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My parents really wanted me to get out of New York, be exposed to other people, other ways of life.
Howard Schultz
Life
Me
People
Parents
Other
Ways
Out
New
Get
York
New York
Wanted
Really
Exposed
I think my parents took me to see Sting when I was very, very young.
Hozier
Me
Parents
Young
Think
Took
See
Sting
Very
When I did my first episode of 'Xena,' I told my parents this is the worst acting I've ever done.
Hudson Leick
Parents
First
Worst
Did
Done
Episode
Acting
Ever
My parents were drawn to the idea that there was space and opportunity in Australia. For the meagre sum of £10, you could sail your entire family out to Australia, so that's what my father chose to do.
Hugh Jackman
Family
You
Opportunity
Space
Father
Parents
Sail
Sum
Drawn
Out
Entire
Could
Idea
Were
Australia
Your
Chose
I remember going with my parents to weddings where the women would arrive covered in black veils, but underneath, they'd be wearing the most exquisite brightly colored Dolce & Gabbana suits. They were like peacocks showing off their tails.
Huma Abedin
Women
Suits
Remember
Black
Parents
Would
Wearing
Weddings
Tails
Colored
Like
Most
Underneath
Arrive
Were
Covered
Off
Going
Where
Showing
Exquisite
Brightly
I've always been shy, but I see that as a good thing because it kept me focused on music. When I was in seventh grade, I asked my parents for a mobile recording system for Christmas, and I got it. I didn't come out of my room for years after that. I'd get invited to the movies and I'd say, 'I'm gonna finish a couple of demos.'
Hunter Hayes
Christmas
Music
Good
Me
Parents
Recording
Seventh
Say
Focused
System
Out
See
Finish
Good Thing
Invited
Come
Couple
Because
Always
Got
Demos
Been
Years
Mobile
Get
Grade
After
Movies
Room
Gonna
Asked
Thing
Shy
Kept
When I was in seventh grade, I asked my parents for a mobile recording system for Christmas, and I got it. I didn't come out of my room for years after that. I'd get invited to the movies and I'd say, 'I'm gonna finish a couple of demos.'
Hunter Hayes
Christmas
Parents
Recording
Seventh
Say
System
Out
Finish
Invited
Come
Couple
Got
Demos
Years
Mobile
Get
Grade
After
Movies
Room
Gonna
Asked
I've never done a blind date but my parents met on a blind date.
Hunter Parrish
Parents
Met
Date
Never
Blind
Done
We share responsibility. It's important to have a good spouse; that's where I sympathize with single parents.
Hunter Tylo
Good
Responsibility
Parents
Important
Single
Sympathize
Share
Spouse
Where
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
Fashion
You
Together
Parents
Kids
Out
Must
Stay
Parent
Having
Arguing
Like
Children
Right
Thing
When I retired from the circus at the grand old age of 11, my parents thought it would be best to focus more on the challenges ahead, and so I started at Methodist College Belfast.
Ian Beattie
Best
Challenges
Age
Old
Focus
Thought
College
Parents
Old Age
Circus
Would
Would-Be
More
Retired
Methodist
Grand
Belfast
Started
In the past, kids didn't tell their parents they were gay, so there were never the bust-ups. Some parents react so strongly to the news that their children are gay that the reaction is, 'Get out of our house.' There's a residue of old prejudices that are going to die hard.
Ian Mckellen
News
Gay
Old
Parents
Past
Our
Kids
Out
Tell
Some
Strongly
Never
House
React
Reaction
Were
Get
Die
Die Hard
Going
Children
In The Past
Prejudices
Hard
I just followed my parents' example and advice on living, which was to leave the world a better place than you found it. They were professional do-gooders, ministers of the church, social workers, teachers, and missionaries, that sort of thing.
Ian Mckellen
You
World
Better
Church
Example
Parents
Advice
Living
Ministers
Followed
Better Place
Missionaries
Sort
Leave
Were
Than
Just
Place
Which
Social
Workers
Teachers
Professional
Found
Social Workers
Thing
I dunno whether it was to do with my parents - we were working-class - but it was important to me to be self-sufficient.
Ian Rankin
Me
Parents
Important
Were
Self-Sufficient
Whether
Working-Class
Being working class, my parents thought, 'Ian's going to uni, the first in the family,' and I'd do dentistry or accountancy. I was going to do accountancy; then I got a C in Economics and thought, 'Why am I doing this?' The only thing I was interested in was books and literature.
