Parents
About
Drink
Know
Child
Anything
Even
When I was a kid, being outside was the norm. Rain or shine, our parents would tell us to get out of the house.
David Suzuki
Rain
Parents
Shine
Our
Kid
Out
Tell
Would
Outside
House
Norm
Get
Being
Us
As parents, grandparents, uncles and aunts we need to start getting out into nature with the young people in our lives. Families play a key role in getting kids outside.
David Suzuki
Nature
People
Key
Parents
Young
Our
Our Lives
Kids
Out
Uncles
Outside
Aunts
Families
Role
Getting
Young People
Grandparents
Lives
Play
Start
Need
Each child should try to see in his parents the children they previously were. Each parent should try to see in his child the adult he seems to be becoming.
David Viscott
Try
Parents
See
Parent
Seems
Adult
He
Becoming
Were
His
Child
Children
Should
Each
I know some of my parents' friends think 'Little Britain' is in incredibly poor taste. But swimming the Channel? You can't really say anything negative about that, can you? There's nothing better than making your parents happy. The glee on my father's face that day was amazing.
David Walliams
Day
You
Happy
Better
Amazing
Father
Negative
Face
Parents
Nothing
Swimming
Think
Channel
Incredibly
Say
Some
About
Glee
Know
Making
Friends
Than
Taste
Anything
Little
Poor
Really
Your
Britain
When I was 4, I had a schedule. I was playing softball. My brother was playing football. My parents were teachers, and they'd owned businesses. We like to work hard. Work and then books. Books and then work. We just knew that we had to excel. It sounds militant, but trust me, it was fun.
Dawn Richard
Work
Hard Work
Me
Trust
Work Hard
Parents
Softball
Books
Brother
Excel
Schedule
Had
Football
Knew
Like
Sounds
Were
Trust Me
Owned
Just
Then
Teachers
Hard
Militant
Businesses
Fun
Playing
I watched my parents lose everything, from a house to birth certificates. We were homeless for about six months, then we stayed in Baltimore, and my parents got jobs.
Dawn Richard
Parents
Lose
Birth
Everything
Months
Jobs
Stayed
About
House
Got
Were
Baltimore
Six
Then
Homeless
Watched
In my family, education was something you endured. My parents weren't educated past high school, and the only book in our house was a 'Reader's Digest' condensed book. Can you imagine?
Dawn Steel
Education
Family
You
Book
School
Parents
Past
Digest
Our
High
High School
Something
Only
House
Reader
Educated
Were
Condensed
Endured
Imagine
Some friends of mine had parents who made school a treat, a gift - not something to be endured.
Dawn Steel
Treat
Gift
School
Made
Parents
Mine
Some
Something
Had
Friends
Endured
Who
My mom's one of the toughest ladies I know. I've seen her lose both her brothers, both her parents. She's been through a lot, and to see her get up every day and put a smile on her face, that shows nothing but strength.
DeMar DeRozan
Smile
Day
Mom
Strength
Every Day
Face
Seen
Parents
Lose
Nothing
Every
See
Brothers
Both
Through
Toughest
Put
Know
She
Been
Lot
Up
Get
Ladies
Shows
Her
Like all kids with divorced parents, I have an abundance of holidays.
Deb Caletti
Parents
Kids
Divorced
Abundance
Like
Holidays
We slept in the park before we had a house, and eventually we shared a home - my parents, my grandparents and five uncles, my family, all of us - on White Oaks Street by Magnolia Street near the railroad. Those were hard times, but I loved living there.
Debbie Reynolds
Home
Family
Parents
Before
White
Living
Slept
Those
Oak
Park
Uncles
Had
Shared
House
Were
Five
Times
Loved
Us
Grandparents
Hard
Hard Times
Eventually
Near
Railroad
Street
My parents would take us to double-feature movies on the weekends, and I would just point at the screen and tell them that that's what I wanted to do.
Deborah Joy Winans
Parents
Tell
Would
Point
Weekends
Take
Just
Screen
Wanted
Movies
Them
Us
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