3685 Parents Quotes for You to Enjoy

I spent my summers in a war zone because my parents were afraid that if we didn't go back to Palestine every single summer, we'd grow up to be Madonna. Maysoon Zayid

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I'll go on '60 Minutes,' and whereas other parents would be like, 'You did a great job. I'm so proud of you,' my mother will be like, 'Your hair - it was not nice.' Maysoon Zayid

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When I told my parents I wanted to be an actor, my mom was, like, 'I think I heard you say lawyer.' Maz Jobrani

Mom You Parents Lawyer Think Say Like Heard Wanted Actor

Once you start listening to the comics, be they Jewish, Muslim, Italian, Filipino or whatever, the material often springs from the same source - the overbearing mom, the parents who want you to marry from within your community. That's why the 'Ethnic Show' works so well. Maz Jobrani

Mom You Listening Parents Whatever Community Once Muslim Marry Well Within Material Comics Springs Italian Source Same Often Want Ethnic Your Show Who Works Filipino Why Start Jewish

My parents come from that immigrant culture that places a lot of emphasis on doing well scholastically. Being a comedian or an actor is such an American thing. The Iranian culture is not about dreaming. It's about taking over your father's business, falling into line. Maz Jobrani

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There aren't as many roles for people who look like me, and it was always complicated when it came to casting my parents. But now I couldn't be more grateful that I have a different look. Meaghan Rath

Me Grateful People Complicated Parents More Casting Like Look Always Came Roles Different Who Many Now

My parents were working performers, so obviously I saw that there wasn't a lot of fairy tale going on there. It was a precarious world. One that they were deeply committed to and deeply loved, but one that required a lot of hard work. Megan Follows

I was lucky to have parents and people who believed in me. Megan Shull

Me People Parents Who Lucky Believed

It was the late '70s when my parents met. My dad was a lighting director for a soap opera, and my mom was a temp at the studio. They moved into a house in The Valley in L.A., to a neighborhood that was leafy and affordable. Meghan Markle

Mom Director Parents Met Late Valley Neighborhood Studio Lighting House Opera Affordable Moved Soap Soap Opera Dad

My parents always told me if I believed something was wrong, I should try to fix it. Meghan Markle

Me Try Parents Something Wrong Always Fix Should Believed

I couldn't live my life the way I do if my parents weren't supportive. Meghan McCain

Life My Life Parents Live Way Supportive Were

I'm from a little island off of Massachusetts, Nantucket. It's hard getting into the music business from there, but my parents took me to songwriting festivals because I would write and produce my own music. Meghan Trainor

I didn't have a lot of the advantages Donald Trump had, but I had the most important ones you can get, which are loving parents who cared about me and helped me develop a sense of self. Megyn Kelly

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Parents are key when it comes to keeping kids off drugs. Good parenting is the best anti-drug we have. Mel Carnahan

Best Good Parenting Key Parents Kids Off Keeping

When I was a little girl my parents always told me do everything you want in an artistic way. If you want to draw, make a drawing. Just do it. And if you want to play piano, play piano. It was a very free childhood where everything was possible. Melanie Laurent

Me You Free Girl Parents Just Do It Everything Way Draw Drawing Possible Piano Make Always Very Artistic Childhood Just Where Want Little Little Girl Play

My grandfather sold insurance to King Farouk of Egypt. And my savta's parents helped found the city of Tel Aviv in 1906. Our family name used to be Mizrahi, but they changed it to Mayron, which means 'happy water' in Hebrew. Melanie Mayron

Family Happy Water King Parents Changed Our Sold City Name Insurance Egypt Hebrew Which Grandfather Means Used Helped Found

I mean, I grew up with pretty down-to-earth, atheist parents, but I was born a Pisces. Melissa Auf der Maur

Atheist Parents Born Pretty Up Pisces Grew Mean

We weren't your mainstream '50s family. Both my parents had wonderful, eccentric, artistic friends who treated us as friends as well. How your mind worked was considered important. Melissa Mathison

I'll always be a Georgia girl at heart, but I live in Los Angeles full time. My parents still live in Georgia, so I go home as often as I can. Melissa Ordway

Time Home Heart Girl Parents Live Angeles Always Still Los Los Angeles Go Go Home Georgia Often Full Full-Time

I remember watching 'Three's Company' with my parents, and it was time for bed, so I started to make my voice lower like Don Knotts and imitating him. They started laughing, and I didn't have to go to bed, so that informed a lot. Melissa Rauch

Time Remember Three Parents Imitating Laughing Voice Like Make Him Bed Go Lot Informed Lower Company Started Watching

I would say I grew up listening a lot to Barbra Streisand and Judy Garland and Joan Baez and Joni Mitchell. I grew up listening to those because my parents were kind of into folk music. Melora Hardin

Allowing flexibility to local school districts to set their own nutritional standards and having parents involved in the process is a win-win for the students. Mercedes Schlapp

School Parents Own Local Local School Nutritional Win-Win Districts Having Students Allowing School Districts Involved Process Flexibility Standards Set

As my parents taught me, by both words and deeds, a life of public services is as much a gift to the person who serves as it is to those he's serving. Merrick Garland

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