Ian Rankin
Family
Class
Thought
Parents
First
Economics
Books
Only
Got
Am
Doing
Dentistry
Going
Being
The Only Thing
Literature
Interested
Then
Working
Working-Class
Why
Thing
Mainly it's the parents who remember me. But the kids today, what they do is go and Google you. A lot of them turn up and they know everything about me. They say: 'You scored 346 goals' or 'You wore the No9 shirt for Liverpool.'
Ian Rush
Today
Me
You
Remember
Goals
Parents
Google
Everything
Say
Kids
About
Remember Me
Mainly
Know
Go
Lot
Up
Shirt
Wore
Them
Turn
Who
They Say
Liverpool
When I met my wife, I was forty-six, and it was love at first sight. Every day, my love grew deeper as I found out about her family values, that her parents were still together, that she wanted kids. So we fell in love, got engaged, got married, and a month later, we were pregnant!
Ian Ziering
Love
Day
Family
Together
Every Day
Wife
Values
Parents
First
Met
Every
Later
Month
Sight
Kids
Out
Married
About
Fell
She
Got
Still
Were
Love At First Sight
Family Values
Wanted
Grew
Pregnant
Engaged
Found
Deeper
Her
My husband and I grew up with parents who supported our passion, and we're grateful to them for that. It really helps you find your identity when you're younger. It helps you become a really well-rounded person, the more you can show from different perspectives. The arts show us empathy, which is so important.
Idina Menzel
You
Grateful
Passion
Husband
Parents
Important
Become
Our
Find
More
Empathy
Supported
Identity
Well-Rounded
Up
Person
Arts
Different
Grew
Which
Them
Younger
Us
Perspectives
Really
Your
Different Perspectives
Show
Who
Helps
My story is so boring: Long Island Jewish parents take their daughters to Broadway.
Idina Menzel
Long
Parents
Broadway
Boring
Daughters
Long Island
Take
Island
Story
Jewish
It's weird because my parents don't really understand my business. I get fan mail all day long, but if a piece happens to get to their house, they're like, 'Oh, my God, you've got a fan! You have to write them back. You have to do it!'
Idris Elba
God
Day
You
Business
Long
Parents
Back
All Day
Write
Mail
Weird
Like
Piece
House
Because
Understand
Got
Get
Oh
Oh My God
Fan
Fan Mail
Happens
Them
Really
My parents wanted to light my artistic candle. But over time, the definition of 'the arts' began to stretch. And as I got older, they suddenly realized, Oh, my God, we're the parents of Iggy Pop.
Iggy Pop
God
Time
Light
Parents
Older
Definition
Over
Got
Began
Artistic
Candle
Oh
Oh My God
Arts
Wanted
Realized
Pop
Iggy
Suddenly
Stretch
I want to thank the people who have always supported me, my parents, my brother.
Iker Casillas
Me
People
Parents
Brother
Supported
Always
Thank
Want
Who
After graduating high school, Betty attended the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute in Birmingham, Alabama, the alma mater of both her parents. My mother relocated to New York because she refused to accept the oppressive racism of the Jim Crow south.
Ilyasah Shabazz
Racism
School
Mother
Parents
Birmingham
Jim
Jim Crow
High
High School
Crow
Both
Attended
Betty
New
Institute
Industrial
She
Accept
Because
South
Oppressive
Normal
York
Graduating
New York
Refused
After
Alabama
Her
I was born in Somalia, which is in East Africa. My parents started with nothing: poor, poor, poor. They eloped, which was unheard of in my country, when my father was 17 and my mother was 14.
Iman
Mother
Father
Parents
Country
Nothing
East
Somalia
Born
Africa
Which
Unheard
Poor
Started
I was under 18, and to leave Kenya to come to the United States, to get a passport, you had to be 18. So I lied and said I was 19 to get the passport, because otherwise, I had to have permission from my parents, and my parents would never have let me come.
Iman
Me
You
Parents
Otherwise
States
Would
Lied
Never
Had
Come
Because
Said
Permission
Leave
Passport
Get
United
United States
Kenya
My parents never told me to get a real job. They always said, 'Go for it! If this is what you want to do, work hard.' They were always very supportive.
Imelda May
Work
Me
You
Work Hard
Job
Parents
Never
Supportive
Said
Always
Real
Go
Were
Go For It
Real Job
Very
Get
Get A Real
Want
Hard
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